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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, and most projects here run 6 to 12 inches depending on how much grade change you're correcting. Measure the low area's length and width, decide your target depth, and order in cubic yards from there. If you're backfilling around a foundation or pool, factor in the full depth of the gap, not just the visible surface.
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Jacksonville Fill Dirt Delivery
Jacksonville 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, and most projects here run 6 to 12 inches depending on how much grade change you're correcting. Measure the low area's length and width, decide your target depth, and order in cubic yards from there. If you're backfilling around a foundation or pool, factor in the full depth of the gap, not just the visible surface.
What is a Yard?
What is a Yard?
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Choose your quantity
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 cap of topsoil once the fill dirt is compacted to grade, especially anywhere grass, beds, or sod are going in. If you're building up a large low spot, some customers also bring in a base layer of crushed rock for extra stability before the fill goes on. Mulch or sod comes last, once the ground underneath is solid and settled.
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Areas we deliver fill dirt in Jacksonville, Florida
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
Place fill dirt in lifts of 6 to 8 inches and compact each one before adding the next, don't dump the whole depth at once and call it done. In Jacksonville's sandy ground, uncompacted fill will keep settling for a year or more, especially after summer rain soaks in and works its way down through loose material. A plate compactor rented for an afternoon saves you a sunken yard later.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
The most common mistake we see is treating fill dirt like topsoil and planting straight into it. It has no nutrient value and often compacts too hard for roots to push through once it settles. Always cap finished, compacted fill with 4 to 6 inches of real topsoil before grass or beds go in, otherwise you'll be fighting bare patches within a season.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
If you're raising a large section of yard, mixing a rock base for the bottom layer with fill dirt above it holds up better long term than fill alone, particularly on the sandy, water-table-close ground common here at low elevation. It costs a bit more upfront but you avoid re-grading the same spot again after the next rainy season.
Grading and Filling in Jacksonville
At 16 feet of elevation with sandy soil underneath, a lot of Jacksonville lots hold water longer than people expect after summer storms, and fill dirt is how you build the ground up above that problem instead of fighting it every rainy season. It's common here to see homeowners raising a low corner of the yard, backfilling around a new pool shell, or bringing a slab site up to grade before construction. Because the native soil is sandy, fill dirt compacts differently than it would on clay, so lift thickness and compaction matter more than people assume. This is structural material, it does the heavy lifting, then topsoil goes on top for anything that needs to grow.
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.