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 jobs run 6 to 12 inches depending on how much you need to raise the grade. Measure the low area in square feet, decide your target depth, and order in cubic yards accounting for compaction, since fill settles as much as 10 to 15 percent once it is packed down. For foundation or pool backfill, it is worth rounding up rather than running short mid project.
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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 jobs run 6 to 12 inches depending on how much you need to raise the grade. Measure the low area in square feet, decide your target depth, and order in cubic yards accounting for compaction, since fill settles as much as 10 to 15 percent once it is packed down. For foundation or pool backfill, it is worth rounding up rather than running short mid project.
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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.
Select a delivery date you'd like for the product to be dropped off at your home
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 jobs finish with a few inches of topsoil on top since fill dirt is not meant to grow anything directly. If you are building up a bed or lawn area, pair the fill with screened topsoil for the final layer, and consider a compactable base material first if the area will bear any real weight like a patio or shed pad.
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Nashville's clay subsoil holds water, so if you are filling low ground near a foundation, slope the finished grade away from the house at least 2 inches over the first 10 feet. Skipping this step just moves the drainage problem instead of solving it. Compact each 6 to 8 inch lift with a plate compactor before adding the next, especially near structures where settling later means cracked concrete or a sinking patio.
The most common mistake we see is treating fill dirt like topsoil and trying to plant directly into it. It has no organic matter and compacts hard, so grass seed and root systems struggle. Always cap finished fill with 3 to 4 inches of real topsoil before seeding or sodding, and give the fill a few weeks to settle after compaction if the schedule allows it.
If you are filling a large low spot, order fill dirt for the bulk of the volume and save topsoil for just the top layer, since topsoil costs more and does nothing structurally underground. This layered approach, fill below and topsoil above, is standard practice for foundation backfill and grade raises around Nashville's older housing stock where original lots were never graded well to begin with.
Nashville sits on clay and limestone that does not drain well once you get past the first few inches, so low areas around foundations, pools, and low corners of a lot tend to stay wet long after a storm. Fill dirt is the structural fix, it builds the grade back up so water sheds away from the house instead of pooling against it. This is common work around older homes near the Parthenon and East Nashville where original grading has settled over decades. It is not a growing medium, so plan to cap it with topsoil wherever grass or beds go on top.
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.
