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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Fill dirt is sold by the cubic yard, and one yard covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, or roughly 27 square feet if you go a full 12 inches. Most backfill and grade raising jobs around foundations or pools in East Islip run 6 to 12 inches deep, so measure the low area's square footage and match it to the depth you need. Order in full or half yard increments and round up slightly, since compaction will settle the volume once you get it in place.
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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!
Fill dirt is sold by the cubic yard, and one yard covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, or roughly 27 square feet if you go a full 12 inches. Most backfill and grade raising jobs around foundations or pools in East Islip run 6 to 12 inches deep, so measure the low area's square footage and match it to the depth you need. Order in full or half yard increments and round up slightly, since compaction will settle the volume once you get it in place.
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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.
Fill dirt does the structural work, but most yards need a topsoil cap on top before grass or plants go in, especially over East Islip's sandy loam which drains too fast on its own to hold new seed well. If you are backfilling around a pool or foundation, a layer of gravel underneath the fill can help with drainage before you build up. Straw or erosion mesh is worth having on hand if the graded area will sit exposed before final landscaping.
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Do not dump fill dirt in one deep pile and walk away. Place it in lifts of 6 to 8 inches and compact each layer with a plate compactor or hand tamper before adding the next. Skip this in East Islip's sandy loam and the ground will keep settling for a year or two, especially near pool decks or foundation backfill where uneven settling can crack pavers or create new low spots you just paid to fix.
A common mistake is treating fill dirt like topsoil and expecting grass to grow right in it. It is subsoil, screened of debris but stripped of the organic matter plants need. Once you have graded and compacted your fill to the level you want, cap it with 4 to 6 inches of real topsoil before seeding or sodding, otherwise you will be fighting bare patches all season.
If you are raising a large low area, consider layering fill dirt for the bulk of the depth and saving topsoil for just the top few inches where roots actually sit. This costs less overall than filling the whole depth with topsoil, and structurally the fill compacts better anyway. It also means fewer deliveries if you order both at once and stage them side by side.
East Islip sits low, about 15 feet above sea level, and the sandy loam base drains fast at the surface but can still leave low areas holding water after a storm off the Great South Bay. Homeowners here use fill dirt to bring grade up around foundations, pool installs, and low corners of the yard before topsoil goes on top. Because the native soil is sandy, fill dirt gives you a denser structural base that resists shifting better than the loose native ground alone. It is not something you plant into directly, it is the layer that gets things level first.
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.
