Wonderful experience! They put the mulch exactly where we wanted. This mulch spread very easily and didn’t have the usual “mulch smell.” We will definitely use again!
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One cubic yard of fill dirt covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, which is the shallow end of the typical 6 to 12 inch install range. A backfill job around a foundation wall might only need a few yards, while raising a low quarter acre lot to fix drainage can run well past 20. Measure the area and the depth you actually need filled, then order by the cubic yard rather than guessing.
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Wonderful experience! They put the mulch exactly where we wanted. This mulch spread very easily and didn’t have the usual “mulch smell.” We will definitely use again!
One cubic yard of fill dirt covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, which is the shallow end of the typical 6 to 12 inch install range. A backfill job around a foundation wall might only need a few yards, while raising a low quarter acre lot to fix drainage can run well past 20. Measure the area and the depth you actually need filled, then order by the cubic yard rather than guessing.
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Wonderful experience! They put the mulch exactly where we wanted. This mulch spread very easily and didn’t have the usual “mulch smell.” We will de...
Wonderful experience! They put the mulch exactly where we wanted. This mulch spread very easily and didn’t have the usual “mulch smell.” We will definitely use again!
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!
Most fill dirt jobs in Trenton get capped with a few inches of topsoil once the grade is set, since clay loam alone is not going to support grass or beds. If you are backfilling near a patio or walkway, a layer of crushed stone underneath can help with drainage before the fill goes in. Straw or seed mix on top is worth having on hand once the final grade is compacted.
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Trenton's clay loam already compacts slowly when wet, so timing your fill dirt job for a dry stretch matters more here than in sandier soil. Place it in 6 to 8 inch lifts and compact each one before adding the next, skipping this step is the number one reason people call us back a year later asking why their yard sank two inches near the foundation.
A common mistake on backfill jobs near older Trenton foundations is capping fill dirt with topsoil too soon, before the lower lifts have had a chance to settle through a rain cycle. Give a new fill area at least a few weeks and one good rain before you finish grade with topsoil, otherwise you will be patching low spots again by fall.
If your project needs both structural fill and a growing layer on top, order them as separate materials rather than trying to stretch one delivery to do both jobs. Fill dirt is priced for bulk mass, not soil quality, and mixing in topsoil defeats the compaction that keeps foundation backfill stable long term.
Trenton sits on clay loam that already drains slow and holds water after a storm, so a lot of the fill dirt calls we get here are about raising low spots that pond every spring. With ground freezing before Christmas most years and the last frost holding until mid April, there is a real window to get fill compacted and settled before planting season starts. Foundation and pool backfill jobs are common in the older neighborhoods near downtown where houses were built close to grade. This is structural material, it sits under the topsoil that clay loam soil actually needs for anything to grow.
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.
