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 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 grade you need to make up. Measure the low area in square feet, decide your target depth, and order in cubic yards from there. For deeper fills, plan on placing it in lifts rather than one thick pour.
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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 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 grade you need to make up. Measure the low area in square feet, decide your target depth, and order in cubic yards from there. For deeper fills, plan on placing it in lifts rather than one thick pour.
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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 dirt jobs in Champaign finish with a cap of topsoil once the grade is where it needs to be, especially if grass or planting beds go on top. If drainage is part of the problem, some pea gravel or a base of coarse aggregate under the fill can help move water away from a foundation instead of letting it sit in that silty clay. Mulch comes in later, once the growing layer is down.
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Champaign's silty clay loam does not forgive a fill job that skips compaction. Place fill dirt in lifts of 6 to 8 inches and compact each layer before adding the next, rather than dumping the full depth at once. Uncompacted fill over clay will keep settling for a year or two, showing up as a dip right where you thought you'd fixed the grade. A hand tamper works for small areas, a plate compactor is worth renting for anything larger.
The most common mistake on backfill jobs around here is treating fill dirt as a growing medium. It has no organic structure and nothing will root well in it long term. Always cap the compacted fill with several inches of actual topsoil before seeding or planting, and keep that cap layer separate from the structural fill underneath so you're not mixing subsoil into the zone where roots need to grow.
If you're filling a large low spot before a patio or shed pad, order fill dirt for the bulk of the volume and save topsoil for only the top few inches, since topsoil costs more per yard and does nothing structurally that fill dirt doesn't already do better. Pairing the two this way, fill below and topsoil on top, gets you a stable base without paying for growing medium you don't need underground.
Champaign sits on silty clay loam, a soil that compacts unevenly and drains slow, which is why low spots near driveways and foundations tend to stay soft into spring. Fill dirt gets used here to bring those areas up to grade before the clay underneath causes standing water again. With a last frost around April 15 and first frost around October 19, most of the building season runs through summer and early fall, and dirt placed and compacted properly in that window has time to settle before winter freeze and thaw start working on it. This is not a growing medium, it is the structural layer under whatever comes next.
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.
