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 depending on how much grade you need to make up. Measure the low area's length and width, decide your target depth, and order in cubic yards from there. For anything over a few inches, plan on compacting in lifts rather than dumping the full depth at once.
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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 depending on how much grade you need to make up. Measure the low area's length and width, decide your target depth, and order in cubic yards from there. For anything over a few inches, plan on compacting in lifts rather than dumping the full depth at once.
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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 finish with a layer of topsoil on top, since fill dirt is a structural material and won't support planting on its own. If the project includes a pool or patio pad, a compactible base material under the fill can help too. Mulch or stone comes later, once the grade is set and anything living has topsoil to root into.
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Fill dirt is not topsoil and it will not hold plants or grass long term, so if the finished grade needs anything living on it, budget a topsoil cap of at least 4 inches. Vineland's sandy loam blends easily with a matched topsoil, but skipping the cap means whatever you plant will struggle to root into compacted subsoil that has almost no organic matter left in it.
The most common mistake we see is dumping the full depth in one pour and walking away. Fill placed deeper than 8 inches without compaction will keep settling for a year or more, showing up as a sunken patch near a foundation or pool wall right when you thought the job was done. Compact every 6 to 8 inch lift with a plate compactor before adding the next one, especially near structures.
If you are filling a large low area, order slightly more than your calculated volume, since compaction reduces loose fill by 10 to 15 percent once it settles. It is cheaper to have a little extra on site than to schedule a second small delivery for the last few inches, especially once your equipment is already staged for the first pour.
Vineland sits on sandy loam at a modest 100 feet of elevation, which means water moves through the topsoil fast but low areas and old ditches still hold it after a hard rain. A lot of the fill work we see here is leveling those wet pockets before a shed, patio, or pool goes in. Because the native soil drains well already, fill dirt is mostly doing structural work, raising grade and giving contractors a stable base, rather than fighting a drainage problem underneath. Once it is capped with topsoil suited to zone 7b planting, it blends right back into the sandy loam around it.
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.
