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 structural fill jobs call for 6 to 12 inches depending on how much grade you're correcting. Measure the low area in square feet, decide on depth based on how much you need to raise it, and order in cubic yards from there. For anything deeper than 12 inches, plan on multiple compacted lifts rather than one thick 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 structural fill jobs call for 6 to 12 inches depending on how much grade you're correcting. Measure the low area in square feet, decide on depth based on how much you need to raise it, and order in cubic yards from there. For anything deeper than 12 inches, plan on multiple compacted 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.
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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.
Most fill dirt jobs finish with a cap of topsoil once the grade is corrected, since fill itself isn't meant to grow anything. If the area needs drainage work first, coarse gravel underneath the fill can help move water away from foundations before you build up. Compaction equipment, even a hand tamper for smaller jobs, is worth having on site the day the load arrives.
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Mercer's silt loam holds moisture longer than sandy soil, so if the ground underneath your fill area is already wet or soft, compact that base layer first before adding fill dirt on top. Skipping this step is the number one reason people see sinking a year or two later, the fill itself was fine but the ground under it never got firm. A hand tamper works for small areas, a plate compactor for anything larger than a patio footprint.
The most common mistake with fill dirt is treating it like topsoil and expecting grass or plants to grow directly in it. Fill is a structural material, screened subsoil without the organic content plants need. Once you've reached your target grade and compacted the final lift, cap it with 4 to 6 inches of actual topsoil before seeding or planting, otherwise you'll fight poor drainage and bare patches for seasons.
If your project also needs topsoil or gravel, it's worth planning both deliveries close together so you're not paying for two separate site visits and can move straight from fill to cap without the area sitting exposed. With frost setting in by mid October in Mercer, finishing grade work before the ground freezes saves you from restarting compaction in spring once things thaw.
Mercer's native silt loam compacts differently than sandy or clay soils, it can look solid on top and still settle underneath if fill isn't placed in proper lifts. With an elevation around 1,200 feet and a frost season running roughly October through May, ground that isn't compacted before freeze up will heave and settle unevenly once it thaws. That matters for anything near the Mercer County Courthouse area or older lots downtown where drainage was never engineered well to begin with. Fill dirt gives you the structural base to correct grade before you cap it with a growing medium.
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.
