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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?
Fill dirt is sold by the cubic yard, and one yard covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth. Most structural fill jobs run 6 to 12 inches deep, so a 200 square foot low spot at 8 inches would need roughly 5 cubic yards. Measure the full area you are raising and the depth you actually need before ordering, not just the visible low point.
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Stony Brook Fill Dirt Delivery
Stony Brook 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?
Fill dirt is sold by the cubic yard, and one yard covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth. Most structural fill jobs run 6 to 12 inches deep, so a 200 square foot low spot at 8 inches would need roughly 5 cubic yards. Measure the full area you are raising and the depth you actually need before ordering, not just the visible low point.
What is a Yard?
What is a Yard?
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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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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
Fill dirt does the structural work, but almost nothing grows in it directly, so most Stony Brook jobs cap it with a few inches of topsoil once the fill is compacted. If the final grade needs to shed water away from a foundation, a layer of coarser material underneath can help before the fill and topsoil go on top.
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Areas we deliver fill dirt in Stony Brook, New York
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
Do not dump fill dirt in one deep pile and call it done. Place it in 6 to 8 inch lifts and compact each layer before adding the next, especially around foundations or pool walls. Skip this step and the ground keeps settling for years, showing up later as cracks in patios or gaps along a foundation wall. A plate compactor rented for an afternoon is worth it on anything more than a couple cubic yards.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
A common mistake here is treating fill dirt like topsoil and trying to plant straight into it. It is subsoil, screened of debris but not the organic material or structure plants need. Cap any finished grade with several inches of actual topsoil before seeding or planting, and keep the fill itself for the structural work underneath, raising grade, backfilling, building a base.
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If you are filling a large low area, order fill dirt for the bulk of the depth and save topsoil for just the top layer, usually the last 4 to 6 inches. This cuts cost compared to filling the whole depth with topsoil, and since fill dirt compacts better than loose topsoil anyway, you end up with a more stable base under whatever goes on top.
Grading and Filling in Stony Brook
Stony Brook's native sandy loam drains fast, which is good for plants but means low areas do not fill themselves in with runoff sediment the way heavier clay soils do. That leaves depressions and settled spots near foundations that need actual fill brought in and compacted. With frost reaching down by early November and the ground not fully working again until mid April, most fill jobs here get planned for the warmer months when compaction actually holds. This material is built for that, structural subsoil, not a growing medium.
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.