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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, so a small low spot might only need a yard or two, while raising a pool surround or building a pad for a shed can run into a dozen yards or more. Since it is structural, figure your total volume based on the finished depth you need after compaction, not before, because loose fill settles once it is compacted in lifts.
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Kansas City Fill Dirt Delivery
Kansas City 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, so a small low spot might only need a yard or two, while raising a pool surround or building a pad for a shed can run into a dozen yards or more. Since it is structural, figure your total volume based on the finished depth you need after compaction, not before, because loose fill settles once it is compacted in lifts.
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What is a Yard?
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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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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 grade is where you want it, especially if grass, a garden bed, or sod is going in on top. If drainage is the underlying issue, some Kansas City customers pair fill dirt with a load of gravel for a French drain or dry well before backfilling. Either way, the fill does the heavy lifting and the finish material does the growing.
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Areas we deliver fill dirt in Kansas City, Missouri
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
Kansas City clay does not forgive shortcuts. If you dump fill dirt in one thick pile and walk away, it will look fine for a season and then sink two or three inches by next spring as it settles into the dense clay below. Place it in 6 to 8 inch lifts, compact each one with a plate compactor or hand tamper, and let it firm up before adding the next layer. It takes longer up front but it's the difference between a fix and a repeat project.
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The most common mistake we see locally is treating fill dirt like topsoil and planting straight into it. Fill dirt is subsoil, stripped of the organic matter and structure that roots need, so it compacts hard and drains poorly on its own. Always cap finished fill with 4 to 6 inches of real topsoil before seeding, sodding, or planting anything, otherwise you'll be fighting bare patches and puddling for a year or two.
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If you're building up a large area, order fill dirt for the bulk of the volume and save topsoil or mulch for just the top layer where it matters. This keeps costs sensible since fill dirt does the structural work at a lower cost than finished soil, and you are not paying premium material prices to fill space nobody will ever see or grow in.
Grading and Filling in Kansas City
Kansas City sits on heavy clay that drains slowly and swells and shrinks with the seasons, which is exactly why low spots reappear year after year if they are not built up right. Fill dirt gets used here to raise soggy backyard corners, level ground before a patio or shed pad, and backfill foundations on the older homes near Union Station where grading has shifted over decades. With frost reaching down through the clay by late fall, most fill jobs happen in the warmer months so compaction actually holds instead of freezing before it sets. Because the clay underneath is already dense, fill dirt on top needs the same lift and compact approach or you get a soft transition layer that settles unevenly.
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.