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 call for 6 to 12 inches depending on how much grade you need to make up. Measure the low area in square feet, decide on your depth, and order in cubic yards from there. For anything deeper than 8 inches, plan to place it in lifts rather than one pour.
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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 call for 6 to 12 inches depending on how much grade you need to make up. Measure the low area in square feet, decide on your depth, and order in cubic yards from there. For anything deeper than 8 inches, plan to place it in lifts rather than one pour.
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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.
Fill dirt does the structural work, but it is not meant to grow anything, so most jobs finish with a cap of topsoil once the fill is compacted and graded. If the area will see grass or plants, plan on topsoil as a final layer before seed or sod. Some customers also add gravel underneath fill near foundations or low drainage spots for extra stability.
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Fill dirt is a structural material, not something to just dump and grade. Place it in 6 to 8 inch lifts and compact each layer before adding the next, especially if you are backfilling against a foundation or pool wall. Skipping compaction is the number one reason people end up with sunken spots a year or two later, particularly in Louisville's clay soil which holds water and shifts more than sandy ground does.
A common mistake is treating fill dirt as a finished surface for planting. It has no organic matter and compacts hard, so nothing grows well in it directly. Always cap the compacted fill with 4 to 6 inches of real topsoil before seeding or sodding, and give the fill time to settle through at least one freeze thaw cycle before you finish grading on top of it.
If you are backfilling a large area, it often makes sense to combine fill dirt for the bulk of the depth with a smaller topsoil order for the finish layer, rather than using topsoil the whole way down. Fill dirt is the more economical choice for the structural portion of the job, and saving the topsoil for just the top few inches stretches your budget further without compromising what you're planting into.
Louisville sits on heavy clay that drains slowly, so low areas near foundations and pool decks tend to stay soft or hold puddles after a storm. Fill dirt gives you a structural base to bring those spots up to grade before topsoil or sod goes on top. With frost setting in around late October and not letting go until mid April, getting fill placed and compacted in the fall gives it a full season to settle before spring planting season. This is job driven work, not something tied to a calendar, but the freeze thaw cycle here is worth planning around.
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.
