Fill and Base Material Delivered in Altona, IL

Illinois Rock Supply brings gravel and aggregate delivery in Altona, IL. This is loess country, and loess sheds water fast on slopes and holds it in the flats.

Water that will not leave a yard has to be handled with clean stone and a base that stands up. CA-6, the dense graded crushed limestone Illinois yards call road base, is where most of that work starts.

Delivery to Altona and the Surrounding Area

Order online and pick a quantity by the ton or by the yard. Each product page has a calculator if you want to size the load before checkout.

Choose a delivery date at checkout, and a dump truck tips the load on site in one pile. Altona sits in Knox County, and delivery reaches the rest of the county too, including Galesburg, Abingdon, Knoxville, Wataga and Oneida.

Materials for Altona Projects

Raising grade is the first job on a lot that sits low or holds water. Fill dirt builds the pad up before anything goes on top of it, and CA-6 goes down over that as the sub-base for a drive, a parking pad or a building pad.

CA-6 is dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in. The fines bind it, so it firms up under a vehicle instead of shifting.

For a driveway, start with Fill Dirt if the grade needs lifting, then cap it with CA-6. Driveway Gravel surfaces an existing drive or tops a compacted base.

For a patio or a paver walk, bed the pavers in Lime Screenings. The limestone fines pack tight and give a level bedding layer.

Below that, CA-6 carries the load.

For drainage, use clean washed stone. CA-7 is the 1 inch clean stone for French drains, drainage trenches and bedding under pipe.

CA-11, the 3/4 inch clean stone, does the same work at a smaller size.

Top Soil finishes a lawn or a bed after the grade is set. It is screened, and Illinois prairie topsoil is dark and silty.

Ground and Conditions in Altona

Across the Western Illinois loess uplands and the Mississippi border, the ground is deep loess over older drift. Loess sheds water fast on slopes and holds it in the flats.

An under-built base shows that fast. Water sits in the subgrade, the base pumps, and the surface breaks up.

Raise the grade first, then build the base on ground that drains.

Erosion runs to gullies and rills in loess on steep ground, and cut slopes slump. Rip rap armors banks, culvert outlets and pond edges where runoff is concentrated.

Work runs from the spring thaw into late fall here, a little longer than upstate. Cold winters bring freeze and thaw, and frost lifts drives and walks each spring.

Questions About Material in Altona

What is the best base under pavers in Altona?

CA-6 is the compacted base course under a paver patio or walk, and lime screenings are the bedding layer the pavers sit in. The screenings are crushed limestone fines that pack level.

CA-6 below carries the load and holds the grade. Both are ordered by the ton or by the yard.

Do you supply contractors working in Altona?

Yes. Illinois Rock Supply delivers bulk aggregate to job sites in Altona and across Knox County, including Galesburg, Abingdon, Knoxville, Wataga and Oneida.

Contractors order online by the ton or by the yard, pick a delivery date at checkout, and a dump truck tips the load on site.

Order CA-6 and Base Material in Altona

CA-6 is the base material this part of Illinois builds on, and it is the one to start with when a pad needs raising or a drive needs a firm sub-base. Order fill dirt, CA-6, clean stone or topsoil online and set your delivery date for a site in Altona.