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 structural fill work runs 6 to 12 inches deep depending on how much grade you need to make up. Measure your low area or backfill zone in square feet, decide your depth, and that gets you close to a yard count. If you are filling in lifts, order enough to cover each 6 to 8 inch lift rather than trying to dump it all at once.
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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 structural fill work runs 6 to 12 inches deep depending on how much grade you need to make up. Measure your low area or backfill zone in square feet, decide your depth, and that gets you close to a yard count. If you are filling in lifts, order enough to cover each 6 to 8 inch lift rather than trying to dump it all at once.
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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 cap of topsoil once the fill is compacted to grade, especially if grass or landscaping goes on top. Some Richland customers also order sand or gravel for a drainage layer under patios or sheds built on filled ground. If you are backfilling around a foundation or pool, having both fill dirt and topsoil delivered together saves a second trip.
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Richland's sandy loam base drains well but compacts unevenly if you skip steps. Place fill dirt in lifts no deeper than 6 to 8 inches and compact each one with a plate compactor before adding the next. Skipping this on a backfill job means the ground keeps settling for a year or two, which shows up as a dip near the foundation right when you thought the job was done. It costs an extra afternoon now to save a callback later.
A common mistake here is treating fill dirt like topsoil and planting straight into it. It is subsoil, screened of debris but stripped of the organic matter that makes things grow. If grass, shrubs, or a garden bed is the end goal, cap the compacted fill with 4 to 6 inches of real topsoil before you seed or plant anything, especially given how thin the topsoil layer already runs on Richland's river terrace soils.
If your project also needs drainage gravel or a topsoil cap, order them for the same delivery window instead of spacing out separate trips. Richland's dry summers mean stockpiled fill dirt left uncovered for weeks can lose moisture and get harder to compact, so timing your fill delivery close to when you are actually ready to place it saves both effort and a wasted step later.
Richland sits on sandy loam over old river terrace deposits, which drains fast but also settles unevenly when you pile loose fill on top of it. Around Howard Amon Park and the older neighborhoods near the river, plenty of homes were built on grade that has shifted over the decades, so backfill around foundations and low yard sections is a common call. At 404 feet elevation with a dry, wind-exposed high desert climate, loose fill can also dry out and blow before it settles, so compaction matters more here than in wetter regions. This is structural material for those jobs, not something you plant into.
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.
