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 of fill dirt covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, and most projects call for 6 to 12 inches depending on how much you are raising the grade. Measure the low area's square footage first, decide your target depth, then order in cubic yards from there. For anything deeper than 8 inches, plan on building it in lifts rather than one deep 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 of fill dirt covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, and most projects call for 6 to 12 inches depending on how much you are raising the grade. Measure the low area's square footage first, decide your target depth, then order in cubic yards from there. For anything deeper than 8 inches, plan on building it in lifts rather than one deep 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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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 dirt jobs finish with a cap of topsoil once the grade is where it needs to be, especially if grass or beds are going on top. If the area will see foot traffic or drainage stress, a layer of gravel underneath before fill goes down can help keep things stable in Montgomery's clay soil. Mulch comes in later for any beds once the grading and topsoil are settled.
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Never dump fill dirt in one deep pour. Place it in 6 to 8 inch lifts and compact each layer with a plate compactor or hand tamper before adding the next. Skip this step and the ground will keep settling for years, especially over Montgomery's clay subsoil which holds moisture and shifts as it dries out and wets back up through the seasons.
A common mistake is treating fill dirt as a growing medium. It is not topsoil and nothing roots well in it long term. Once your grade is built up and compacted, cap it with 4 to 6 inches of actual topsoil before planting grass or anything else. Skipping the cap means thin, patchy growth no matter how much fertilizer gets used later.
If you are filling a large low spot, pair fill dirt with a load of gravel at the base if drainage is a concern, since Montgomery's clay already holds water. Ordering fill and topsoil together in one delivery window can also save a trip compared to spacing the jobs out over separate weekends.
Montgomery sits on heavy red clay that already drains slowly, so when a yard has a low spot it tends to hold water instead of shedding it. Fill dirt gets that grade back up before anything else happens, whether that is backfill around a new foundation, leveling ground after a pool comes out, or building a pad before topsoil and sod go in. Because the growing season here runs long, from March into November, people want these grading jobs done and settled before spring planting, not mid project. This is structural material, so it does the heavy lifting under the finished surface, it is not what anything grows in.
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.
