Lime Screenings for Patios in Augusta, IL

Planning a patio, a paver walk or a garage pad? Illinois Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Augusta, IL, and the order usually comes down to two things: a compacted base and the right bedding layer on top of it.

CA-6, the dense graded crushed limestone this part of Illinois calls road base, carries the load. Lime screenings bed the pavers or flagstone above it.

Ground and Conditions in Augusta

Across the Western Illinois loess uplands and the Mississippi border, deep loess covers older drift on rolling ground. That silty soil sheds water fast on a slope and holds it in the flats.

A patio base that goes in too thin shows it the first spring. The pavers rock, joints open, and the edges settle unevenly.

The fix is a base course with the fines left in, built up so the bedding layer above it stays put. Cut slopes in this ground slump when water gets in, so drainage at the edge of a patio matters as much as the stone under it.

Work runs from the spring thaw into late fall here, a little longer than upstate. Frost still lifts drives and walks each spring, so the building department sets the footing depth that concrete flatwork has to reach.

Materials for Augusta Projects

Bedding is where a paver job is won or lost. The layer directly under the pavers has to be fine, consistent and easy to screed, and that is what lime screenings do.

Lime Screenings are crushed limestone fines, the standard bedding layer in Illinois. They bed pavers and flagstone, fill around pipe, and top a compacted base before the surface goes down.

Under that bedding sits the structural layer. CA-6 is dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in.

It builds driveways, parking pads, shed and garage bases, and it backfills trenches.

Where water has to move instead of sitting, clean washed stone takes over. CA-7 is 1 inch clean stone with no fines, for bedding under pipe, drainage trenches, French drains and concrete flatwork.

CA-11 is the 3/4 inch clean washed stone sold alongside CA-7 for the same bedding and drainage work. CA-16 Chips are 3/8 inch chips for permeable paver bedding and drainage around tanks.

Sand matters too. Torpedo sand is coarse washed sand for concrete, leveling and bedding.

Mason sand is the finer, cleaner grade for brick and block mortar and paver joints.

Delivery to Augusta and the Surrounding Area

You order online, choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard, and pick a delivery date at checkout. A dump truck tips the load on site as one pile.

Each product page has a calculator, so you can size the load before you order. Have your patio or pad dimensions and the depth you are building to ready when you use it.

Augusta sits in Hancock County, and delivery covers the county, including Hamilton, Carthage, Warsaw, La Harpe and Nauvoo.

Questions About Gravel and Bedding in Augusta

What gravel is best for a driveway in Augusta?

CA-6 is the base material Illinois yards sell for driveways. It is dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in, and it compacts into a firm surface for a drive or parking pad.

A clean washed stone such as CA-7 will not compact the same way, so keep it for drainage work instead.

How much material will my project need?

Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard. Each product page has a calculator, and that is where you size the load.

Work out your patio, drive or bed area and the depth you are building to before you start, then let the calculator turn those numbers into a quantity you can order online.

Order Bedding and Base Material for Your Augusta Project

Start with the calculator on the product page, get your tonnage or yardage, and order the bedding and base your patio or flatwork needs. Illinois Rock Supply delivers bulk gravel, stone, sand and soil across Augusta and Hancock County, and your load arrives on the date you choose at checkout.