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 of fill dirt covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, and since most jobs call for 6 to 12 inches, you can roughly halve that coverage if you are going deeper. Measure the low area in square feet, decide your target depth, and order in cubic yards from there. For anything past a small backyard dip, most Cary jobs land somewhere between a few yards and a full truckload depending on how much grade you are correcting.
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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 of fill dirt covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, and since most jobs call for 6 to 12 inches, you can roughly halve that coverage if you are going deeper. Measure the low area in square feet, decide your target depth, and order in cubic yards from there. For anything past a small backyard dip, most Cary jobs land somewhere between a few yards and a full truckload depending on how much grade you are correcting.
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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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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 in Cary finish with a few inches of topsoil capping the fill wherever grass, beds, or anything else needs to grow, since fill dirt itself will not support planting. If you are backfilling around a pool or foundation, some jobs also call for a layer of gravel underneath for drainage before the fill goes in. Both pair easily with the same delivery if you are ordering fill anyway.
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Fill dirt is a structural material, not something you dump and walk away from. Place it in lifts of 6 to 8 inches and compact each layer before adding the next, whether that is with a plate compactor or just wheel traffic and time. Skip this step and Cary's clay loam base will let the fill settle unevenly for years, showing up as dips near foundations or low spots that reappear after every heavy rain.
The most common mistake is treating fill dirt like topsoil and trying to plant directly into it. It has no organic matter and compacts too hard for roots to push through. Always cap the final grade with several inches of actual topsoil once your fill is compacted to the level you want, then seed or sod on top of that.
If you are correcting grade around a pool, patio, or foundation, order fill dirt and any gravel base in the same delivery window so you are not paying for two separate trips. Overestimating slightly is usually cheaper than running short mid project, since a partial load later still requires a full delivery trip out to your site.
Cary sits on clay loam that already drains slow, so low areas in the yard tend to hold water after a storm instead of shedding it. Fill dirt gives you a way to raise that grade before it becomes a standing water problem, especially on lots near Lake Crabtree Park where the ground can stay soft. It is not a growing medium, so it needs to be compacted in stages rather than dumped and left. With the last frost around April 10 and first frost around Oct 30, most grading and foundation work here happens in that window before the ground gets difficult to work.
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.
