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Screened fill dirt free of debris, for raising low ground and backfilling. Structural material, place it in lifts and compact as you go.
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How Much Fill Dirt Do I Need?
How Much Fill Dirt Do I Need?
One cubic yard of fill dirt covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, and most projects call for 6 to 12 inches depending on how much you're raising the grade. Measure your low area's square footage first, then decide on depth based on what's going on top, a patio base wants less give than a backfill job. Because it's sold by the cubic yard, ordering in half yard increments lets you match the order to the actual hole or grade change you're filling.
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Boone Fill Dirt Delivery
Boone Fill Dirt Delivery
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About this fill dirt
Screened fill dirt free of debris, for raising low ground and backfilling. Structural material, place it in lifts and compact as you go.
Great service. We ordered topsoil from Mulch Mound and the best experience. Thank you so much!
How Much Fill Dirt Do I Need?
How Much Fill Dirt Do I Need?
One cubic yard of fill dirt covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, and most projects call for 6 to 12 inches depending on how much you're raising the grade. Measure your low area's square footage first, then decide on depth based on what's going on top, a patio base wants less give than a backfill job. Because it's sold by the cubic yard, ordering in half yard increments lets you match the order to the actual hole or grade change you're filling.
What is a Yard?
What is a Yard?
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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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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 ...
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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.
We have always spread our own mulch for the past 24 years. This was our first time with the Mulch Mound - things I liked: they have online ordering...
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We have always spread our own mulch for the past 24 years. This was our first time with the Mulch Mound - things I liked: they have online ordering and provide a digital receipt which means you can remember how much you ordered (I always forget for the next year!), they were on time, they were able to deliver in 48 hours, they were generous with the portion (we got 9 yards and it felt like a FULL nine yards!), the driver was polite! We have ordered from reputable places, and there is always a little trash in the mulch. The mulch we recv'd from Mulch Mound had barely any... we were pleasant surprised!!! Color was great! Not to mention - the price was competitive and LOWER than other mulch places around. We will use again !! Highly recommend! Thanks Mulch Mound!
Complete Your Outdoor Project
Fill dirt is a base, not a finish, so most jobs pair it with topsoil to cap the area if anything needs to grow, or with gravel if the finished surface needs to drain and bear weight. If you're backfilling near a foundation in Boone's rocky clay, a layer of gravel underneath the fill can help with drainage before the ground freezes. Compaction equipment, even a hand tamper for small jobs, belongs on the list too.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
In Boone's rocky clay, don't just dump and grade. Place fill dirt in 6 to 8 inch lifts and compact each layer before adding the next, especially near a foundation or pool wall. Skipping compaction is the single biggest reason people end up with sunken, uneven ground a year or two later, particularly once freeze thaw cycles at this elevation start working on loose fill through the winter.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
Timing matters more here than in lower elevation towns. Try to get fill dirt placed and compacted before the ground freezes around early October, since compacting frozen or soon to freeze soil doesn't settle the same way and you'll fight it again in spring thaw. If you miss that window, plan on a follow up check and top off once things warm up past mid May.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
If your project needs both structure and something to grow in, don't overbuy fill dirt to the exact finished grade. Bring fill dirt to within 4 to 6 inches of final grade, then cap with topsoil. It's more efficient to buy less of the heavier subsoil and finish with a thinner layer of topsoil than to bring in double the volume of one material that isn't suited to the top layer.
Grading and Filling in Boone
Boone sits at 3333 feet with rocky clay soil that drains slowly and heaves with freeze thaw cycles through a long winter that starts around October 5 and doesn't let go until mid May. That combination makes proper compaction non negotiable, uncompacted fill in this climate will settle and shift as the ground freezes and thaws repeatedly. Most jobs here are structural, building up a low yard, backfilling a foundation, or preparing a pad before construction on sloped High Country lots. Fill dirt gives you the base, but it needs to go in right or you'll be patching sunken spots come spring.
What Clean Fill Is
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 vs Topsoil
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.
Compact in Lifts
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.