Great service. We ordered topsoil from Mulch Mound and the best experience. Thank you so much!
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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.
Great service. We ordered topsoil from Mulch Mound and the best experience. Thank you so much!
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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 structural fills run 6 to 12 inches, so a 200 square foot low spot at 6 inches needs roughly 4 cubic yards. Go deeper for pool backfill or foundation grading and the yardage climbs fast, so measure the area and the depth you actually need before ordering. Since it is sold by the cubic yard, rounding up slightly is cheaper than a second delivery.
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Kennewick Fill Dirt Delivery
Kennewick 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 structural fills run 6 to 12 inches, so a 200 square foot low spot at 6 inches needs roughly 4 cubic yards. Go deeper for pool backfill or foundation grading and the yardage climbs fast, so measure the area and the depth you actually need before ordering. Since it is sold by the cubic yard, rounding up slightly is cheaper than a second delivery.
What is a Yard?
What is a Yard?
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How It Works
Getting started is easy — just follow these simple steps
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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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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 dirt jobs around Kennewick finish with a topsoil cap once the fill is compacted, since fill dirt itself has no nutrients and nothing will grow in it directly. If the finished grade needs to hold a lawn or garden bed, order topsoil for the top few inches. For drainage-sensitive spots near the river bench, a layer of gravel underneath before filling can help move water away from the structure.
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Areas we deliver fill dirt in Kennewick, Washington
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
Fill dirt should go down in 6 to 8 inch lifts, each one compacted before the next goes on top, not dumped in all at once. If you skip this on a foundation backfill or pool area, the ground keeps settling for years and you end up with sunken spots or cracked concrete later. A hand tamper works for small areas, but anything larger deserves a plate compactor rental, especially in Kennewick's silt loam which settles more than sandy soil once disturbed.
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The most common mistake we see is people planting directly into fill dirt expecting it to grow anything. It is subsoil, stripped of organic matter, and it will not support turf or garden beds on its own. Always cap finished fill with 4 to 6 inches of real topsoil before seeding or planting, especially with Kennewick's short growing window between the April and October frost dates.
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If your project spans multiple phases, like backfilling a pool now and grading the yard later, order fill dirt in stages rather than one large load sitting on site for months. Piled fill dirt sheds and compresses unevenly if it sits exposed to Kennewick's dry wind and occasional heavy rain, so use it close to when it is delivered for the most predictable results.
Grading and Filling in Kennewick
Kennewick sits on silt loam that drains fine on its own but tends to settle and shift once it is disturbed, which is exactly what happens around new foundations, pool excavations, and any spot where a low area needs raising before landscaping starts. Fill dirt is the structural layer under all of that, not something you plant into. With the region's dry summers and mild winters, there is a decent window most of the year to compact fill properly before frost, which here does not set in hard until late October. Get the base right now and you will not be fighting settling cracks or sunken patches next spring.
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.