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, and most structural fill jobs run 6 to 12 inches deep depending on how much grade you are correcting. Measure the low area's square footage, decide your depth, and order in cubic yards from there. For anything deeper than 8 inches, plan on multiple compacted lifts rather than one thick pour.
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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, and most structural fill jobs run 6 to 12 inches deep depending on how much grade you are correcting. Measure the low area's square footage, decide your depth, and order in cubic yards from there. For anything deeper than 8 inches, plan on multiple compacted lifts rather than one thick pour.
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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 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 since fill alone will not support grass or plant roots, and a few inches of topsoil on top gets you back to a plantable surface. If the final grade needs drainage help, a layer of gravel underneath before backfilling can keep water from pooling against a foundation. Mulch comes later, once the surface layer is actually growing something.
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Never dump fill dirt in one deep pour and walk away. Place it in 6 to 8 inch lifts and compact each one with a plate compactor or hand tamper before adding the next layer. Skip this step and Bloomington's silt loam base will let the fill settle unevenly for years, cracking patios, tilting fence posts, and leaving low spots right where you tried to build up the ground.
The most common mistake is trying to grow grass or plants directly in fill dirt. It is subsoil, stripped of the organic matter and biology that topsoil has, so seed struggles and shrubs sit stunted. Always cap finished, compacted fill with 4 to 6 inches of actual topsoil before planting anything, even if that means ordering two separate deliveries.
If you are backfilling around a foundation or an old pool, pair fill dirt with a bit of gravel at the base for drainage before backfilling with dirt, especially given how slow Bloomington's silt loam drains. This keeps water from collecting against the structure. It costs one extra delivery but saves you from redoing the grading work after the first heavy spring rain.
Bloomington's silt loam holds water well but drains slow, so low areas around town tend to stay soggy well into spring before the last frost clears in late April. Fill dirt is how you correct that grade problem permanently instead of fighting it every year. Homeowners near the older neighborhoods close to campus and the Sample Gates often deal with settled ground around foundations from decades of freeze thaw cycles, and fill dirt in compacted lifts is the fix. It is not a growing medium, so plan on capping it with topsoil for anything that needs to root.
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.
