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 weighs in around 1.3 tons per cubic yard, and one yard spread at a 6 inch depth covers roughly 54 square feet. Most jobs run a 6 to 12 inch install depth, so a low spot that is 10 by 10 feet at 8 inches deep is going to take a little over 2 yards. Measure the footprint and the depth you need to raise it, then order in cubic yards from there.
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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 weighs in around 1.3 tons per cubic yard, and one yard spread at a 6 inch depth covers roughly 54 square feet. Most jobs run a 6 to 12 inch install depth, so a low spot that is 10 by 10 feet at 8 inches deep is going to take a little over 2 yards. Measure the footprint and the depth you need to raise it, then order in cubic yards from there.
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Getting started is easy — just follow these simple steps
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 in The Woodlands finish with a layer of topsoil on top once the fill is compacted, especially where grass or beds need to establish afterward. If you are building up a pad for a structure, a base layer of crushed limestone or road base under the fill can help with long term stability. Mulch or compost comes in later, once the growing layer is actually in place.
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Place fill dirt in 6 to 8 inch lifts and compact each one before adding the next, do not dump the whole load and grade it once. In sandy loam like ours, uncompacted fill keeps settling for a year or more, which shows up later as sunken spots along foundations or pool decks. A plate compactor rented for an afternoon is cheap insurance against redoing the grading next spring.
The most common mistake we see is treating fill dirt as a growing medium and planting straight into it. It is subsoil, stripped of the organic content that grass and beds need, so cap it with 4 to 6 inches of real topsoil before seeding or sodding. Skip that step and you will be fighting bare patches no matter how much you water.
If your project needs both structural fill and a finished growing layer, order them as separate deliveries rather than trying to blend one load. Fill dirt is sold and priced as subsoil, topsoil is a different product entirely, and keeping them separate on site makes compaction and grading far more predictable, especially on a pool or foundation job where the fill layer has to do real structural work.
The Woodlands sits at a modest 154 feet of elevation with sandy loam soil that drains well but also shifts and settles more than people expect once you start piling material on top of it. That makes compaction non negotiable here, low spots near patios and pool decks will keep sinking for seasons if the fill goes in loose. Because this is a project driven material and not a seasonal one, the timing question is really about your build schedule, not the calendar. Whether you are backfilling around a new pool shell or building a pad before a shed, the fill needs to be placed in controlled lifts to hold its shape in this soil.
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.
