I couldn't be happier with the speed and quality of the mulch delivery service of Mulch Mound. Every detail from ordering, to communication with on time delivery, to perfect product placement was amazing. I needed more and I got it within 2 hours! I'm never doing this with ba...
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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 jobs run 6 to 12 inches deep, so a 200 square foot low spot filled 6 inches deep needs roughly 4 cubic yards, and double that if you're going the full 12 inches. Measure the area you're raising first, then decide on depth based on whether you're leveling ground or building a load bearing pad.
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I couldn't be happier with the speed and quality of the mulch delivery service of Mulch Mound. Every detail from ordering, to communication with on time delivery, to perfect product placement was amazing. I needed more and I got it within 2 hours! I'm never doing this with ba...
Fill dirt is sold by the cubic yard, and one yard covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth. Most structural jobs run 6 to 12 inches deep, so a 200 square foot low spot filled 6 inches deep needs roughly 4 cubic yards, and double that if you're going the full 12 inches. Measure the area you're raising first, then decide on depth based on whether you're leveling ground or building a load bearing pad.
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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.
I couldn't be happier with the speed and quality of the mulch delivery service of Mulch Mound. Every detail from ordering, to communication with on...
I couldn't be happier with the speed and quality of the mulch delivery service of Mulch Mound. Every detail from ordering, to communication with on time delivery, to perfect product placement was amazing. I needed more and I got it within 2 hours! I'm never doing this with bags again.
We had a great experience today. This was our first time using Mulch Mound, and I found the price competitive and the online ordering very easy. ...
We had a great experience today. This was our first time using Mulch Mound, and I found the price competitive and the online ordering very easy. We are impressed with the quality of the mulch, too! It is covering well - a great value!
Delivery was smooth and on time!
The triple shredded mulch was great quality and just what we were looking for.
Most fill jobs finish with a few inches of topsoil capping the surface, since fill dirt itself won't support grass or plant roots. If you're leveling a yard before sod or seed, pairing a load of fill with topsoil on the same delivery saves a second trip. For pool decks or patios, some order crushed limestone as a base layer over the compacted fill before pavers or gravel go down.
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Don't dump fill dirt in one thick pile and call it done. Place it in lifts of 6 to 8 inches and compact each layer before adding the next, especially in Washington Court House's silt loam, which holds moisture and settles unevenly if it's not tamped as you go. Skipping this step is the number one reason people end up with a sunken patch near a foundation or patio a year later.
Fall and early winter, before the ground freezes around mid October, is a good window for backfill jobs here because the fill has months to settle under freeze thaw cycles before spring building resumes. If you fill in late spring right before planting or pouring concrete, you're racing settlement that hasn't finished happening yet, and cracks or dips can show up by summer.
If your project needs both structural fill and topsoil, like raising a yard before seeding, order both in the same delivery window instead of two separate trips. Fill dirt is denser and cheaper by the yard than topsoil, so using it for the bulk of the depth and capping only the top few inches with topsoil gets you the growing surface you need without paying premium prices for depth you don't need to grow anything in.
Washington Court House sits on silt loam that holds water and compacts unevenly once you dig into it, which is exactly why so many backfill and grading jobs here end up settling for years if the fill goes in loose. At 978 feet elevation the ground doesn't drain fast, so low areas near foundations and pools need real structural fill, not just extra topsoil piled on. With a growing zone of 6b and freeze lines that run deep by January, fill placed and compacted in fall has all winter to settle before spring planting or construction resumes. Most calls we get here are foundation backfill, pool decks, and lots near the fairgrounds that need raised before anything gets built on them.
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.
