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Screened fill dirt free of debris, for raising low ground and backfilling. Structural material, place it in lifts and compact as you go.
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How Much Fill Dirt Do I Need?
How Much Fill Dirt Do I Need?
One cubic yard covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, and most fill jobs run 6 to 12 inches depending on how much grade you're correcting. For a foundation backfill or a low yard corner, measure the square footage of the area and the depth you need to raise it, then order in cubic yards rather than guessing by the bag. Bigger jobs, like leveling a yard before a patio or building up a low lot near a pool, usually run several yards once you account for compaction loss.
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Springfield Fill Dirt Delivery
Springfield Fill Dirt Delivery
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About this fill dirt
Screened fill dirt free of debris, for raising low ground and backfilling. Structural material, place it in lifts and compact as you go.
Great service. We ordered topsoil from Mulch Mound and the best experience. Thank you so much!
How Much Fill Dirt Do I Need?
How Much Fill Dirt Do I Need?
One cubic yard covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, and most fill jobs run 6 to 12 inches depending on how much grade you're correcting. For a foundation backfill or a low yard corner, measure the square footage of the area and the depth you need to raise it, then order in cubic yards rather than guessing by the bag. Bigger jobs, like leveling a yard before a patio or building up a low lot near a pool, usually run several yards once you account for compaction loss.
What is a Yard?
What is a Yard?
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How It Works
Getting started is easy — just follow these simple steps
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Choose your quantity
Adjust the quantity to match your project. One cubic yard covers about 100 to 160 square feet at a 2 to 3 inch depth.
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Select a delivery date you'd like for the product to be dropped off at your home
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Sit back, wait, and let us work our magic to make sure the highest quality product is delivered to your driveway.
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 ...
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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.
We have always spread our own mulch for the past 24 years. This was our first time with the Mulch Mound - things I liked: they have online ordering...
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We have always spread our own mulch for the past 24 years. This was our first time with the Mulch Mound - things I liked: they have online ordering and provide a digital receipt which means you can remember how much you ordered (I always forget for the next year!), they were on time, they were able to deliver in 48 hours, they were generous with the portion (we got 9 yards and it felt like a FULL nine yards!), the driver was polite! We have ordered from reputable places, and there is always a little trash in the mulch. The mulch we recv'd from Mulch Mound had barely any... we were pleasant surprised!!! Color was great! Not to mention - the price was competitive and LOWER than other mulch places around. We will use again !! Highly recommend! Thanks Mulch Mound!
Complete Your Outdoor Project
Most fill jobs finish with a cap of topsoil once the grade is where you want it, since fill dirt itself won't support grass or plantings. If you're leveling before sod or a garden bed, plan on 4 to 6 inches of topsoil over the compacted fill. For drainage-sensitive spots near a foundation, some contractors mix in a coarser gravel base beneath the fill for extra runoff control.
Service area
Areas we deliver fill dirt in Springfield, Illinois
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
Don't dump fill dirt in one deep pour and walk away. Place it in 6 to 8 inch lifts and compact each one with a plate compactor or hand tamper before adding the next layer. Skip this step and Springfield's clay-heavy subsoil will trap moisture in the uncompacted fill, and you'll watch that spot sink an inch or two over the next year or two as it settles on its own timeline instead of yours.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
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 too hard for roots to push through. Always cap finished, compacted fill with 4 to 6 inches of actual topsoil before seeding, sodding, or planting anything, even if the fill looks like decent soil sitting in the pile.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
If you're backfilling around a foundation or pool wall, order fill dirt for the bulk of the volume and save topsoil for just the top layer where anything needs to grow. Mixing the two unnecessarily wastes topsoil, which costs more and offers no benefit buried two feet down where nothing is rooting anyway.
Grading and Filling in Springfield
Springfield sits on silty clay loam that already drains slow and holds water after a spring downpour, so low areas around foundations and low corners of a yard tend to stay soggy long after the rain stops. Fill dirt lets you raise that grade before you cap it with topsoil, which is the fix for standing water near a foundation wall. Because this is subsoil and not a growing medium, it needs to be compacted in lifts rather than dumped and left, especially with our freeze thaw cycles between the April and October frost dates working the ground. Get the compaction right and the fill stays put instead of settling into a new low spot next spring.
What Clean Fill Is
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 vs Topsoil
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.
Compact in Lifts
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.