Order Gravel, Stone and Soil in Cary, IL

Illinois Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Cary, IL. Every product page has a calculator, so you can size the load before you order.

CA-6, also called road base, is the Illinois base material: dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in. Start there, then work out what the rest of the project needs.

Delivery to Cary 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 then tips the load on site.

Cary sits in McHenry County, and deliveries run to sites here and to Crystal Lake, Lake in the Hills, McHenry, Woodstock and Huntley. Have the drop spot clear before the truck arrives.

The truck tips the material in one pile. It does not spread, place or move the load, so plan the spot where you want the pile to sit.

Materials for Cary Projects

Raising grade is the first job on a lot that sits low or holds water. Fill dirt goes down first to build the pad up, then a CA-6 base course goes over it for a drive, a shed pad or a garage floor.

For a driveway, start with CA-6 over compacted fill, then top it with driveway gravel for the surface. If the drive is already built and just needs a fresh surface, driveway gravel alone is what you want.

For a patio under pavers, lime screenings are the standard bedding layer in Illinois. Lime screenings are the Chicago area name for screenings, and they bed both pavers and flagstone.

For drainage, CA-7 is washed clean stone with no fines. Use it for bedding under pipe, drainage trenches and French drains.

CA-11, the 3/4 inch clean stone, does the same work alongside it.

Concrete flatwork needs clean stone under it too, and you set the forms on torpedo sand. Torpedo sand is what Illinois yards call coarse washed sand.

Finishing work runs on the finer end. Mason sand fills paver joints and mixes brick and block mortar.

Natural Pea Gravel and river gravel handle walkways, beds and borders, and large river rock covers dry creek beds and downspout splash areas.

Ground and Conditions in Cary

Across the Chicago lake plain and the northeastern moraines, the ground runs to heavy silt and clay and clay-rich till. That soil sheds water rather than taking it, and flat ground gives it little fall.

Heavy summer downpours then sit on bare clay and push hard at yard grades. A base built over fill that was never brought up properly will move when that happens.

Stream bank scour and sheet wash off bare lots are the erosion side of the same problem. Where grade needs to rise, fill dirt builds it up before CA-6 goes over the top.

Base, driveway and paver work runs from the spring thaw into late fall. Frozen ground stops compaction through the winter, and a wet spring keeps crews off soft clay.

Northeastern Illinois jurisdictions carry a frost depth of about 42 inches in the residential code, though the local building department sets it. Frost lifts drives, walks and slabs every spring and leaves gravel surfaces soft until the ground drains.

Questions Cary Buyers Ask

What is the best base under pavers in Cary?

Start with CA-6 over compacted fill for the structural base, then bed the pavers in lime screenings. Lime screenings are the standard bedding layer in Illinois and the Chicago area name for screenings.

Both layers matter: CA-6 carries the load, and the screenings give you a level bed for the pavers to sit on.

Do you supply contractors working in Cary?

Yes. Illinois Rock Supply delivers bulk aggregate to Cary and the rest of McHenry County, including Crystal Lake, Lake in the Hills, McHenry, Woodstock and Huntley.

Contractors order online the same way homeowners do, by the ton or by the yard. The product page calculator is there to size each load.

Order CA-6 and Base Material in Cary

CA-6 is the Illinois base material, and it is where a drive, a pad or a raised grade starts. Fill dirt brings the grade up, then CA-6 goes over it.

Order online for delivery in Cary, IL and pick your quantity by the ton or by the yard.