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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At a 6 inch depth, one cubic yard of fill dirt covers about 54 square feet, so a 10 by 10 low spot needs roughly two yards at minimum depth. Deeper fills, like backfilling around a foundation or building up before a pool deck, run 8 to 12 inches and will need more material per square foot. Measure the area and the depth you actually need before ordering, since fill dirt is sold and delivered by the cubic yard.
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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!
At a 6 inch depth, one cubic yard of fill dirt covers about 54 square feet, so a 10 by 10 low spot needs roughly two yards at minimum depth. Deeper fills, like backfilling around a foundation or building up before a pool deck, run 8 to 12 inches and will need more material per square foot. Measure the area and the depth you actually need before ordering, since fill dirt is sold and delivered by the cubic yard.
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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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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!
Fill dirt does the structural work, but if grass, beds, or anything else needs to grow on top, cap it with a few inches of topsoil since fill dirt itself has no nutrient value. Many McComb jobs also pair it with gravel or crushed stone for drainage under patios or driveways where standing water has been an issue.
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Do not dump fill dirt in one deep pour. Silt loam sites in this area settle unevenly if the fill goes in all at once, because water works through the layers differently than it does in sandier soil. Place it in 6 to 8 inch lifts and compact each one with a plate compactor or by wheel-rolling before adding the next. Skipping this step is the main reason people see dips and cracks in fill areas a year or two later, especially near foundations and pool decks.
Fill dirt has no topsoil mixed in, so nothing will grow in it as is. If the filled area needs grass, beds, or any planting, cap the compacted fill with 4 to 6 inches of actual topsoil before seeding or sodding. People sometimes skip this step to save a delivery and end up with bare patches or grass that struggles for a season or two while roots try to find nutrients that are not there.
If you are filling a large low area, order slightly more than your calculated volume rather than less, because compaction reduces the finished height more than most people expect. It is far more efficient to compact down a slightly overfilled area than to schedule a second small delivery a week later. Pairing the order with topsoil or gravel in the same delivery, if your project needs both, also saves a separate trip.
Silt loam compacts differently than sand or clay, it can look solid on top and still shift underneath if it is not built up in proper layers. Around McComb that shows up as soggy low ground after heavy rain and settling near pool decks and foundation edges where the original soil was disturbed during construction. Fill dirt gives you a stable base to correct that, but it has to be compacted, not just dumped and left. This is a structural material for grading and backfill, not something to plant into directly.
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.
