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!
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At the standard 6 inch install depth, one cubic yard covers about 54 square feet, so a 300 square foot low area at that depth runs roughly 5.5 yards. If you're backfilling deeper, closer to 12 inches for a pool cavity or a real grade change, figure closer to half that coverage per yard and order accordingly. Measure length by width for the area, then decide your target depth before ordering since fill is sold by volume, not by the load.
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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!
At the standard 6 inch install depth, one cubic yard covers about 54 square feet, so a 300 square foot low area at that depth runs roughly 5.5 yards. If you're backfilling deeper, closer to 12 inches for a pool cavity or a real grade change, figure closer to half that coverage per yard and order accordingly. Measure length by width for the area, then decide your target depth before ordering since fill is sold by volume, not by the load.
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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.
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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 finish with a few inches of topsoil capping the surface, especially if grass or plants are going in over it, since fill dirt on its own won't support root growth. If the area will see foot traffic or a shed, a layer of compactable gravel underneath the fill can help stabilize things further. Straw or erosion blanket is worth having on hand too if the graded area sits exposed before seeding.
Fill dirt is not something you dump and walk away from. Place it in lifts of 6 to 8 inches and compact each layer with a plate compactor or hand tamper before adding the next. Skip this step and you'll be watching that spot sink for two or three years as it settles on its own, which is a common complaint we hear from people who filled a low spot themselves without a compactor.
Because Sterling Heights clay loam already drains slowly, don't grade your fill dirt flat if it's near a foundation or patio. Slope it slightly away from the structure, even an inch or two over several feet makes a real difference once the ground freezes and settling shifts things around. Fill dirt with no slope just becomes a new spot for water to pool.
If you're capping fill dirt with topsoil for grass or a garden bed, order the topsoil as a separate, thinner layer rather than trying to blend the two. Two to three inches of topsoil over well compacted fill is usually enough for turf establishment, and keeping them separate means you're not wasting good topsoil mixed into structural fill where it won't help anything grow.
Sterling Heights sits on clay loam that drains slowly, so low spots near foundations and along fence lines tend to hold water well into spring. Fill dirt is the tool for correcting that grade before it becomes a drainage problem, not a growing medium, it's meant to be compacted and built up in layers. With the frost line reaching down through winter here, poorly compacted fill can heave and settle unevenly once the ground freezes and thaws again. Projects like pool removals, foundation backfill, and yard leveling around The Heights all lean on this material to get the base right first.
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.
