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 fill dirt covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, and most structural fill jobs run 6 to 12 inches deep depending on how much you're raising the grade. Measure the low area in square feet, decide your target depth, and that gives you the yardage. For anything over a few inches, plan on ordering in bulk cubic yards rather than guessing with bags, since fill projects add up fast.
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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 fill dirt covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, and most structural fill jobs run 6 to 12 inches deep depending on how much you're raising the grade. Measure the low area in square feet, decide your target depth, and that gives you the yardage. For anything over a few inches, plan on ordering in bulk cubic yards rather than guessing with bags, since fill projects add up fast.
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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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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 get capped with a few inches of topsoil once the grade is set, especially if grass or beds go on top. A compactor or plate tamper for the lifts is worth renting if you're filling more than a couple cubic yards. Some Tallahassee jobs near the Capitol area and older neighborhoods also need a bit of sand mixed in near the surface to match the native sandy loam.
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Don't dump fill dirt in one deep pour. Place it in 6 to 8 inch lifts and compact each one before adding the next, or you'll be chasing settling for years, especially over Tallahassee's sandy loam which shifts more than clay-heavy soils once water gets under a loose fill pile. A plate compactor rented for a day is cheaper than repairing a sunken patio slab or fence post later.
The most common mistake we see is treating fill dirt like topsoil and planting straight into it. Fill dirt is subsoil, it has little organic matter and compacts hard, which is exactly what you want structurally but not what roots want. Always cap finished grade with 4 to 6 inches of real topsoil before seeding, sodding, or planting beds, even if the fill looks dark enough to plant in.
If you're filling a large low area, order slightly more than your calculated yardage rather than less, compaction alone can reduce your finished depth by 10 to 15 percent as the lifts settle. It's more efficient to have a small surplus on site than to schedule a second delivery for the last yard, especially with sandy loam that keeps settling for weeks after the first heavy rain.
Tallahassee's native sandy loam drains fast, which is good for plants but bad for anyone trying to fill a low area, because loose native soil settles and washes before it ever holds a grade. Fill dirt gives you a denser subsoil base that compacts and stays put once it's tamped down in lifts. With an elevation around 203 feet and plenty of gentle slope across the city, drainage-driven grading jobs, pool backfill, and foundation work are common reasons people order this rather than topsoil. It is not meant to grow anything on its own, it is the structural layer underneath.
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.
