Wonderful experience! They put the mulch exactly where we wanted. This mulch spread very easily and didn’t have the usual “mulch smell.” We will definitely use again!
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Fill dirt is sold by the cubic yard, and one yard covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth. Most structural fill goes down 6 to 12 inches, so a small foundation backfill might run 3 to 5 yards while a larger low spot or pool surround can easily need 15 to 20. Measure the low area in square feet, decide how many inches you are raising it, and size the order from there before adding topsoil on top.
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Wonderful experience! They put the mulch exactly where we wanted. This mulch spread very easily and didn’t have the usual “mulch smell.” We will definitely use again!
Fill dirt is sold by the cubic yard, and one yard covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth. Most structural fill goes down 6 to 12 inches, so a small foundation backfill might run 3 to 5 yards while a larger low spot or pool surround can easily need 15 to 20. Measure the low area in square feet, decide how many inches you are raising it, and size the order from there before adding topsoil on top.
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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.
Select a delivery date you'd like for the product to be dropped off at your home
Sit back, wait, and let us work our magic to make sure the highest quality product is delivered to your driveway.
Wonderful experience! They put the mulch exactly where we wanted. This mulch spread very easily and didn’t have the usual “mulch smell.” We will de...
Wonderful experience! They put the mulch exactly where we wanted. This mulch spread very easily and didn’t have the usual “mulch smell.” We will definitely use again!
Placing an order online was so easy. Delivery was on time. When the driver realized we had a newly poured driveway they erred on the side of cautio...
Placing an order online was so easy. Delivery was on time. When the driver realized we had a newly poured driveway they erred on the side of caution and opted not ti drive in it. The company even sent me a message explaining that call. Would recommend!
Great service. We ordered topsoil from Mulch Mound and the best experience. Thank you so much!
Most fill jobs finish with a few inches of topsoil capping the surface once the fill is compacted, since fill dirt itself will not support grass or planting. If the area will see foot traffic or drainage, some Appleton customers also order a load of gravel for a base layer before the topsoil goes down. Ordering both at once keeps the project moving instead of waiting on a second delivery.
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Do not dump fill dirt in one deep pile and call it done. Place it in 6 to 8 inch lifts and compact each layer before adding the next, especially in Appleton's silty clay where uncompacted fill will keep settling for a season or two. Skipping this step is the most common reason people end up with a sunken patch near a foundation or walkway a year later.
Fill dirt is not topsoil and will not support grass or plant roots on its own. Once you have compacted your fill to the grade you want, cap it with 3 to 4 inches of actual topsoil before seeding or sodding. Trying to grow anything directly in fill dirt in this clay heavy region usually ends in bare, compacted patches.
If you are filling a large low area, ask about combining fill dirt with a topsoil order in the same delivery window rather than scheduling them separately. It saves a second truck trip to the site and lets you finish grading and capping in one continuous push, which matters given Appleton's shorter workable season between May and October.
Appleton sits on silty clay that already drains slowly, so any low area near a foundation or patio tends to hold water after spring melt and fall rain. Fill dirt gives you a way to raise that grade above the surrounding clay before it ever gets wet. With a last frost around May 5 and first frost around Oct 5, most fill and grading work here happens in that window when the ground is workable and not frozen solid. Homes near the Fox River lowlands especially benefit from building up before laying topsoil or hardscape.
Clean fill is screened subsoil free of debris, roots, and contaminants. It is made for volume and grade, and it compacts predictably, which is exactly what you want under slabs, in trenches, and behind walls.
Fill dirt builds the shape of the ground, topsoil grows things on top of it. Bring the grade up with fill, then cap it with 4 to 6 inches of topsoil anywhere grass or plants are going in.
Place fill in layers of 4 to 6 inches and compact each one before adding the next. Dumping the full depth at once leaves voids that settle later, and settling is the one problem fill is supposed to solve.
