I contacted Mulch Mound for #57 river rocks and it was easy and fast to get a delivery right before the holiday weekend. Stone was delivered as promised and place exactly where I asked. Excellent service! I will be ordering mulch next!
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One cubic yard of landscape rock covers about 162 square feet at a 2 inch depth, which is the standard install thickness for most bed and groundcover work. Go closer to 3 inches around downspouts or high traffic areas where you want better coverage of the fabric underneath. Measure your bed in square feet, divide by 162, and round up since rock settles a bit after the first rain.
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I contacted Mulch Mound for #57 river rocks and it was easy and fast to get a delivery right before the holiday weekend. Stone was delivered as promised and place exactly where I asked. Excellent service! I will be ordering mulch next!
One cubic yard of landscape rock covers about 162 square feet at a 2 inch depth, which is the standard install thickness for most bed and groundcover work. Go closer to 3 inches around downspouts or high traffic areas where you want better coverage of the fabric underneath. Measure your bed in square feet, divide by 162, and round up since rock settles a bit after the first rain.
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Adjust the quantity to match your project. One cubic yard covers about 100 to 160 square feet at a 2 to 3 inch depth.
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I contacted Mulch Mound for #57 river rocks and it was easy and fast to get a delivery right before the holiday weekend. Stone was delivered as pro...
I contacted Mulch Mound for #57 river rocks and it was easy and fast to get a delivery right before the holiday weekend. Stone was delivered as promised and place exactly where I asked. Excellent service! I will be ordering mulch next!
I recently ordered from mulch mound and was thoroughly impressed with every aspect of the experience. The entire process, from placing the order to...
I recently ordered from mulch mound and was thoroughly impressed with every aspect of the experience. The entire process, from placing the order to delivery was seamless and efficient. The mulch arrived exactly on time, and the quality exceeded my expectations. The color was rich and consistent, and I received more than enough to complete my project with proper coverage and packing.
Customer service was equally outstanding. Communication was clear, and the team was responsive and professional throughout. It’s rare to find a company that delivers both a high-quality product and excellent service, but mulch mound did just that.
Highly recommended, and I wouldn’t hesitate to order from them again.
I couldn't be happier with the speed and quality of the mulch delivery service of Mulch Mound. Every detail from ordering, to communication with on...
I couldn't be happier with the speed and quality of the mulch delivery service of Mulch Mound. Every detail from ordering, to communication with on time delivery, to perfect product placement was amazing. I needed more and I got it within 2 hours! I'm never doing this with bags again.
Landscape fabric goes down first and does most of the long term work, keeping the rock from sinking into that silt loam over the years. A steel or aluminum edging strip keeps the stone contained on sloped Altoona lots where gravity wants to pull it downhill. Some customers pair rock beds with mulch in planting areas nearby, using rock for the low maintenance zones and mulch where they actually want soil building.
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Lay fabric before the rock goes down, always. Skipping it means the rock works its way into Altoona's silt loam within a couple seasons and you end up pulling stone and mud together with a rake. Overlap fabric seams by at least six inches and pin them, since loam shifts more than sandy soil does when it freezes and thaws through the winter months here.
Rock beds near trees fill with leaves every fall, and in a place with a real autumn like Altoona that means blowing or vacuuming them out a few times before the first snow. If you skip this, decomposing leaves build a thin soil layer on top of the fabric and weeds start rooting into it within a year or two, defeating the whole point of the install.
Order all your rock for a project in one delivery if you can. Stone from different batches can vary slightly in color and size, and matching a small top off order later is not guaranteed. Buying a little extra up front to store in a bucket for future gaps costs less hassle than a second delivery.
Altoona's silt loam holds water longer than sandy soil, which means bare dirt against a foundation turns to mud through the wetter stretches of spring and fall. Rock over fabric solves that drainage headache permanently, especially around downspouts where runoff concentrates during snowmelt off the mountain. With winters that push into late October and linger past the last frost in May, homeowners here like a groundcover that does not need attention during the long cold stretch. It just sits there and works, season after season.
Landscape rock is stone chosen for how it looks as much as what it does. River rock is smooth and rounded, decomposed granite is fine and packs firm underfoot. Both are sold by the cubic yard for beds, borders, paths, and dry creek beds.
River rock stays loose and rolls, so it suits beds, borders, and drainage runs where it can sit in place. Decomposed granite compacts into a firm surface, so it suits paths, patios, and anywhere you will walk or roll a wheelbarrow.
Spread river rock 2 to 3 inches deep over landscape fabric so it stays put and weeds stay down. Lay decomposed granite 3 to 4 inches deep, wet it, and compact it in lifts for a surface that sheds water instead of rutting.
