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 here run 6 to 12 inches deep depending on how much you are raising the grade. Measure your low area in square feet, decide your target depth, and order in cubic yards from there. For anything over a few yards, order a bit heavier since compaction will settle the pile more than you expect.
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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 here run 6 to 12 inches deep depending on how much you are raising the grade. Measure your low area in square feet, decide your target depth, and order in cubic yards from there. For anything over a few yards, order a bit heavier since compaction will settle the pile more than you expect.
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Getting started is easy — just follow these simple steps
Adjust the quantity to match your project. One cubic yard covers about 100 to 160 square feet at a 2 to 3 inch depth.
Select a delivery date you'd like for the product to be dropped off at your home
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 jobs finish with a cap of topsoil once the grade is set, since fill dirt is structural and nothing grows in it well. If the area borders a planting bed or lawn repair, order topsoil alongside the fill so you are not scheduling a second delivery once the low spot is built up.
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Do not dump fill dirt in one deep pile and call it done. Place it in 6 to 8 inch lifts and compact each layer before adding the next, especially around foundations or old pool cavities where loose fill will keep settling for years. A plate compactor or even careful tamping between lifts on a small job makes the difference between a stable yard and a sunken spot you are patching again next spring.
The biggest mistake we see in Council Bluffs is people trying to plant directly into fill dirt. It is subsoil, not a growing medium, so grass and shrubs struggle in it even with fertilizer. Cap it with 4 to 6 inches of real topsoil once your grade is where you want it, and whatever you plant on top will actually take root instead of sitting in compacted clay-heavy subsoil.
If you are backfilling around a foundation or pool wall, order slightly more than your calculated volume since compaction eats into your total more than most people plan for. It is cheaper to have a little extra fill dirt sitting in a corner than to schedule a second small delivery for the last two yards, especially once frost season narrows your working window here.
Council Bluffs sits on silt loam that holds water and settles unevenly once you dig into it, which is exactly why raw fill dirt matters here. Foundation backfill, low yard corners near the bluffs, and post excavation grading all need a subsoil that compacts predictably, not a loose topsoil that shifts. With frost reaching down through winter until the last frost around April 21, any fill that is not compacted right will heave and resettle for a couple seasons. We deliver it straight from local sources so it matches the ground you are already working with.
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.
