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!
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One cubic yard covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, so a small low spot might only need a yard or two while a foundation backfill or pool surround can run into double digits. Measure the length and width of the area you're filling, decide how deep you need to go within the 6 to 12 inch range, and size the order from there. Since this is sold by the cubic yard, it's worth measuring twice, ordering short means a second delivery.
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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!
One cubic yard covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, so a small low spot might only need a yard or two while a foundation backfill or pool surround can run into double digits. Measure the length and width of the area you're filling, decide how deep you need to go within the 6 to 12 inch range, and size the order from there. Since this is sold by the cubic yard, it's worth measuring twice, ordering short means a second delivery.
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Getting started is easy — just follow these simple steps
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.
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!
One of the easiest customer service experiences I've had in a long time! Mulch Mound made it so simple. After putting it off for a while, I looked ...
One of the easiest customer service experiences I've had in a long time! Mulch Mound made it so simple. After putting it off for a while, I looked at the weather and knew I needed to get to mulching ASAP before the rain came if I didn't want to wait another week. I put my order in for the next day online and they came right at 9 AM. The employee who dropped off the mulch did a great job, putting it right on the tarp I laid out, she even made sure none of it got on the yard and double checked the truck bed to make sure it all came out. The mulch was exactly what I needed and arrived right on time.
Most fill dirt jobs finish with a topsoil cap, usually 4 to 6 inches, so anything planted or seeded has real growing medium instead of subsoil. If you're building up a low area that drains poorly in that silt loam, a layer of coarse sand or gravel underneath the fill can help move water away from a foundation. Mulch or topsoil orders often follow a fill delivery once the grade is set.
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Binghamton's silt loam drains slowly, so if you're filling a low spot that collects water, don't just dump fill dirt on top of standing moisture. Let the area dry out or add a bit of gravel at the base first. Filling over saturated ground is one of the main reasons people see their new grade sink or crack the following spring after freeze thaw cycles work through it.
The biggest mistake we see is filling a hole all at once and walking away. Fill dirt needs to go down in 6 to 8 inch lifts, with each layer compacted before the next goes on, whether that's a hand tamper or just driving over it repeatedly. Skip this and the ground will keep settling for a year or two, showing up as a dip right where you filled.
If you're backfilling around a foundation or pool wall, order your fill dirt and topsoil together and have the topsoil dropped in a separate pile. That way you're not paying for a second delivery trip once the fill is compacted and graded. It also keeps the two materials from mixing on site, which matters since fill dirt isn't meant to support planting.
Binghamton sits on silt loam that holds water and settles unevenly once it's disturbed, which is exactly why fill dirt needs to go in compacted lifts instead of one big dump. With an elevation around 866 feet and a lot of hillside lots near the river valley, low spots and washouts around foundations are common here. This material is built for that job, not for growing anything. Cap it with topsoil once the grade is set if you're planting or seeding over it.
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.
