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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Fill dirt is sold by the cubic yard, and one yard covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth. For a typical low spot or backfill job running 8 to 12 inches deep, plan on roughly 40 to 27 square feet of coverage per yard, so measure your area and depth first, then work backward from there. Most Tuscaloosa jobs we deliver for run somewhere between a few yards for a small foundation fix and a dozen or more for a full yard regrade.
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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!
Fill dirt is sold by the cubic yard, and one yard covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth. For a typical low spot or backfill job running 8 to 12 inches deep, plan on roughly 40 to 27 square feet of coverage per yard, so measure your area and depth first, then work backward from there. Most Tuscaloosa jobs we deliver for run somewhere between a few yards for a small foundation fix and a dozen or more for a full yard regrade.
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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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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!
Fill dirt does the heavy lifting, but most projects need a capping layer of topsoil on top before grass or plants go in. If you're backfilling near a structure, a layer of crushed stone at the base can help with drainage before the fill goes on top. Ask about pairing a fill delivery with topsoil so both are staged and ready the same day.
Don't dump fill dirt in one deep pour. Place it in lifts of 6 to 8 inches and compact each layer before adding the next, otherwise you'll get soft spots that keep settling for a year or two, especially over Tuscaloosa's clay subsoil which already drains slow and holds moisture. A rented plate compactor for a weekend job is worth it. Skipping this step is the number one reason fill jobs need redoing.
Fill dirt is not for growing anything directly, it's structural. Once you've built up your grade and compacted it, cap the top with 4 to 6 inches of real topsoil before seeding or planting. Skipping the cap means grass struggles to root in dense subsoil, and you'll be reseeding bare patches within a season, which is a common callback we see on backfill jobs done without a topsoil layer.
Order slightly more than your calculated volume, since compaction typically reduces fill volume by 10 to 20 percent once it's settled and packed. It's easier to have a little extra on site for touch ups than to schedule a second delivery for a small shortfall. If your project also needs topsoil or gravel, ask about scheduling both in the same trip to cut down on separate deliveries.
Tuscaloosa's red clay drains slowly and swells when it gets wet, which means low areas around foundations and along fence lines tend to hold standing water after storms rolling in off the Gulf. Fill dirt gives you a way to raise that grade with a dense, stable material instead of fighting the clay underneath it. It's also the go-to for backfilling around pool decks and retaining walls on the sloped lots common near Bryant-Denny Stadium and the older neighborhoods around it. Because it's subsoil, not topsoil, it's built for structure, not for planting directly 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.
