Topsoil delivery in Mountain Brook, AL

Lots in Mountain Brook were mostly scraped to clay when the house went in, so a new lawn or bed needs bought topsoil, four to six inches of it. Screened topsoil is the usual order; garden mix with compost for raised beds. Around Crestline the delivery question is usually where the pile can go, because the truck will not drive onto a lawn.

Topsoil jobs in Mountain Brook

Mountain Brook was laid out across the wooded south slope of Red Mountain and the ravines that drain to Shades Creek and, on the east side, the Cahaba River. Lots are steep and heavily treed with thin, rocky soil on the ridges and red clay with shale in the hollows; Shades Creek and Watkins Brook bottoms in Mountain Brook Village and Crestline are flood-prone. Cherokee Bend and Overton sit on rolling ground toward the Cahaba with better-drained but still clay-heavy soil. Older estates frequently need fill for eroded slopes, failed terraces and drainage swales.

What it is for

• A new lawn from seed or sod
• Leveling low spots in an existing yard
• Filling raised beds and planting areas
• Top-dressing a thin lawn

Topsoil is not for building on. It settles and holds water. Under a pad, a wall or a slab, use fill dirt.

Getting the truck in

Winding, narrow residential streets without curbs, low tree canopy and long private driveways limit truck size; some properties have gated drives and most have little room to stage a pile off the street.