Delivery was smooth and on time!
The triple shredded mulch was great quality and just what we were looking for.
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.
Delivery was smooth and on time!
The triple shredded mulch was great quality and just what we were looking for.
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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, less if you go deeper. Most jobs here run 6 to 12 inches depending on how much grade you are raising, so measure the low area first and figure your depth before ordering. For a pool backfill or foundation job, measure the actual void you are filling rather than the surface footprint, since those spaces eat more material than they look like they would.
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Mount Pleasant Fill Dirt Delivery
Mount Pleasant Fill Dirt Delivery
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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.
Delivery was smooth and on time!
The triple shredded mulch was great quality and just what we were looking for.
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, less if you go deeper. Most jobs here run 6 to 12 inches depending on how much grade you are raising, so measure the low area first and figure your depth before ordering. For a pool backfill or foundation job, measure the actual void you are filling rather than the surface footprint, since those spaces eat more material than they look like they would.
What is a Yard?
What is a Yard?
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How It Works
Getting started is easy — just follow these simple steps
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Choose your quantity
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 your delivery date
Select a delivery date you'd like for the product to be dropped off at your home
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Sit back and wait
Sit back, wait, and let us work our magic to make sure the highest quality product is delivered to your driveway.
Very easy to place order online for our exact needs and very flexible for when we needed
From the time I placed the order to the delivery it was quick and professional. I will highly recommend and will use them from now on.
Complete Your Outdoor Project
Most fill dirt jobs finish with a cap of topsoil once the grade is where it needs to be, especially anywhere grass or plants are going back in. If you are building up around a pool or foundation, a layer of gravel underneath the fill can help with drainage before you back it up with dirt. Compaction equipment, even a hand tamper for small jobs, is worth having on site before the load arrives.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
In sandy loam like Mount Pleasant has, fill dirt still needs to be placed in 6 to 8 inch lifts and compacted between each one, even though the ground already drains well. Skipping compaction here does not cause standing water the way it might on clay, but it does cause settling, and settling under a pool deck or foundation backfill shows up as cracks and low spots a year or two later. Rent a plate compactor for anything beyond a small patch job.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
The most common mistake we see is treating fill dirt like it is ready for grass or planting straight out of the truck. It is subsoil, screened of debris but not amended, and it will not support healthy root growth on its own. Always cap finished fill with several inches of real topsoil before seeding or planting anything, and keep that cap separate from your compacted base layers.
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If your project needs both fill and a topsoil cap, order them as separate deliveries timed a few days apart so you can compact the fill properly before the topsoil goes on. Trying to do both layers in one weekend usually means the fill does not get compacted right, which defeats the purpose of building up the grade in the first place. Plan the sequence before either truck shows up.
Grading and Filling in Mount Pleasant
Mount Pleasant sits at 13 feet of elevation with sandy loam soil, so drainage is usually fine but low spots and areas near the marsh can stay soggy after a hard rain. A lot of homes here are raising grade around crawlspaces and pool decks to get ahead of standing water, and fill dirt is the structural layer under that work. Because the native soil is sandy, fill dirt compacts differently than it would on clay, so lifts still need attention even though drainage is not your main fight. This is not a growing medium, it is the base you build on before topsoil goes down.
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.