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 projects here run 6 to 12 inches deep depending on how low the grade sits. Measure the low area in square feet, decide your depth, and order in cubic yards from there, rounding up rather than down since compaction will settle the lift.
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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 projects here run 6 to 12 inches deep depending on how low the grade sits. Measure the low area in square feet, decide your depth, and order in cubic yards from there, rounding up rather than down since compaction will settle the lift.
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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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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 Lake Grove jobs that need fill dirt also need a topsoil cap once the grade is built up, especially if lawn or planting beds go on top. Some pool and foundation projects also pull in gravel for drainage layers underneath the fill. Ordering both at once keeps the job moving instead of stopping between phases.
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Fill dirt is structural, not a growing medium, so never spread it in one thick pour and call it done. Build it in 6 to 8 inch lifts and compact each one with a plate compactor or hand tamper before adding the next. Skipping this on Lake Grove's sandy loam means the ground keeps settling for a season or two, which shows up later as a sunken patch near a pool deck or foundation wall.
The most common mistake on Long Island lots is finishing grade with bare fill dirt and expecting grass to take. It won't, fill dirt is screened subsoil with the organic matter removed, so cap the final lift with 4 to 6 inches of real topsoil before seeding or sodding. Order the topsoil at the same time as the fill so you're not waiting on a second delivery mid project.
Time your fill delivery for a dry stretch if you can, since sandy loam handles compaction poorly when saturated and you'll fight mud instead of building a stable base. If your project also needs gravel for drainage under a patio or pool, order it alongside the fill dirt so both loads land in one trip and you're not paying for two separate deliveries to the same driveway.
Lake Grove sits on sandy loam over Long Island's glacial outwash, which drains well but settles unevenly if you backfill with whatever is on hand. That matters most around pool decks, foundation perimeters, and low yard areas near the First Congregational Church of New Village neighborhood where older lots were never properly graded. Fill dirt gives you a dense, debris free base you can compact in stages, which holds up better through Lake Grove's freeze thaw cycle between the Apr 7 last frost and Nov 7 first frost. Cap it with topsoil before anything green goes in.
Fill dirt is inorganic subsoil sold for volume and grade, not for growing. Small rocks and bits of stick or root are normal in the mix. 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.
