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Screened fill dirt free of debris, for raising low ground and backfilling. Structural material, 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, so a 10 by 10 foot low spot at 6 inches runs close to 2 cubic yards. For deeper fills, plan on 6 to 8 inch lifts, compacting each one before adding the next, rather than dumping the whole depth at once. Measure the area and the depth you actually need filled, not the finished grade, since some of that height may come from topsoil on top.
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Fairfield Fill Dirt Delivery
Fairfield Fill Dirt Delivery
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About this fill dirt
Screened fill dirt free of debris, for raising low ground and backfilling. Structural material, 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, so a 10 by 10 foot low spot at 6 inches runs close to 2 cubic yards. For deeper fills, plan on 6 to 8 inch lifts, compacting each one before adding the next, rather than dumping the whole depth at once. Measure the area and the depth you actually need filled, not the finished grade, since some of that height may come from topsoil on top.
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 jobs finish with a topsoil cap once the grade is where it needs to be, especially if lawn or planting beds go on top. If you're backfilling around a foundation or pool, a layer of gravel underneath the fill dirt can help with drainage in areas where clay already holds water. Compaction equipment, even a hand tamper for small areas, matters more than the material choice itself.
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Areas we deliver fill dirt in Fairfield, California
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
In Fairfield's clay, fill dirt needs to go down in 6 to 8 inch lifts with compaction between each one, not dumped in all at once. Skipping compaction is the number one reason people see sunken spots reappear a year or two later, especially near foundations or pool decks where the ground gets walked on or takes weight. A hand tamper works for small areas, a plate compactor is worth renting for anything larger than a patio-sized fix.
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Fill dirt is not a growing medium, it's subsoil screened of debris, so don't expect grass or plants to take in it directly. If the finished area needs lawn, garden beds, or anything living, cap the fill with 4 to 6 inches of actual topsoil before planting. Skipping this step is a common mistake that shows up as patchy, struggling grass the following season.
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If you're backfilling a large low spot, it's often more efficient to order fill dirt for the bulk of the depth and save topsoil for just the top few inches, since topsoil costs more and isn't needed where nothing grows. This pairing keeps the job structurally sound without paying premium material prices for the parts of the fill nobody will ever see.
Grading and Filling in Fairfield
Fairfield sits at 13 feet elevation with heavy clay underneath most yards, so water doesn't move through the ground fast, it moves across the surface until it finds the low point. That's usually where fill dirt gets called in, low corners, sunken spots near a slab, or areas that settled after a pool or foundation went in. Because the native soil is clay, we recommend fill dirt strictly as a structural layer, not something you plant into. Cap it with topsoil once you're at grade if anything needs to grow there.
What Clean Fill Is
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 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.