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 deep depending on how much you're raising the grade. Measure the low area in square feet, decide your depth, and order in full cubic yards since this material is sold and delivered by the yard, not by the bag.
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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 deep depending on how much you're raising the grade. Measure the low area in square feet, decide your depth, and order in full cubic yards since this material is sold and delivered by the yard, not by the bag.
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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.
Select a delivery date you'd like for the product to be dropped off at your home
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.
Fill dirt does the heavy lifting, but most jobs finish with a cap of topsoil once the grade is where you want it, since fill dirt itself is not meant to grow anything. If the finished area will see grass or plant beds, order both together so the topsoil layer goes down while the fill is still workable. Gravel is a common add for anyone finishing a drainage path or a base under a paver patio.
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Clay loam soils around Knoxville compact differently wet versus dry, and dumping fill dirt on saturated ground just creates a mud lens that never firms up. Wait for a dry stretch before your delivery if you can, and place the material in 6 to 8 inch lifts, compacting each one with a plate compactor or hand tamper before adding the next. Skipping this step is the single biggest reason people see their yard sink again two years later.
Fill dirt is a structural material, not a growing medium, so don't plant directly into it expecting decent results. Cap the compacted fill with 4 to 6 inches of real topsoil before seeding or laying sod. People who skip this step end up with patchy grass and wonder why, when the real issue is that subsoil alone doesn't have the organic content to support root growth.
If your project also needs drainage work, like around a foundation or a low corner that pools water after rain, pair your fill dirt order with gravel for a base layer before you cap with topsoil. Ordering both in one delivery instead of two separate trips saves you a second scheduling window, and it lets you sequence the job properly, fill first, compact, gravel where needed, topsoil last.
Knoxville sits in clay loam country, and clay loam holds water and swells when it is wet, which is exactly why so many yards here have low corners that never drain right. Fill dirt gives you a structural base to correct that grade before anything else goes on top. With an elevation around 886 feet and a good number of hillside and foundation jobs in this area, backfilling around retaining walls and pool decks is common work. This is not a growing material, it is the base you build on, then cap with topsoil where grass or beds need to go.
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.
