Lime Screenings for Pathways in Fort Sheridan, IL

Illinois Rock Supply brings gravel and aggregate delivery in Fort Sheridan, IL, with CA-6 leading the list for driveways, pads and trench backfill. The ground here is heavy silt and clay of the old lake plain, so what you put on top has to shed water.

You order online by the ton or the yard, and a dump truck tips the load on site. Paths and walkways start with lime screenings, and the rest of the yard fills in around them.

Ground and Conditions in Fort Sheridan

Across the Chicago lake plain and the northeastern moraines, the soil is heavy silt and clay left by the old lake, with clay-rich till inland. That ground sheds water rather than takes it, and flat lots have little fall to work with.

A thin base shows its failure fast here. Water sits on the clay, works into the stone, and the surface rutts and pumps under a wheel.

The fix is a base that stands up to that water. CA-6 is dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in, and it compacts into a firm, tight surface for drives, parking pads, shed and garage bases and trench backfill.

Work runs from the spring thaw into late fall. Frozen ground stops compaction through the winter, and a wet spring keeps crews off soft clay until it drains.

Frost lifts drives, walks and slabs every spring and leaves gravel surfaces soft until the ground drains. The frost depth figure northeastern Illinois jurisdictions carry in the residential code is about 42 inches, and the local building department sets it.

Materials for Fort Sheridan Projects

Lime screenings carry the paths and walkways around Fort Sheridan. Screenings are crushed limestone fines, the standard bedding layer in Illinois, and they lock into a firm, walkable surface under pavers, flagstone and garden walks.

Pair them with a compacted CA-6 base underneath for a path that holds its shape through a wet spring. For a looser, softer walk, Walkway Gravel gives you a finer surface without the bedding work.

CA-6 is the Illinois base material, also called road base or 3/4 dense grade, and it sits under most hard surfaces here. Order it for CA-6 driveways, parking pads and shed bases, or as the layer beneath a paver walk.

Clean washed stone handles the water. CA-7, also called #57 stone or 1 inch clean stone, beds pipe and fills drainage trenches and French drains.

CA-11, the 3/4 inch clean stone, does the same work alongside it.

For tighter work, CA-16 chips are 3/8 inch limestone chips for permeable paver bedding and drainage around tanks. Order them as CA-16 Chips, and order the screenings as Lime Screenings.

Sand rounds out the order. Torpedo sand is the coarse washed sand Illinois yards sell for concrete, leveling and bedding, and mason sand is the finer clean sand for mortar, paver joints and sandboxes.

Both come from Washed Sand and Mason Sand.

Delivery to Fort Sheridan and the Surrounding Area

Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard, and every product page has a calculator to size the load. Pick your delivery date at checkout, and a dump truck tips the material in one pile on site.

Illinois Rock Supply delivers across Lake County, including Waukegan, Mundelein, North Chicago, Gurnee and Highland Park. Fort Sheridan orders arrive the same way as any other address in the county.

Have the drop spot clear before the truck arrives. A pile of CA-6 or screenings needs room to sit, and the driver tips it where the truck can reach.

Questions About Fort Sheridan Orders

What should I have ready when the truck arrives?

Clear the drop area so the truck can reach it and the pile has room to sit. A load of CA-6 or lime screenings is heavy and tips in one pile, so keep cars, bins and equipment out of the way.

Mark anything you do not want covered, and make sure the surface under the pile can take the weight.

What is the best base under pavers in Fort Sheridan?

CA-6 is the base for paver work here. It is dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in, and it compacts into a firm layer that sheds water off the clay beneath.

Lime screenings go on top as the bedding layer under the pavers themselves.

Order Fort Sheridan Gravel and Stone Online

Start with the calculator on the product page to size your load by the ton or the yard, then pick a delivery date at checkout. Lime screenings, CA-6, CA-7 and sand all deliver to Fort Sheridan and across Lake County.

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