Bulk Aggregates for Patios in Arcola, IL

Illinois Rock Supply brings gravel and aggregate delivery in Arcola, IL to patios, drives and pads that sit on flat Grand Prairie ground. CA-6, the dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in, is the base most of that work starts from.

Ground here is deep prairie silt loam over dense clay, almost level, so water stands instead of running. The material under your pavers decides how that ground behaves.

Ground and Conditions in Arcola

Across the Grand Prairie till plain of central and eastern Illinois, the ground is flat to gently rolling with dense clay subsoil and very little natural fall. Water stands after heavy rain rather than running off.

A paver patio on a thin base shows it fast. Edges sink, joints open, and the surface rocks underfoot within a season or two.

The fix is a base that spreads load and a bedding layer that drains or compacts correctly for its job. Bare silt loam also sheets and gullies where runoff concentrates, so grade your patio away from the house.

Work runs from the spring thaw into late fall. The ground is slow to dry in a wet spring and frozen solid through winter, and frost heave shows up in shallow work each spring.

Materials for Arcola Projects

Start with the bedding layer, because that is what your pavers actually rest on. Lime screenings, called limestone screenings or screenings locally, are the standard bed for pavers and flagstone.

The crushed limestone fines compact to a smooth, firm surface that holds a paver flat.

Under that bed goes the structural base. CA-6, also called CA6 or 3/4 dense grade, is dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in, for driveways, parking pads, shed and garage bases and trench backfill.

Where water has to move, switch to clean stone. CA-7, sold as #57 stone or 1 inch clean stone, is washed with no fines, for bedding under pipe, drainage trenches, French drains and concrete flatwork.

CA-11, the 3/4 inch clean washed stone, does the same work at a smaller size. Illinois yards keep it alongside CA-7 for bedding, drainage and concrete.

CA-16 chips are the 3/8 inch size, for permeable paver bedding, drainage around tanks and topping a compacted base. For a concrete slab or a sand-set patio, torpedo sand, the coarse washed sand Illinois yards sell, handles leveling and bedding.

Delivery to Arcola and the Surrounding Area

You order online and choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard. Each product page has a calculator, so you can size the load before checkout and pick your delivery date there.

A dump truck tips the material in one pile on your site. Have the spot clear and reachable, since the load is dropped where the truck can get to it.

Illinois Rock Supply delivers throughout Douglas County, including Tuscola, Villa Grove, Arthur, Newman and Camargo, along with the rest of Illinois.

Order Your Arcola Aggregate Delivery

Size your patio, drive or pad with the calculator on each product page, then order by the ton or yard and pick a delivery date. Illinois Rock Supply delivers bulk gravel, stone, sand and topsoil across Arcola and Douglas County.