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 covers roughly 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, so a 300 square foot low spot needing 6 inches runs close to 6 yards, more if you are going deeper toward the 12 inch end for a bigger fill job. Measure the area you are raising and decide your target depth first, then work backward from the 54 square foot figure per yard. Order by the cubic yard and round up rather than short, since a second delivery costs more in time than material.
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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 covers roughly 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, so a 300 square foot low spot needing 6 inches runs close to 6 yards, more if you are going deeper toward the 12 inch end for a bigger fill job. Measure the area you are raising and decide your target depth first, then work backward from the 54 square foot figure per yard. Order by the cubic yard and round up rather than short, since a second delivery costs more in time than material.
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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 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 in Stockton finish with a cap of topsoil once the grade is set, especially if lawn or beds go in on top. Some projects also pull in aggregate base or drain rock at the low points before filling, particularly with this clay loam holding water the way it does. If you are backfilling near a foundation, check with your contractor on what layer sequence they want before the truck shows up.
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Do not dump fill dirt in one deep pour. Place it in 6 to 8 inch lifts and compact each layer with a plate compactor or hand tamper before adding the next. Stockton's clay loam base already shifts with moisture swings between the wet winter months and the dry summer stretch, and an uncompacted fill layer on top of that will keep settling for a year or more, cracking patios and pulling fence posts out of plumb.
The most common mistake on fill jobs here is treating fill dirt like topsoil and planting straight into it. It has no organic structure and drains poorly once compacted, so grass and roots struggle. Cap the finished, compacted fill with 4 to 6 inches of real topsoil before seeding or planting anything, and keep that distinction in mind when you are ordering both materials for the same job.
If you are filling a large low spot, order fill dirt for the bulk of the depth and save topsoil for just the top layer, since topsoil costs more per yard and you do not need its organic content buried a foot underground. This split works well for pool removals and yard regrading, where most of the volume is structural and only the top few inches need to support plant growth.
Stockton sits at 23 feet elevation on clay loam, soil that already holds water and compacts unevenly when it dries out in the long summer stretch before that December frost. Fill dirt gets used here to correct grading problems before they become drainage problems, raising areas that pond up during the wetter months between December and February. It is common on new builds and remodels around town, backfilling foundations, leveling yards, and prepping pool removals. This is structural material, not something you plant into, so plan on capping it with topsoil once the grade is set.
Fill dirt is inorganic subsoil sold for volume and grade, not for growing. Small rocks and bits of stick or root are normal in the mix. 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.
