Bulk Aggregates for Patios in Ewing, IL

Illinois Rock Supply brings gravel and aggregate delivery in Ewing, IL to patios, driveways, shed pads and drainage work. CA-6, the dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in, is the base material this part of Illinois builds on.

Ewing sits in Franklin County, on the Southern till plain and claypan country that runs across this part of the state. That ground shapes what you order and how you set it.

Ground and Conditions in Ewing

Across the Southern till plain and claypan country, loess sits over old, weathered drift, and a tight claypan subsoil rests close to the surface. Water cannot move down through it, so winter and spring rain perches on top and the ground stays saturated for weeks.

Under a thin base, that saturation shows up as rutting, pumping and a surface that shifts under a truck tire. The fix is a base course thick enough to carry the load above the soft layer, not a skim coat over wet clay.

The season here runs longer at both ends than it does upstate. A wet winter and spring still leave sites soft well into April, so late summer and fall are the reliable windows for grading and base work.

Winters are shorter than in northern Illinois but swing hard between freeze and thaw. That cycle works on saturated clay and heaves drives and walks, which is why drainage under a patio or pad matters as much as the surface.

Materials for Ewing Projects

Bedding under pavers and flatwork is where a patio succeeds or fails. The bedding layer has to be uniform, drain or hold as intended, and stay put once the pavers go down.

Lime Screenings are crushed limestone fines and the standard bedding layer under pavers and flagstone in Illinois. They compact to a firm, even bed that holds a paver without letting it rock.

CA-16 Chips are 3/8 inch limestone chips, used for permeable paver bedding, drainage around tanks and topping a compacted base. Where water needs to pass through the bedding rather than sit on it, chips do that work.

Below the bedding, CA-6 is the compacted base for patios, driveways, parking pads and shed floors. It is dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in, and it binds together under compaction.

For drainage and concrete work, CA-7 is washed clean stone with no fines, used for bedding under pipe, drainage trenches, French drains and concrete flatwork. CA-11 is the 3/4 inch clean washed stone sold alongside it for the same jobs.

Concrete flatwork calls for torpedo sand, the coarse washed sand Illinois yards sell for concrete, leveling and bedding. Mason sand is the finer clean sand for brick and block mortar and paver joints.

Delivery to Ewing and the Surrounding Area

You order online and choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard. Each product page has a calculator to help you size the load before you check out.

Pick a delivery date at checkout and a dump truck tips the material on site in one pile. From there it is yours to move and place.

Illinois Rock Supply delivers across Franklin County, including West Frankfort, Benton, Christopher, Sesser and Zeigler alongside Ewing. Whether the load is base stone for a patio or bedding for a walk, it arrives the same way.

Order Your Aggregate Delivery in Ewing

Size the load with the calculator on the product page, choose your ton or yard quantity, and pick a delivery date at checkout. Illinois Rock Supply delivers CA-6, clean stone, sand and bedding material to Ewing and the rest of Franklin County.

Place your order online and a truck brings it to your site.