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 fill jobs here run 6 to 12 inches depending on how much you're raising the grade. Measure the low area in square feet, decide how many inches you need to bring it up, and order in cubic yards from there, rounding up rather than down since compaction will settle the pile some. For a foundation backfill or pool surround, measure the actual void you're filling rather than the footprint, since those spaces are often deeper than they look.
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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 fill jobs here run 6 to 12 inches depending on how much you're raising the grade. Measure the low area in square feet, decide how many inches you need to bring it up, and order in cubic yards from there, rounding up rather than down since compaction will settle the pile some. For a foundation backfill or pool surround, measure the actual void you're filling rather than the footprint, since those spaces are often deeper than they look.
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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 jobs finish with a cap of topsoil once the grade is where you want it, since fill dirt itself is not meant to grow anything. If you're building up a bed or a planting area on top, screened topsoil goes over the compacted fill, and mulch follows once anything is planted. For drainage-heavy spots near lower ground, some people layer in gravel at the base before filling, especially close to the swamp side of town.
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Chesapeake's sandy clay base doesn't forgive a dumped pile of fill left to settle on its own. Spread it in 6 to 8 inch lifts and compact each one with a plate compactor before adding the next, especially near a foundation or pool wall. Skip this and you'll be back out there in a year filling in a sunken spot. This matters more here than in sandier soil because the clay underneath holds moisture and shifts more as everything settles together.
The most common mistake on fill jobs here is treating fill dirt like topsoil and planting straight into it. It has no organic matter and compacts hard, so grass and roots struggle. Always cap the compacted fill with a few inches of real topsoil before seeding or planting, even if it costs an extra delivery. The fill's job is structure, not growth, and mixing the two jobs into one layer causes problems later.
If you're filling a large low area, pair a base layer of fill dirt with a thin gravel course underneath in the wettest spots, particularly on lots closer to the swamp where groundwater sits high. This keeps the fill from acting like a sponge. It costs a little more upfront but saves you from redoing the grade after the first heavy rain season.
Chesapeake sits at about 12 feet of elevation with sandy clay soil underneath, so drainage is sluggish in a lot of yards, especially anywhere near the Great Dismal Swamp side of the city where the ground stays soft. Fill dirt is how people here correct that, raising low corners of the yard, backfilling around pool walls and foundations, and building a stable base before topsoil goes down. Because the native soil is already clay heavy, adding more fill without compacting it right just creates a soft spot that holds water even worse. Done in lifts and compacted, it gives you solid, buildable ground on a lot that would otherwise puddle.
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.
