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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.
We had a great experience with mulch mound! Our mulch arrived when we requested. The delivery fee was so reasonable. We’ll use them again for sure!
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How Much Fill Dirt Do I Need?
How Much Fill Dirt Do I Need?
Fill dirt is sold by the cubic yard, and one yard covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, or roughly half that at 12 inches if you're building up a deeper low spot. Most Mansfield backfill jobs, like pool surrounds or foundation grading, run 6 to 12 inches deep, so measure the area and depth you need, then work backward from the 54 square foot figure. When in doubt, order slightly more, since compaction will settle the pile more than you'd expect.
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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.
We had a great experience with mulch mound! Our mulch arrived when we requested. The delivery fee was so reasonable. We’ll use them again for sure!
How Much Fill Dirt Do I Need?
How Much Fill Dirt Do I Need?
Fill dirt is sold by the cubic yard, and one yard covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, or roughly half that at 12 inches if you're building up a deeper low spot. Most Mansfield backfill jobs, like pool surrounds or foundation grading, run 6 to 12 inches deep, so measure the area and depth you need, then work backward from the 54 square foot figure. When in doubt, order slightly more, since compaction will settle the pile more than you'd expect.
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Getting started is easy — just follow these simple steps
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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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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.
First time going with this company for mulch and it was an efficient process from start to finish. Website was easy—I told them exactly where I wan...
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First time going with this company for mulch and it was an efficient process from start to finish. Website was easy—I told them exactly where I wanted the mulch put on my driveway, and it was delivered perfectly when I got home from work the next day. Best deal around when I compared it to competitors and I will definitely be becoming back.
Complete Your Outdoor Project
Fill dirt does the heavy structural work, but most projects finish with a few inches of topsoil capped on top wherever grass, beds, or landscaping go back in. If you're leveling ground before hardscape, a layer of compactable gravel base on top of the fill can help with drainage and stability. Mulch or stone follow naturally once the grading and topsoil are settled.
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Areas we deliver fill dirt in Mansfield, Ohio
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
Mansfield's clay loam already drains slowly, so when you're filling a low spot, don't just dump and walk away. Place fill dirt in lifts of 6 to 8 inches and compact each layer before adding the next, ideally with a plate compactor for anything larger than a small patch job. Skipping this step is the number one reason people end up with a sunken spot again a year or two later, right where they filled it.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
Fill dirt is not a growing medium, and people forget that until grass won't take on top of it. If the finished area needs lawn or plants, cap the compacted fill with at least 4 to 6 inches of actual topsoil before seeding or sodding. Skipping the cap and seeding directly into fill dirt usually means thin, patchy growth no matter how much you water or fertilize afterward.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
If you're filling a large area, it's worth ordering fill dirt and topsoil as two separate deliveries rather than trying to blend them yourself. Fill dirt handles the volume and structure cheaply since it's just screened subsoil, while topsoil only needs to go where roots actually reach. Buying premium topsoil for the whole depth of a deep fill job wastes money on material doing a job plain fill handles just as well.
Grading and Filling in Mansfield
Mansfield sits on clay loam that already holds water and compacts slowly, which means low spots around foundations and low corners of yards tend to stay soft or puddle after storms. Fill dirt gives you a structural base to bring those areas up to grade before anything else goes in. It is common here to see it used around the older foundations near downtown and the Reformatory area, where original grading has settled over decades. This is not topsoil, so it needs a cap of real growing medium if grass or plants are the end goal.
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.