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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Fill dirt is sold by the cubic yard, and one yard covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth. Most structural fill goes in at 6 to 12 inches, so a small foundation backfill might only need a yard or two, while raising a low section of yard before topsoil can run into double digits fast. Measure the area you are filling and the depth you need, then work backward from the 54 square foot figure.
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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!
Fill dirt is sold by the cubic yard, and one yard covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth. Most structural fill goes in at 6 to 12 inches, so a small foundation backfill might only need a yard or two, while raising a low section of yard before topsoil can run into double digits fast. Measure the area you are filling and the depth you need, then work backward from the 54 square foot figure.
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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.
Select a delivery date you'd like for the product to be dropped off at your home
Sit back, wait, and let us work our magic to make sure the highest quality product is delivered to your driveway.
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 around here end with a cap of topsoil once the structural depth is set, especially if grass or plants are going back in on top. If you are backfilling a pool or foundation, a layer of gravel underneath for drainage is worth considering before the fill goes in. We deliver both if you want to line it up in one trip.
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Because Terryville's native soil is sandy loam, it does not hold a compacted lift as well as clay soils do, so do not skip the compaction step between layers. Place fill in 6 to 8 inch lifts and compact each one with a plate compactor before adding the next. Skipping this on sandy ground is exactly how you end up with a sunken patch by the following spring, especially after a wet fall or a heavy snow load.
The most common mistake we see on foundation and pool backfill jobs is treating fill dirt like topsoil and expecting grass to grow in it. It will not, at least not well, since it is subsoil with the organic content stripped out. Cap the final few inches with real topsoil once your structural depth is set, that is where roots need to establish.
If your project involves both raising ground and finishing it for lawn or garden, order fill dirt for the bulk of the depth and topsoil only for the top layer, usually the last 2 to 4 inches. This keeps cost down since fill dirt is a cheaper structural material, and you are not paying for topsoil quality in a layer nobody will ever see or plant into.
Terryville sits at a modest 154 feet elevation with sandy loam soil underneath, which drains fine but also settles and shifts more than clay ever will. That means fill jobs here need real compaction, not just dumping and grading, or you will be back next spring looking at a low spot again. A lot of the calls we get are pool backfill and foundation work where the original grading never accounted for how wet these low lying areas near the water get. This is structural material for those jobs, not something you plant into.
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.
