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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Fill dirt is typically installed 6 to 12 inches deep depending on how much grade you're correcting, and one cubic yard covers roughly 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth. For a project like backfilling around a pool or raising a low corner of yard, measure the area and depth you're filling, then order in full cubic yard increments since partial loads still get billed by the yard.
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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!
Fill dirt is typically installed 6 to 12 inches deep depending on how much grade you're correcting, and one cubic yard covers roughly 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth. For a project like backfilling around a pool or raising a low corner of yard, measure the area and depth you're filling, then order in full cubic yard increments since partial loads still get billed by the yard.
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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 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 dirt jobs finish with a layer of topsoil on top, since fill alone won't support turf or planting beds. If you're building up a large area, some customers order a portion of fill for the base and screened topsoil for the cap, which also keeps costs down versus using topsoil for the whole depth.
Winchester's clay loam holds moisture longer than sandier soils, so fill dirt delivered after a wet stretch can be heavier and harder to spread evenly. If you can, schedule your delivery for a dry run of days, especially heading into fall before the October frost date, so the material handles easier and compacts tighter instead of turning into a dense, sticky mess under your boots.
The most common mistake on fill jobs is dumping the whole load and compacting once at the end. Do it in 6 to 8 inch lifts, compacting each layer before adding the next, or you'll get uneven settling for a year or two, especially around foundations and pool walls where water tends to collect against clay loam subsoil.
Fill dirt costs less to source than topsoil because it skips the screening and amendment process, so use it for the bulk of your depth and cap only the top few inches with topsoil where grass or plants need to grow. This split approach handles most backfill and grading jobs without paying for growing medium you don't actually need underground.
Winchester's clay loam already holds water and compacts slowly on its own, so when you add fill dirt to raise a low area or backfill a foundation, compaction in 6 to 8 inch lifts matters even more than usual. Skip that step and the ground here will keep settling for a year or two, especially with the freeze thaw cycles between our October and April frost dates. This is structural material, not something to plant into directly. If the finished area needs grass or beds, plan on capping the fill with a few inches of real topsoil.
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.
