I contacted Mulch Mound for #57 river rocks and it was easy and fast to get a delivery right before the holiday weekend. Stone was delivered as promised and place exactly where I asked. Excellent service! I will be ordering mulch next!
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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, like backfilling a foundation or raising a low yard, run 6 to 12 inches deep, so figure roughly half a yard to a full yard for every 54 square feet depending on how deep you're going. Measure the low area first, then decide on depth before ordering.
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I contacted Mulch Mound for #57 river rocks and it was easy and fast to get a delivery right before the holiday weekend. Stone was delivered as promised and place exactly where I asked. Excellent service! I will be ordering mulch next!
Fill dirt is sold by the cubic yard, and one yard covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth. Most structural jobs, like backfilling a foundation or raising a low yard, run 6 to 12 inches deep, so figure roughly half a yard to a full yard for every 54 square feet depending on how deep you're going. Measure the low area first, then decide on depth before ordering.
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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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I contacted Mulch Mound for #57 river rocks and it was easy and fast to get a delivery right before the holiday weekend. Stone was delivered as pro...
I contacted Mulch Mound for #57 river rocks and it was easy and fast to get a delivery right before the holiday weekend. Stone was delivered as promised and place exactly where I asked. Excellent service! I will be ordering mulch next!
I recently ordered from mulch mound and was thoroughly impressed with every aspect of the experience. The entire process, from placing the order to...
I recently ordered from mulch mound and was thoroughly impressed with every aspect of the experience. The entire process, from placing the order to delivery was seamless and efficient. The mulch arrived exactly on time, and the quality exceeded my expectations. The color was rich and consistent, and I received more than enough to complete my project with proper coverage and packing.
Customer service was equally outstanding. Communication was clear, and the team was responsive and professional throughout. It’s rare to find a company that delivers both a high-quality product and excellent service, but mulch mound did just that.
Highly recommended, and I wouldn’t hesitate to order from them again.
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.
Most fill dirt jobs finish with a cap of topsoil once the grade is built up, especially if grass or planting beds go on top. Some Wilmington customers also order a layer of gravel underneath fill near pools or patios for extra drainage in that sandy ground. None of it is required, but it's worth planning before the load shows up.
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Fill dirt is structural, not something you plant into directly. Place it in lifts of 6 to 8 inches and compact each one before adding the next, whether that's with a rented plate compactor or just water and time. Skip this in Wilmington's sandy ground and you'll watch the fill settle unevenly over the following rainy seasons, leaving low spots right where you least want them.
The most common mistake here is capping fill dirt with grass seed straight away. It's subsoil, stripped of the organic matter that supports root growth, so anything planted directly into it struggles. Cap with 4 to 6 inches of real topsoil before seeding or sodding, especially since the sandy native soil already runs low on nutrients.
If you're filling a large low area, it often makes sense to order fill dirt for the bulk of the depth and finish with a thinner topsoil layer on top, rather than filling the whole depth with topsoil. Topsoil costs more and isn't needed below root zone, so this pairing gets the grade built up without paying premium material for structural depth.
Wilmington sits at 30 feet of elevation with sandy soil that drains fast but shifts and settles easily, especially near the water table close to the Cape Fear River. That makes fill dirt useful for building up low areas that pond after summer storms, and for giving pool decks or additions a stable base before framing starts. Because the native soil here is loose to begin with, compaction matters more than it might in a clay heavy city. Skipping that step is how you end up with a sunken patch two years later.
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.
