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!
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One cubic yard of fill dirt covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, and most structural fill jobs run 6 to 12 inches depending on how much grade you are recovering. Measure the low area in square feet, decide on depth based on how much you need to raise it, and order in cubic yards from there. For anything over a few inches, plan on compacting in lifts rather than dumping it all at once.
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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!
One cubic yard of fill dirt covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, and most structural fill jobs run 6 to 12 inches depending on how much grade you are recovering. Measure the low area in square feet, decide on depth based on how much you need to raise it, and order in cubic yards from there. For anything over a few inches, plan on compacting in lifts rather than dumping it all at once.
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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!
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 ...
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.
Most fill dirt jobs in Hicksville finish with a few inches of topsoil capped on top wherever grass or plants need to grow, since fill dirt itself is not meant to support root growth. If the area will see foot traffic or drainage work, some homeowners also pair it with gravel for a base layer under patios or walkways. Think of fill as the structure and topsoil or gravel as what finishes the job on the surface.
Fill dirt is a structural material, not something you spread and walk away from. Place it in 6 to 8 inch lifts and compact each layer before adding the next, whether you are using a plate compactor or just tamping by hand for a small job. Skipping this step is the number one reason people end up with a sunken spot near a foundation or pool deck a year or two later, once rain has worked its way through the loose fill.
A common mistake in yards with sandy loam like Hicksville's is assuming the native soil will compact the fill from below. It will not, the fill needs its own compaction regardless of what it sits on. Also budget time for settling between lifts, especially if you are working close to the November frost date, since ground movement from freeze and thaw can expose weak spots you missed the first time around.
Fill dirt is priced and delivered as a bulk structural material, so it makes sense to order enough for the full grading job in one delivery rather than topping off later, since a second trip costs more in delivery than the material itself. If part of the area will be planted or seeded, order your topsoil separately and have both on site together so you can cap the fill right after compacting instead of leaving bare subsoil exposed.
Hicksville sits on sandy loam over a fairly low elevation of 149 feet, which means water does not always have far to drop before it hits a foundation or a low corner of the yard. Fill dirt is how you buy back that lost grade, whether it is a pool deck settling near the Gregory Museum area or a backyard that pools water every spring. Because the native soil here drains reasonably well already, fill dirt used for structural buildup pairs cleanly with it once compacted. This is not a growing medium, it is the base you build on before topsoil goes back over it.
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.
