Lime Screenings for Pathways in De Witt, IL

Illinois Rock Supply brings bulk gravel and aggregate delivery in De Witt, IL, with the materials buyers here specify by name. CA-6, also called road base, is the dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in, and it is the base material for drives, pads and trench backfill in this market.

The ground across the Grand Prairie till plain of central and eastern Illinois is flat and slow to shed water, so what you put under a path or a pad matters as much as what shows on top.

Ground and Conditions in De Witt

Under most of this ground sits dense clay subsoil with almost no natural fall. After heavy rain, water stands rather than runs, and a thin base course over that clay shows it fast.

The failure looks like rutting, soft spots and stone pushed down into the mud. The fix is enough compacted base for the traffic the surface will see, which is why CA-6 goes down as a full graded layer rather than a skim.

Base, driveway and paver work runs from the spring thaw into late fall. The ground is slow to dry in a wet spring and frozen solid through the winter, so timing shapes when a load can be worked into a base.

Cold winters with repeated freeze and thaw bring frost heave to gravel drives, walks and shallow slabs each spring.

Bare silt loam also washes in sheets, and runoff that concentrates cuts gullies. A fines-bearing surface like lime screenings needs a base under it for that reason, not just a scrape and a dump.

Materials for De Witt Projects

Lime screenings, also called limestone screenings, are crushed limestone fines and the standard bedding layer in Illinois. They pack into a firm, fine-grained surface that reads as a walkable path rather than loose stone underfoot.

Use them to bed pavers and flagstone, to surface garden walks, and to top a compacted base where you want a tight finish. Order Lime Screenings for that work.

CA-6 carries the weight under all of it. It is the dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in, and it goes down for driveways, parking pads, shed and garage bases and trench backfill.

Order CA-6 as the base course.

Above the base, the choice depends on what the surface has to do. CA-16 chips, the 3/8 inch limestone chips, suit permeable paver bedding, drainage around tanks and topping a compacted base.

For paths that want a finer, more settled look, walkway gravel is the surface material. Order CA-16 Chips for the tight bedding work and Walkway Gravel for the finished walk.

Clean washed stone handles water instead of holding it. CA-7, the 1 inch clean stone, and CA-11, the 3/4 inch clean stone, are the washed sizes for bedding under pipe, drainage trenches, French drains and concrete flatwork.

Top Soil and Garden Soil go on last. Illinois prairie topsoil is dark and silty, and yards here sell it screened for lawns, grading and bed prep, plus raised beds and planting areas.

Delivery to De Witt and the Surrounding Area

Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard, so decide which unit fits the work before you build the order. Each product page has a calculator if you want to size the load.

At checkout you pick a delivery date, and a dump truck tips the load on site in one pile. Have the spot clear and reachable so the truck can back in and tip without obstruction.

Delivery covers De Witt and the rest of De Witt County, including Clinton, Farmer City, Wapella, Waynesville and Kenney. Everything is ordered online through Illinois Rock Supply.

Questions About Ordering in De Witt

What should I have ready when the truck arrives?

A clear, reachable spot where the truck can back in and tip the load in one pile. The dump truck tips it where it stops, so the ground should be firm enough to hold the weight and free of overhead lines or low branches.

Keep vehicles, bins and equipment out of the path, and have the area marked out so the pile lands where you want to work from.

What is the best base under pavers in De Witt?

CA-6 is the base course, a dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in. Over the dense clay subsoil here, water stands rather than runs, so a properly graded and compacted CA-6 layer carries the load before any bedding goes down.

Lime screenings go on top as the bedding layer that the pavers sit in.

Order Your Path Materials for De Witt

Lime screenings, CA-6 and the washed stone you need for a path or pad are all ordered online. Size the load with the calculator on each product page, choose tons or yards, and set your delivery date at checkout.

Order your aggregate from Illinois Rock Supply for delivery in De Witt, IL.