Bulk Aggregates for Patios in East Peoria, IL

Illinois Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in East Peoria, IL, from CA-6 road base to bedding sand for patios and flatwork. The ground here is sandy, so what you put under a slab or a paver does more work than the surface does.

Order by the ton or the yard and a dump truck tips the load on site. Pick your delivery date at checkout.

Ground and Conditions in East Peoria

Across the Illinois River valley and the sand areas, the ground is wind-blown and river-laid sand over silt and clay. Sand takes water quickly and holds almost none.

That changes the failure you see. A thin base over sand washes and settles instead of staying wet, so a patio edge drops and pavers rock within a season or two.

Wind moves bare sand, and water running across a loose sandy drive cuts ruts. The fix is a base that locks together and a bedding layer that stays put.

Sandy ground dries and works early in the spring, and work runs into late fall. Low bottoms along the river flood when the Illinois comes up, so those sites wait for lower water.

Cold winters bring repeated freeze and thaw, though open sand drains well and heaves less than the clay ground on the uplands either side.

Materials for East Peoria Projects

Bedding under pavers and flatwork is where the material choice shows. Get the layer under the surface right and the surface stays flat.

CA-6, also called CA6, road base or 3/4 dense grade, is the Illinois base material. It is dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in, and it builds the compacted base under a patio, a parking pad, a shed or a garage slab.

On top of that base, lime screenings are the standard bedding layer for pavers and flagstone in Illinois. The crushed limestone fines screed flat and hold a paver without letting it rock.

Where water has to move, use clean washed stone. CA-7, also called CA7, #57 stone or 1 inch clean stone, beds pipe and fills drainage trenches and French drains.

3/4" Crushed Stone, sold as CA-11 or sewer stone, does the same work at 3/4 inch and goes under concrete flatwork.

For permeable paver bedding and drainage around tanks, CA-16 Chips are the 3/8 inch limestone chips that fit tight joints. Washed Sand, which Illinois yards call torpedo sand, is the coarse washed sand for concrete and leveling.

Finish work runs on Mason Sand for brick and block mortar and paver joints, and Top Soil for the lawn and beds around the finished hardscape.

Delivery to East Peoria and the Surrounding Area

Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard, and every product page has a calculator. Size the load there before you check out.

Order online, choose your quantity, and pick a delivery date at checkout. A dump truck tips the load in one pile at the address you give.

East Peoria sits in Tazewell County, and delivery covers the city and the surrounding area, including Pekin, Groveland, Morton, Washington and Creve Coeur.

Order Your East Peoria Aggregate Delivery

Size your load with the calculator on the product page, then place the order online and pick a delivery date. Illinois Rock Supply delivers CA-6, clean stone, sand, topsoil and mulch across East Peoria and Tazewell County.