I contacted Mulch Mound for #57 river rocks and it was easy and fast to get a delivery right before the holiday weekend. Stone was delivered as promised and place exactly where I asked. Excellent service! I will be ordering mulch next!
Thanks! We received your request.
Something went wrong. Please try again.
Fill dirt is sold by the cubic yard, and one yard covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, less if you are going deeper. Most structural jobs run 6 to 12 inches, so a 200 square foot low spot at 8 inches deep runs somewhere around 5 cubic yards. Measure the area you are raising and the target depth before ordering, since underestimating means a second delivery mid job.
Couldn't load pickup availability
We hand-pick and partner with the best yards in your region, keep only the ones our buyers rate well, and back each load with our guarantee.
If your fill dirt isn't the quantity or quality you ordered, we'll make it right.
I contacted Mulch Mound for #57 river rocks and it was easy and fast to get a delivery right before the holiday weekend. Stone was delivered as promised and place exactly where I asked. Excellent service! I will be ordering mulch next!
Fill dirt is sold by the cubic yard, and one yard covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, less if you are going deeper. Most structural jobs run 6 to 12 inches, so a 200 square foot low spot at 8 inches deep runs somewhere around 5 cubic yards. Measure the area you are raising and the target depth before ordering, since underestimating means a second delivery mid job.
Thanks! We received your request.
Something went wrong. Please try again.
Getting started is easy — just follow these simple steps
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.
I contacted Mulch Mound for #57 river rocks and it was easy and fast to get a delivery right before the holiday weekend. Stone was delivered as pro...
I contacted Mulch Mound for #57 river rocks and it was easy and fast to get a delivery right before the holiday weekend. Stone was delivered as promised and place exactly where I asked. Excellent service! I will be ordering mulch next!
I recently ordered from mulch mound and was thoroughly impressed with every aspect of the experience. The entire process, from placing the order to...
I recently ordered from mulch mound and was thoroughly impressed with every aspect of the experience. The entire process, from placing the order to delivery was seamless and efficient. The mulch arrived exactly on time, and the quality exceeded my expectations. The color was rich and consistent, and I received more than enough to complete my project with proper coverage and packing.
Customer service was equally outstanding. Communication was clear, and the team was responsive and professional throughout. It’s rare to find a company that delivers both a high-quality product and excellent service, but mulch mound did just that.
Highly recommended, and I wouldn’t hesitate to order from them again.
I couldn't be happier with the speed and quality of the mulch delivery service of Mulch Mound. Every detail from ordering, to communication with on...
I couldn't be happier with the speed and quality of the mulch delivery service of Mulch Mound. Every detail from ordering, to communication with on time delivery, to perfect product placement was amazing. I needed more and I got it within 2 hours! I'm never doing this with bags again.
Most fill jobs get capped with a few inches of topsoil once the grade is set, especially if lawn or beds are going in on top. If you are backfilling around a foundation or old pool, a layer of compactable gravel underneath the fill can help with drainage before you build up. Mulch or stone finishes the surface once the structural work is done.
Service area
Fill dirt is a structural material, not something you plant into. Spread it in lifts of 6 to 8 inches and compact each layer with a plate compactor or hand tamper before adding the next. Skipping this step is the number one reason Philadelphia yards develop sunken patches two or three years later, especially over old basement excavations or backfilled pool holes where the ground has more room to settle.
Never leave fill dirt bare through a Philly winter if you can help it. Uncapped fill absorbs water, and with first frost landing around October 25th, saturated dirt that freezes and thaws repeatedly will heave and shift. Cap it with topsoil or at minimum a layer of mulch before the ground freezes, even if you are not finishing the grading until spring.
If you are filling a large low area, mix fill dirt for the base lifts with a thinner topsoil cap on top rather than using topsoil the whole way down. Topsoil is more expensive and its organic content actually breaks down over time under load, causing more settling than clean subsoil. Save the topsoil for the top 3 to 4 inches where roots actually live.
Philadelphia sits on silt loam that holds water and compacts unevenly once foundations, additions, and old rowhome basements have disturbed it over the decades. Fill dirt gives you a stable base to correct that grading before you cap it with topsoil, which matters more here than in places with sandier ground. With frost showing up by late October and the ground workable again around mid April, most fill projects happen in that window when the soil is diggable but not saturated. It is common here to see pool decommissions, foundation backfill, and low backyard corners near older Philly rowhomes all needing the same fix.
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.
