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 covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, and most fill projects run 6 to 12 inches depending on how much grade you need to correct. For a low spot that is roughly 10 by 10 feet at 6 inches deep, plan on about 2 cubic yards, and double that if you are going the full 12 inches. Measure your low area in square feet first, then work backward from the depth you actually need.
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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 covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, and most fill projects run 6 to 12 inches depending on how much grade you need to correct. For a low spot that is roughly 10 by 10 feet at 6 inches deep, plan on about 2 cubic yards, and double that if you are going the full 12 inches. Measure your low area in square feet first, then work backward from the depth you actually need.
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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 finish with a few inches of topsoil capping the surface, since fill dirt itself will not support grass or plantings. If you are grading toward a structure, a load of gravel for drainage at the base can save headaches later. Compaction equipment, even a rented plate compactor, is worth having on site before the truck shows up.
Do not dump fill dirt in one deep pour and walk away. Build it in 6 to 8 inch lifts and compact each layer before adding the next, especially over Effingham's silt loam, which settles unevenly if it is not compacted in stages. Skipping this step is why people end up with a low spot that reappears a year later, right where the fill was thickest, because the bottom of the pile never got compacted properly.
The biggest mistake on fill projects here is trying to plant directly into it. Fill dirt is subsoil, stripped of the organic matter that silt loam topsoil naturally has, so grass seed and shrubs struggle in it. Always cap finished fill with 4 to 6 inches of real topsoil before you seed, sod, or plant anything, and give the fill a few weeks to settle first if the schedule allows it.
If your project also needs topsoil for the finish layer, order both in the same delivery window to save on separate trips. Fill dirt handles the bulk grading work at a lower cost per yard than topsoil, so use it for everything below the top few inches and reserve topsoil only for the layer that actually needs to grow something.
Effingham sits at 594 feet with silt loam soil that holds water and compacts unevenly if it is disturbed and not managed right, which is exactly the situation on a lot of new builds and pool installs around town. Fill dirt gives you a stable base to build on instead of fighting native soil that shifts with the wet spring and dry summer swings here. It is common on lots near the crossroads area where drainage grading is part of nearly every new build. This is a structural material, so it does the heavy lifting before topsoil or sod ever goes down.
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.
