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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One cubic yard covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, so a 200 square foot low spot at that depth runs close to 4 yards, and closer to 7 to 8 yards if you're building it up a full 12 inches. Foundation backfill and pool wall jobs are usually narrower but deeper, so measure the actual void rather than just the surface footprint. Order by the cubic yard and round up slightly, since compaction will eat into your final depth.
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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!
One cubic yard covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, so a 200 square foot low spot at that depth runs close to 4 yards, and closer to 7 to 8 yards if you're building it up a full 12 inches. Foundation backfill and pool wall jobs are usually narrower but deeper, so measure the actual void rather than just the surface footprint. Order by the cubic yard and round up slightly, since compaction will eat into your final depth.
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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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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 around Birmingham finish with a cap of topsoil once the grade is where it needs to be, since fill dirt itself isn't meant to grow anything. If the final surface will see grass or beds, plan on topsoil over the top, and if it's a walkway or patio base, a layer of gravel on top of the compacted fill gives a firmer working surface.
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Fill dirt is not something you dump and walk away from. Place it in lifts of 6 to 8 inches and compact each one with a plate compactor or hand tamper before adding the next. Skipping this on Birmingham's clay subsoil is asking for trouble, since the ground underneath already shifts with wet and dry cycles, and an uncompacted fill layer on top will settle unevenly for years, cracking anything built over it.
The most common mistake we see is people trying to grow grass straight into fill dirt. It's subsoil, not a growing medium, and it lacks the organic content roots need. Cap it with 4 to 6 inches of actual topsoil once your grade is set, and only then seed or sod. Skip this step and you'll be reseeding bare patches every spring.
If you're leveling a large low area, order fill dirt for the bulk of the depth and save topsoil for just the top few inches. Topsoil costs more per yard, so using it only where roots actually need it stretches your budget further than filling the whole depth with it, and the fill dirt performs the structural job just as well underneath.
Birmingham sits on clay that already drains slow, so a lot of fill dirt work here is about correcting grade so water moves away from the house instead of pooling against it. With an elevation around 644 feet and neighborhoods built on old graded hillsides, uneven lots are common, and fill gets used to level pads before a shed, patio, or addition goes in. Because the clay underneath compacts unevenly on its own, whatever fill you add on top needs the same discipline or you inherit the same settling problems a few years out. This is why lift and compaction matters more here than in sandier soil.
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.
