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 covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, which is the shallow end of the typical 6 to 12 inch install range for fill dirt. For a job like raising a 200 square foot low spot near Lake Merritt to 6 inches, figure around 3.7 cubic yards, and double that if you're going closer to 12 inches. Measure the actual low area, not the whole yard, since fill is usually targeted rather than spread everywhere.
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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 covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, which is the shallow end of the typical 6 to 12 inch install range for fill dirt. For a job like raising a 200 square foot low spot near Lake Merritt to 6 inches, figure around 3.7 cubic yards, and double that if you're going closer to 12 inches. Measure the actual low area, not the whole yard, since fill is usually targeted rather than spread everywhere.
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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 jobs finish with a few inches of topsoil capping the fill once it's compacted, especially if lawn or planting beds are going back in. If you're backfilling around a pool or foundation, a layer of gravel or crushed rock at the base can help with drainage before the fill goes in. Mulch shows up later, once the topsoil and plantings are settled.
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Place fill dirt in 6 to 8 inch lifts and compact each one before adding the next, rather than dumping the full depth at once. Oakland's clay loam already holds water and settles unevenly, so an uncompacted fill layer will keep sinking for a year or two, especially after the winter rains between December and February. A plate compactor rented for an afternoon saves you from redoing the grade later.
The most common mistake with fill dirt is treating it like topsoil and planting straight into it. It has no nutrient value and compacts hard, which is exactly what you want for a stable base but not for roots. Always cap with 4 to 6 inches of real topsoil before seeding lawn or setting in plants, otherwise everything struggles no matter how much fertilizer you add.
Order fill dirt to match your actual grading need rather than rounding up heavily, since at 1.3 tons per cubic yard, extra material means extra weight sitting in your yard or driveway. If you're both raising grade and topping with topsoil, order them as separate deliveries timed a few days apart so you're not compacting fill and spreading topsoil on the same day.
Oakland sits on clay loam that already drains slowly, so a lot of fill jobs here are about correcting low spots that pond water after winter rain between December and February. This fill dirt is a structural subsoil, not a growing medium, which is exactly what you want when you are raising grade or backfilling against a foundation near the flats. Because Oakland's clay loam compacts unevenly on its own, this screened fill gives you a more predictable base to build on. If the final surface needs to grow anything, plan on capping it with actual topsoil.
Fill dirt is inorganic subsoil sold for volume and grade, not for growing. Small rocks and bits of stick or root are normal in the mix. 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.
