Wonderful experience! They put the mulch exactly where we wanted. This mulch spread very easily and didn’t have the usual “mulch smell.” We will definitely use again!
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One cubic yard covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, and most fill jobs run 6 to 12 inches depending on how much you're raising the grade. Measure the low area, decide your target depth, and order in cubic yards since that is how it is sold and delivered. For anything over a foot of fill, plan on building it in lifts rather than one thick pour.
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Wonderful experience! They put the mulch exactly where we wanted. This mulch spread very easily and didn’t have the usual “mulch smell.” We will definitely use again!
One cubic yard covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, and most fill jobs run 6 to 12 inches depending on how much you're raising the grade. Measure the low area, decide your target depth, and order in cubic yards since that is how it is sold and delivered. For anything over a foot of fill, plan on building it in lifts rather than one thick pour.
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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.
Wonderful experience! They put the mulch exactly where we wanted. This mulch spread very easily and didn’t have the usual “mulch smell.” We will de...
Wonderful experience! They put the mulch exactly where we wanted. This mulch spread very easily and didn’t have the usual “mulch smell.” We will definitely use again!
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!
Most fill jobs finish with a topsoil cap once the grade is where you want it, since fill dirt itself will not support grass or plantings. If you're backfilling near a wall or slope, a layer of gravel underneath for drainage is worth considering before the fill goes in. Compaction tools, whether rented or hand tamped, are worth having on site rather than skipping.
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Do not dump fill dirt in one deep pour and walk away. Build it in 6 to 8 inch lifts and compact each layer before adding the next, or you will be watching that spot sink for the next two or three years as it settles unevenly. This matters even more on Lynchburg's clay base, since clay holds water and slows how fast a loose fill pile settles on its own.
The most common mistake we see is people trying to plant directly into fill dirt. It is subsoil, stripped of organic matter, and grass or shrubs will struggle in it. Cap the finished, compacted grade with 4 to 6 inches of topsoil before seeding or planting anything, and keep that distinction in mind when you're ordering, since fill and topsoil solve different problems even though they look similar on a pallet.
If your project needs both fill and topsoil, order them as separate deliveries rather than trying to blend them yourself, since compacting a mixed pile does not work the same way. On sloped lots around Lynchburg, pairing fill with a bit of gravel at the base of a backfill area helps water move away from foundations instead of sitting in the clay against the wall.
Lynchburg sits on clay soil across a hilly terrain, which means water tends to pool in low spots instead of draining through. Fill dirt is what people here use to raise those areas and correct grade before it becomes a standing water problem near a foundation. With an elevation of 617 feet and a lot of sloped lots around the Hill City, backfilling around retaining walls and building up low corners of a yard is a common job. It is not a growing medium, so anywhere grass or plants need to go back in, plan on capping it with topsoil.
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.
