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Screened fill dirt free of debris, for raising low ground and backfilling. Structural material, place it in lifts and compact as you go.
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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. Most grading and backfill jobs run 6 to 12 inches deep, so a 200 square foot low spot at 8 inches will need somewhere around 5 cubic yards. Measure the low area in square feet and decide your target depth first, that gives you the number to order.
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Mount Sinai Fill Dirt Delivery
Mount Sinai 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.
Great service. We ordered topsoil from Mulch Mound and the best experience. Thank you so much!
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. Most grading and backfill jobs run 6 to 12 inches deep, so a 200 square foot low spot at 8 inches will need somewhere around 5 cubic yards. Measure the low area in square feet and decide your target depth first, that gives you the number to order.
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What is a Yard?
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How It Works
Getting started is easy — just follow these simple steps
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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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Select a delivery date you'd like for the product to be dropped off at your home
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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.
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 ...
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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.
We have always spread our own mulch for the past 24 years. This was our first time with the Mulch Mound - things I liked: they have online ordering...
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We have always spread our own mulch for the past 24 years. This was our first time with the Mulch Mound - things I liked: they have online ordering and provide a digital receipt which means you can remember how much you ordered (I always forget for the next year!), they were on time, they were able to deliver in 48 hours, they were generous with the portion (we got 9 yards and it felt like a FULL nine yards!), the driver was polite! We have ordered from reputable places, and there is always a little trash in the mulch. The mulch we recv'd from Mulch Mound had barely any... we were pleasant surprised!!! Color was great! Not to mention - the price was competitive and LOWER than other mulch places around. We will use again !! Highly recommend! Thanks Mulch Mound!
Complete Your Outdoor Project
Once the fill dirt is graded and compacted, most Mount Sinai jobs finish with a few inches of topsoil on top so grass or plantings actually have something to root into. If the area sits near the harbor or holds moisture, a layer of coarse sand or gravel underneath the fill can help with drainage before you build up. We can deliver topsoil alongside your fill order so both are on site the same day.
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Areas we deliver fill dirt in Mount Sinai, New York
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
Fill dirt has to go down in lifts, not one big dump. Spread it in layers no deeper than 6 to 8 inches and compact each one with a plate compactor or hand tamper before adding the next. Skip this step and you will be watching that spot sink for the next two or three years as it settles on its own, especially in a wet area near the harbor where moisture keeps working through the pile.
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The most common mistake we see is people trying to plant directly into fill dirt. It is subsoil, screened of debris but stripped of the organic matter that actually feeds roots. Always cap it with 4 to 6 inches of real topsoil before seeding lawn or planting beds. Skipping this step means grass struggles or never takes at all, no matter how much you water or fertilize afterward.
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If your project also needs topsoil for the finish layer, order both at once so you are not paying for two separate deliveries or waiting on timing between them. It also lets you compact the fill and cap it with topsoil in one continuous work session instead of losing a day between deliveries, which matters if you are racing the Nov 15 frost date to finish grading before the ground firms up.
Grading and Filling in Mount Sinai
Mount Sinai sits low near the harbor at just 33 feet of elevation, and a lot of yards here fight standing water after fall storms and spring thaw. The native sandy loam drains fast on its own, but when a yard has a depression or a soft spot near a foundation, fill dirt is what actually corrects the grade instead of just topping it. We see it used a lot for building up ground before a pool install or leveling out low corners near the water. Since this material compacts rather than grows anything, it is the right call before you bring in topsoil for the finish layer.
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.