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, which is the minimum working depth for most grading and backfill jobs. If you're filling deeper, figure your cubic yards based on 6 to 12 inches depending on how low the area sits, and remember each lift gets compacted separately rather than dumped in all at once. Measure the low area in square feet first, then match it to the depth you actually need.
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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, which is the minimum working depth for most grading and backfill jobs. If you're filling deeper, figure your cubic yards based on 6 to 12 inches depending on how low the area sits, and remember each lift gets compacted separately rather than dumped in all at once. Measure the low area in square feet first, then match it to the depth you actually need.
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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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Sit back, wait, and let us work our magic to make sure the highest quality product is delivered to your driveway.
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 jobs in Jackson finish with a few inches of topsoil capping the fill, since fill dirt itself isn't meant to grow anything. If the area will see grass or a garden bed, order topsoil for the top layer and mulch for finishing around trees or beds once grading is done.
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Jackson's clay subsoil holds moisture, so if you're filling a low spot that stays wet, don't just dump fill dirt on top of standing water or saturated ground. Let the area dry out first or dig a shallow drain path, otherwise the new fill sits on a soft base and settles unevenly within a season, undoing the grading work you just paid for.
The most common mistake is treating fill dirt like topsoil and skipping compaction between lifts. Fill dirt needs to go down in 6 to 8 inch layers, each one compacted with a plate compactor or even repeated foot and wheelbarrow traffic, before the next layer goes on. Skip this step and the ground keeps settling for a year or two, especially with Jackson's clay base underneath holding water and shifting.
If you're backfilling around a foundation or pool, order a bit more fill dirt than your calculated volume, since compaction reduces the final height by a noticeable margin. It's more efficient to have a little extra on site than to schedule a second delivery for one more cubic yard. Pair the fill with a topsoil cap if the area borders lawn, so the transition doesn't leave a bare, compacted patch.
Jackson's clay soil doesn't drain fast, so low spots in yards near the Old Capitol Building and older neighborhoods tend to stay wet well after a storm passes. Fill dirt is the structural fix for that, raising grade so water moves away from foundations instead of sitting against them. Because the native clay already compacts hard, tying new fill into it works well as long as each lift gets compacted before the next goes down. This is subsoil, not topsoil, so it's built for structure and grade, not for planting directly into.
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.
