I contacted Mulch Mound for #57 river rocks and it was easy and fast to get a delivery right before the holiday weekend. Stone was delivered as promised and place exactly where I asked. Excellent service! I will be ordering mulch next!
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One cubic yard of fill dirt covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, so a 10 by 20 foot low spot at 6 inches runs close to 4 cubic yards, and the same area at 12 inches doubles that to around 8. Because fill is sold and delivered by the cubic yard, measure the actual area you are raising and the depth you need before ordering, not a rough guess. If you are backfilling around a pool shell or foundation, measure the void itself rather than the surface footprint.
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I contacted Mulch Mound for #57 river rocks and it was easy and fast to get a delivery right before the holiday weekend. Stone was delivered as promised and place exactly where I asked. Excellent service! I will be ordering mulch next!
One cubic yard of fill dirt covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, so a 10 by 20 foot low spot at 6 inches runs close to 4 cubic yards, and the same area at 12 inches doubles that to around 8. Because fill is sold and delivered by the cubic yard, measure the actual area you are raising and the depth you need before ordering, not a rough guess. If you are backfilling around a pool shell or foundation, measure the void itself rather than the surface footprint.
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I contacted Mulch Mound for #57 river rocks and it was easy and fast to get a delivery right before the holiday weekend. Stone was delivered as pro...
I contacted Mulch Mound for #57 river rocks and it was easy and fast to get a delivery right before the holiday weekend. Stone was delivered as promised and place exactly where I asked. Excellent service! I will be ordering mulch next!
I recently ordered from mulch mound and was thoroughly impressed with every aspect of the experience. The entire process, from placing the order to...
I recently ordered from mulch mound and was thoroughly impressed with every aspect of the experience. The entire process, from placing the order to delivery was seamless and efficient. The mulch arrived exactly on time, and the quality exceeded my expectations. The color was rich and consistent, and I received more than enough to complete my project with proper coverage and packing.
Customer service was equally outstanding. Communication was clear, and the team was responsive and professional throughout. It’s rare to find a company that delivers both a high-quality product and excellent service, but mulch mound did just that.
Highly recommended, and I wouldn’t hesitate to order from them again.
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.
Most fill jobs finish with a few inches of topsoil capping the surface, since fill dirt is a structural base and nothing grows well in it as is. If the area will see foot traffic or drainage, a layer of decomposed granite or gravel on top holds up better than bare fill exposed to the wind here. Either pairing gets ordered alongside the fill and delivered in the same trip.
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Place fill in lifts of 6 to 8 inches and compact each lift before adding the next one. Skipping this and dumping a full 12 inches at once looks fine on day one but settles unevenly for years afterward, especially under pool decks or slab edges. A hand tamper works for small areas, but foundation backfill and larger pads are worth renting a plate compactor for, since sandy loam compacts cleanly when it is done in stages.
The most common mistake with fill dirt is treating it like topsoil and expecting anything to grow in it. It is subsoil, screened of debris but stripped of organic matter, so plan on capping the finished grade with several inches of actual topsoil anywhere grass, shrubs, or a garden bed is going in. Skipping the cap means thin, patchy growth no matter how much fertilizer gets added later.
If you are filling a large low area and also need topsoil for the surface, order both in the same delivery window instead of two separate trips, since the fill goes down first and gets compacted before the topsoil cap goes on. This is also the point to decide if you need drainage gravel under a shed pad or patio, since that goes in before the fill, not after.
The sandy loam common through Fortuna Foothills drains fast but it does not hold a grade well once you start digging pools, additions, or drainage swales, so fill is what gets used to rebuild the elevation you cut into. At 345 feet with long dry stretches, compacted fill here does not fight moisture swelling the way clay based fill does elsewhere, but it still needs real compaction, not just dumping and grading. Most jobs we deliver for in this area are pool backfill, pad building for sheds and additions, or raising a low corner of a lot before topsoil and desert landscaping go on top.
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 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.
