Lime Screenings for Pathways in Davis Junction, IL

If you are laying a garden path or resetting a walkway, gravel and aggregate delivery in Davis Junction, IL starts with the right fines. Illinois Rock Supply sells lime screenings, CA-6 and the washed stone that goes under them.

Northern Illinois till plains and Rock River country give you loamy prairie soil over dolomite. That ground moves when it gets wet, so a path lives or dies on its bedding layer.

Ground and Conditions in Davis Junction

A path bedded on a thin layer of clean stone shows the problem fast. The edges slump, the surface ruts under a wheelbarrow, and the joints open up after a wet spring.

Tight till and a high water table on the flat ground are the usual cause. Water sits in the subgrade instead of draining away, and the bedding layer takes the hit.

The fix is a fines-bearing bedding layer that knits together, not an open stone that lets the surface shift. That is why lime screenings are the standard bedding layer in Illinois.

Frost action is real here. Some of the coldest winters in the state bring repeated freeze and thaw, and the working season runs from the spring thaw into late fall.

Frozen ground stops compaction, so paths and pads go in while the ground is open. The building department sets footing depth for anything structural.

Materials for Davis Junction Projects

Fines and screenings do the detail work on paths and walkways. Lime Screenings are crushed limestone fines, and they bed pavers, flagstone and garden walks.

Rake them, set the stone, and the surface stays put.

Under the screenings you need a compacted base that carries the load. CA-6 is the Illinois base material: dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in.

Paths that want a finer, walkable surface can skip the pavers entirely. Walkway Gravel is sized for garden walks and paths.

Where water has to move, use clean stone. CA-7 is washed 1 inch stone with no fines, for drainage trenches and French drains.

3/4" Crushed Stone, or CA-11, is the 3/4 inch clean washed stone that Illinois yards sell for bedding and concrete work.

For lawns and bed prep, Top Soil is screened Illinois prairie soil, dark and silty. Round out a path project with Shredded Mulch for the beds it runs past.

Delivery to Davis Junction and the Surrounding Area

You order online, decide between tons and yards, and pick a delivery date at checkout. A dump truck tips the load on site.

Each product page has a calculator if you want to size the load before you order. Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard.

Davis Junction sits in Ogle County, and delivery reaches the surrounding towns, including Rochelle, Oregon, Byron, Mount Morris and Polo.

Order Lime Screenings and Base Material for Your Davis Junction Project

Size your load with the calculator on each product page, then order lime screenings, CA-6 or washed stone by the ton or yard. Illinois Rock Supply delivers bulk aggregate across Davis Junction and Ogle County, and a truck tips it where you need it.