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About this fill dirt
Inorganic subsoil for filling holes, raising low ground, and backfill. Small rocks and bits of stick or root are normal in the mix, this is structural material and not a growing medium. Do not use it to level a lawn surface or fill flower beds, put topsoil over it for anything you want to plant. Place it in lifts and compact as you go.
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How Much Fill Dirt Do I Need?
How Much Fill Dirt Do I Need?
One cubic yard of fill dirt covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, and most jobs here call for 6 to 12 inches depending on how much the grade needs to come up. Measure the low area's length and width, decide your target depth, and order in cubic yards from there. For anything deeper than 12 inches, plan on building it up in stages rather than one thick dump.
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Elk Grove Fill Dirt Delivery
Elk Grove Fill Dirt Delivery
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About this fill dirt
Inorganic subsoil for filling holes, raising low ground, and backfill. Small rocks and bits of stick or root are normal in the mix, this is structural material and not a growing medium. Do not use it to level a lawn surface or fill flower beds, put topsoil over it for anything you want to plant. Place it in lifts and compact as you go.
Great service. We ordered topsoil from Mulch Mound and the best experience. Thank you so much!
How Much Fill Dirt Do I Need?
How Much Fill Dirt Do I Need?
One cubic yard of fill dirt covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, and most jobs here call for 6 to 12 inches depending on how much the grade needs to come up. Measure the low area's length and width, decide your target depth, and order in cubic yards from there. For anything deeper than 12 inches, plan on building it up in stages rather than one thick dump.
What is a Yard?
What is a Yard?
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How It Works
Getting started is easy — just follow these simple steps
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Adjust the quantity to match your project. One cubic yard covers about 100 to 160 square feet at a 2 to 3 inch depth.
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Select a delivery date you'd like for the product to be dropped off at your home
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Sit back, wait, and let us work our magic to make sure the highest quality product is delivered to your driveway.
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 ...
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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.
We have always spread our own mulch for the past 24 years. This was our first time with the Mulch Mound - things I liked: they have online ordering...
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We have always spread our own mulch for the past 24 years. This was our first time with the Mulch Mound - things I liked: they have online ordering and provide a digital receipt which means you can remember how much you ordered (I always forget for the next year!), they were on time, they were able to deliver in 48 hours, they were generous with the portion (we got 9 yards and it felt like a FULL nine yards!), the driver was polite! We have ordered from reputable places, and there is always a little trash in the mulch. The mulch we recv'd from Mulch Mound had barely any... we were pleasant surprised!!! Color was great! Not to mention - the price was competitive and LOWER than other mulch places around. We will use again !! Highly recommend! Thanks Mulch Mound!
Complete Your Outdoor Project
Most fill dirt jobs finish with a cap of topsoil once the grade is set, since fill dirt alone will not support planting. If you are backfilling near a patio or walkway, a layer of compacted base material underneath pavers works well over settled fill. Bark or mulch comes later, once the surface layer is ready for beds.
Service area
Areas we deliver fill dirt in Elk Grove, California
- Antelope, California
- Arden-Arcade, California
- Cameron Park, California
- Carmichael, California
- Citrus Heights, California
- Davis, California
- Dixon, California
- El Dorado Hills, California
- Elverta, California
- Fair Oaks, California
- Florin, California
- Folsom, California
- Foothill Farms, California
- Fruitridge Pocket, California
- Gold River, California
- Granite Bay, California
- Ione, California
- La Riviera, California
- Lemon Hill, California
- Loomis, California
- North Highlands, California
- Orangevale, California
- Parkway, California
- Rancho Cordova, California
- Rancho Murieta, California
- Rio Linda, California
- Rocklin, California
- Rosemont, California
- Roseville, California
- University of California-Davis, California
- Vineyard, California
- West Sacramento, California
- Wilton, California
- Woodland, California
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
Do not dump fill dirt in one thick layer and walk away. Place it in 6 to 8 inch lifts and compact each one before adding the next, especially over Elk Grove's clay base. Skip this step and the ground keeps settling for a year or more, showing up as dips near foundations or low spots reappearing after the first real rain. A hand tamper works for small areas, a plate compactor for anything larger.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
The most common mistake with fill dirt is trying to plant directly into it. It is subsoil, screened of debris but stripped of the organic matter that lawns and beds need. Cap the compacted fill with 4 to 6 inches of real topsoil before seeding, sodding, or planting anything. Skipping the cap means whatever you plant will struggle no matter how much you water or fertilize it.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
Fill dirt costs less per yard than topsoil or soil blends because it is not screened for nutrients, just cleaned of rocks and construction debris. Use it for the bulk of any depth you need to build up, then finish with a thinner, more expensive topsoil layer on top only where something needs to grow. This split saves money without cutting corners on the parts that matter.
Grading and Filling in Elk Grove
San Joaquin clay compacts hard once it dries but holds water when it is wet, which is exactly why so many Elk Grove lots have that one soggy corner near the fence line or the low patch by the patio. Fill dirt gets used to correct that grade before anything else goes in. With elevation sitting around 49 feet and flat terrain across most of the city, water does not have much slope to move along, so raising the low ground is often the only fix that lasts. This is not a growing medium, it is structural material for building the base right.
What Fill Dirt Is
Fill dirt is inorganic subsoil sold for volume and grade, not for growing. Small rocks and bits of stick or root are normal in the mix. It compacts predictably, which is exactly what you want under slabs, in trenches, and behind walls.
Fill Dirt vs Topsoil
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.
Compact in Lifts
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.