Lime Screenings for Pathways in Coffeen, IL

Illinois Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Coffeen, IL for two kinds of buyers: contractors building drives and drainage, and homeowners finishing a path or a bed.

CA-6, also called road base, is the dense graded crushed limestone most of that work starts from. The tight claypan under this part of Montgomery County is why so much of it gets ordered.

Ground and Conditions in Coffeen

Across the Southern till plain and claypan country, the claypan sits close to the surface and stops water moving down. Winter and spring rain perches on top of it, and the ground stays saturated for weeks.

That is what a thin base shows you. Unbound stone over saturated clay pumps under traffic and works its way into the subgrade instead of staying put.

The fix is a base that spreads the load and a drainage layer that lets perched water move. CA-6 with its fines still in it compacts into a tight, load-spreading layer over soft ground.

Clean washed stone does the opposite job. It has no fines, so water runs through it rather than sitting in it, which is what a trench or a bedding layer needs.

The season runs longer here than upstate at both ends, but a wet winter and spring keep sites soft well into April. Late summer and fall are the reliable windows for ground work.

Freeze and thaw swings work on saturated clay and heave drives and walks. Frost depth is set by the local building department, and it governs footings, not gravel.

Materials for Coffeen Projects

Fines and screenings do the fine work on paths and walkways. They bed pavers, surface garden walks and lock into a firm, walkable layer that clean stone never will.

Lime Screenings are crushed limestone fines, the standard bedding layer in Illinois. They bed pavers and flagstone and backfill around pipe.

CA-6 is the Illinois base material: dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in. It builds driveways, parking pads, shed and garage bases and trench backfill.

Walkway Gravel surfaces paths and garden walks that want a finer, walkable finish than a drive needs.

3/4" Crushed Stone, sold locally as CA-11, is 3/4 inch clean washed stone. It beds pipe, fills drainage trenches and sits under concrete flatwork.

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

Washed Sand, which yards here call torpedo sand, is coarse washed sand for concrete, leveling and bedding.

Delivery to Coffeen and the Surrounding Area

You order online and choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard. Each product page carries a calculator, so you can size the load before you check out.

Pick your delivery date at checkout, and a dump truck tips the load on site as one pile.

Illinois Rock Supply delivers across Montgomery County, including Litchfield, Hillsboro, Nokomis, Raymond and Witt.

Size Your Load Before You Order

Start with the calculator on the product page and settle your quantity by the ton or the yard. Then choose your delivery date and Illinois Rock Supply brings the load to your Coffeen site.

Order your gravel, stone and soil online when you are ready.