I couldn't be happier with the speed and quality of the mulch delivery service of Mulch Mound. Every detail from ordering, to communication with on time delivery, to perfect product placement was amazing. I needed more and I got it within 2 hours! I'm never doing this with ba...
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One cubic yard of fill dirt covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, and most structural fills run 6 to 12 inches depending on what you're building up to. Measure your low area in square feet, decide your target depth, and work backward from the 54 square foot per yard figure to land on a yard count. For pool backfills or foundation work, it's worth ordering a bit extra since compaction eats into volume.
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I couldn't be happier with the speed and quality of the mulch delivery service of Mulch Mound. Every detail from ordering, to communication with on time delivery, to perfect product placement was amazing. I needed more and I got it within 2 hours! I'm never doing this with ba...
One cubic yard of fill dirt covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, and most structural fills run 6 to 12 inches depending on what you're building up to. Measure your low area in square feet, decide your target depth, and work backward from the 54 square foot per yard figure to land on a yard count. For pool backfills or foundation work, it's worth ordering a bit extra since compaction eats into volume.
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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.
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.
I couldn't be happier with the speed and quality of the mulch delivery service of Mulch Mound. Every detail from ordering, to communication with on...
I couldn't be happier with the speed and quality of the mulch delivery service of Mulch Mound. Every detail from ordering, to communication with on time delivery, to perfect product placement was amazing. I needed more and I got it within 2 hours! I'm never doing this with bags again.
We had a great experience today. This was our first time using Mulch Mound, and I found the price competitive and the online ordering very easy. ...
We had a great experience today. This was our first time using Mulch Mound, and I found the price competitive and the online ordering very easy. We are impressed with the quality of the mulch, too! It is covering well - a great value!
Delivery was smooth and on time!
The triple shredded mulch was great quality and just what we were looking for.
Most fill jobs finish with a cap of topsoil once the grade is set, since fill dirt itself won't support grass or planting. If you're building up a yard for a lawn, order topsoil for the top few inches, and if drainage is a concern on the low end of the site, a bit of gravel underneath can help.
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Fayetteville's sandy loam looks stable but compacts unevenly if you skip lifts. Spread fill dirt in layers no deeper than 6 to 8 inches and compact each one with a plate compactor before adding the next. Skipping this step is the number one reason people call us back two years later asking why their yard has a sunken patch where the pool or foundation backfill was.
Don't plant or lay sod directly into fill dirt, it's subsoil, not a growing medium, and it lacks the organic content roots need. Cap your finished grade with 4 to 6 inches of real topsoil before you seed or sod. This is the mistake we see most on backfill jobs where someone tries to save a step and ends up with dead grass by June.
If you're filling a large low area, order fill dirt for the bulk of the depth and save topsoil for just the top layer, since topsoil costs more per yard and you don't need its organic content buried eight inches down. This layering approach gets you a stable base without paying premium material prices for structural volume you'll never see again.
Fayetteville's sandy loam is easy to dig but it settles and erodes if you just dump loose fill and walk away, especially with the heavy summer thunderstorms this area gets. A lot of the fill jobs we run here are pool backfills, low yards near the Cape Fear River floodplain that need raising, and foundation work around older homes near downtown. Because the ground is workable most of the year, this is a project you can schedule whenever the job is ready, not when the season allows.
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.
