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, so a small low spot might only need a yard or two while a full pool backfill or foundation grade correction can run into double digits. Since install depth typically runs 6 to 12 inches, doubling your coverage area estimate gets you into the right range for a 12 inch fill. Measure the actual low area first, not the whole yard, fill dirt is meant for the problem spot, not a blanket layer.
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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, so a small low spot might only need a yard or two while a full pool backfill or foundation grade correction can run into double digits. Since install depth typically runs 6 to 12 inches, doubling your coverage area estimate gets you into the right range for a 12 inch fill. Measure the actual low area first, not the whole yard, fill dirt is meant for the problem spot, not a blanket layer.
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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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Sit back, wait, and let us work our magic to make sure the highest quality product is delivered to your driveway.
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 structural grade is set, since fill dirt itself isn't meant to grow anything. If the final surface will see grass or a garden bed, plan for a topsoil layer on top before seed goes down. Some Milwaukee jobs also pair fill with drainage gravel first in the lowest spots, given how slow that clay subsoil moves water.
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Don't dump fill dirt in one deep layer and walk away. In Milwaukee's freeze thaw cycle, an uncompacted 12 inch fill will settle unevenly over the first winter, sometimes several inches. Place it in 6 to 8 inch lifts, compact each one with a plate compactor or hand tamper before adding the next, and you avoid the sunken spot next spring that everyone blames on the material instead of the install.
The most common mistake we see locally is people using fill dirt as a growing medium and wondering why grass won't take. It's subsoil, not topsoil, it has none of the organic matter or structure plants need. Always cap finished fill with 4 to 6 inches of real topsoil before seeding or planting anything, even if that means ordering both products for the same job.
If you're filling a large area, like backfilling around a full basement excavation or raising a big low section of yard, order the bulk of your volume in fill dirt and save topsoil for just the top few inches. Fill dirt costs less per yard than topsoil since it isn't screened for growing quality, so using it only where structure matters and topsoil only where growth matters gets you the most out of every yard delivered.
Milwaukee's native silty clay drains slowly and holds water, which is exactly why so many yards here end up with soggy low spots and settling near foundations. Fill dirt gets used to raise that grade and correct drainage before the clay causes bigger problems. Because winters bring hard freezes down to that established last frost around May 10, any fill that isn't compacted properly will heave and settle over a freeze thaw cycle. People building up before a patio, shed pad, or pool deck around here need the fill solid before the clay underneath even gets a say.
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.
