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 this fill dirt covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, and most jobs run 6 to 12 inches depending on how much grade you're correcting. Measure the low area in square feet, decide your target depth, and divide by that coverage rate to land on a yard count. If you're backfilling a foundation trench or pool cavity, measure the void volume directly instead of area, since depth varies more there.
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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 this fill dirt covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, and most jobs run 6 to 12 inches depending on how much grade you're correcting. Measure the low area in square feet, decide your target depth, and divide by that coverage rate to land on a yard count. If you're backfilling a foundation trench or pool cavity, measure the void volume directly instead of area, since depth varies more there.
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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.
Fill dirt is a base layer, not a finish, so most orders pair with a topsoil delivery to cap it once the grade is set and compacted. If the area will see any foot traffic or planting, screened topsoil on top gives you something roots can actually use. Some Rochester customers also order it alongside gravel for drainage work when the fill area sits close to a foundation.
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Rochester's heavy clay base means water doesn't move through fill quickly, so if you're backfilling against a foundation, slope the final grade away from the structure by at least a couple inches over the first several feet. Skipping this step is one of the most common callbacks we see, the fill settles flat or even toward the house and the next spring thaw sends water right back at the foundation wall.
Don't dump fill dirt in one deep pour and call it done. It needs to go in 6 to 8 inch lifts with each layer compacted, whether that's a hand tamper for small areas or a plate compactor for anything sizable. Skipping compaction is why people come back a year later wondering why their yard has a sunken patch, especially after a hard freeze thaw cycle like Rochester gets between October and May.
If you're building up a large area before topsoil, order the fill and topsoil as separate deliveries rather than trying to blend them. Fill dirt is priced and handled as a structural subsoil, topsoil is a finer, amended product meant for planting, and keeping them separate on the job site makes it easier to place the right material at the right depth without guessing which pile is which.
Rochester sits on heavy clay that already drains slowly, so any low area near a foundation or in a backyard tends to hold water through spring thaw and fall rain before the Oct 7 frost. Fill dirt is how you correct that grade before it becomes a standing water problem. Because it is a structural subsoil and not a growing medium, it has to be compacted in lifts rather than dumped and left, especially with Rochester's freeze thaw cycle working against loose fill all winter. Most calls we get here are foundation backfill, pool removal fill, or leveling a yard before new topsoil.
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.
