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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 this fill dirt covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, and most structural fill jobs run 6 to 12 inches depending on how much grade you need to make up. Measure the low area in square feet, decide your depth, and order in cubic yards rather than guessing off a bag count. For anything past a small yard fix, deliveries scale a lot faster than hauling it in truck loads.
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Lee's Summit Fill Dirt Delivery
Lee's Summit Fill Dirt Delivery
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The best local fill dirt, without the guesswork.
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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 this fill dirt covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, and most structural fill jobs run 6 to 12 inches depending on how much grade you need to make up. Measure the low area in square feet, decide your depth, and order in cubic yards rather than guessing off a bag count. For anything past a small yard fix, deliveries scale a lot faster than hauling it in truck loads.
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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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 dirt jobs finish with a few inches of topsoil capping the surface if grass or beds are going in, since this material is not meant to grow anything on its own. Some customers also order crushed stone for a base course under patios or walkways going in over the filled area. Compaction equipment, even a hand tamper for small jobs, matters more than any material choice.
Service area
Areas we deliver fill dirt in Lee's Summit, Missouri
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
Do not dump the whole yard's worth in one pass. Place it in 6 to 8 inch lifts and compact each layer before adding the next, otherwise the fill keeps settling for a year or two as it finds its own density under gravity and rain. On silt loam soils like what's under most Lee's Summit lots, uncompacted fill can settle several inches, enough to crack a patio poured too soon on top.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
The most common mistake is trying to grow grass or plant beds directly in fill dirt. It is subsoil with the organic matter and nutrients stripped out, so seed struggles and roots stay shallow. Always cap with 4 to 6 inches of real topsoil before seeding or planting, even if the fill looks dark and workable straight off the truck.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
If you're backfilling around a pool or foundation, order slightly more than the math says, closer to 10 percent over, since compaction always eats into your finished volume more than people expect. It costs less to have a little extra sitting in a pile than to schedule a second delivery for a small shortfall.
Grading and Filling in Lee's Summit
Lee's Summit sits on silt loam over rolling terrain near 1040 feet, and that silt loam holds water long enough that low corners of a yard stay soft well past a spring rain. Fill dirt is what corrects that, raising the grade so water moves off the lot instead of sitting against a foundation. With last frost around April 15 and first frost around October 20, most backfill and grading jobs here get done in the long stretch between, before the ground firms up for winter. This is subsoil, not a growing medium, so anything going on top still needs a topsoil cap.
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.