Lime Screenings for Patios in Batchtown, IL

Illinois Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Batchtown, IL, and the season here runs long. Work starts after the spring thaw and pushes into late fall, which is a little more room than crews get upstate.

That window matters when you are bedding a patio or a walk. This page leads with lime screenings, the bedding layer under pavers and flatwork, and with CA-6, the dense graded crushed limestone that carries the base below it.

Ground and Conditions in Batchtown

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.

A thin base under a patio shows that fast. The pavers rock, joints open, and the surface dips where water sat and the subgrade moved.

The fix is a base that drains and a bedding layer that stays put. A compacted CA-6 base sheds what gets past the surface, and lime screenings on top give the pavers a level bed that will not shift underfoot.

Frost still lifts drives and walks each spring in this part of Illinois. The local building department sets the footing depth for anything structural.

Materials for Batchtown Projects

Bedding is where a patio is won or lost. Lime screenings, also called limestone screenings or stone dust, are crushed limestone fines and the standard bedding layer in Illinois.

They bed pavers and flagstone and backfill around pipe.

Under that bedding you need a base that compacts. CA-6, also called CA6 or 3/4 dense grade, is dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in.

Where water has to move instead of sit, switch to clean stone. CA-7, also called #57 stone or 1 inch clean stone, is washed with no fines.

It beds pipe, fills drainage trenches and French drains and sits under concrete flatwork.

Fine sand has its own jobs. Mason sand, also called mortar sand, is a fine clean sand for brick and block mortar, paver joints, sandboxes and volleyball courts.

Torpedo sand, the coarse washed sand Illinois yards sell, is what concrete, leveling and bedding call for. Both are worth having on a patio job.

Delivery to Batchtown and the Surrounding Area

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

Choosing between tons and yards is the part buyers think about most, so each product page has a calculator. It sizes the load from your project, and it is the fastest way to settle a quantity before you order.

Batchtown sits in Calhoun County, and delivery reaches the rest of the county too, including Hardin, Kampsville, Hamburg, Brussels and Golden Eagle.

Bottomland sites along the Mississippi wait out spring high water, so timing a delivery around that stretch is normal here.

Questions About Gravel and Bedding in Batchtown

What gravel is best for a driveway in Batchtown?

CA-6 is the base material for a driveway here. It is dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in, and it compacts into a firm surface for drives and parking pads.

If you want a finer, walkable finish on top, look at driveway gravel or walkway gravel.

How much material will my project need?

Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard. Each product page has a calculator, and it sizes the load from your project so you can settle a number before checkout.

Have your measurements ready and let the calculator return the quantity, then pick your delivery date.

Order Bedding and Base Material for Your Batchtown Project

Start with the calculator on the product page for lime screenings, CA-6 or the clean stone your drainage needs. Settle the quantity, then place your order online and pick a delivery date.

Illinois Rock Supply delivers bulk aggregate across Batchtown and Calhoun County.