Bulk Aggregates for Patios in Fox River Grove, IL

Illinois Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Fox River Grove, IL, and the working season here runs from the spring thaw into late fall. Frozen ground stops compaction through the winter, and a wet spring keeps crews off soft clay.

CA-6, also called road base, is the dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in that most base work around here starts from. Order it online and a truck tips it on site.

Ground and Conditions in Fox River Grove

Across the Chicago lake plain and the northeastern moraines, heavy silt and clay shed water rather than take it. Flat ground has little fall, so heavy summer downpours overwhelm yard grades and storm sewers.

That ground shows up fast under a paver patio or a concrete slab. A base that is too thin pumps, shifts and settles, and the surface above it cracks or rocks within a season or two.

The fix is a base built to the right depth over ground that drains, with a clean stone layer to move water away from the bedding. Lime screenings and clean washed stone do different jobs in that stack, and mixing them up is where most flatwork goes wrong.

Long cold winters bring many freeze and thaw cycles. Frost lifts drives, walks and slabs every spring and leaves gravel surfaces soft until the ground drains.

Northeastern Illinois jurisdictions carry a frost depth of about 42 inches in the residential code, and the local building department sets the figure.

Materials for Fox River Grove Projects

Bedding under pavers and flatwork is where the material choice matters most. The bedding layer holds the pavers level and lets water pass, so it has to be a material that compacts without turning to mud.

Lime Screenings, also called limestone screenings, are crushed limestone fines and the standard bedding layer in Illinois. They bed pavers and flagstone and backfill around pipe.

Under the bedding, CA-6 is the Illinois base material. It is dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in, for driveways, parking pads, shed and garage bases and trench backfill.

For drainage and concrete work, CA-7 is washed clean stone with no fines. It beds pipe, fills drainage trenches and French drains, and sits under concrete flatwork.

3/4" Crushed Stone, sold as CA-11, does the same work at 3/4 inch.

CA-16 Chips are 3/8 inch chips for permeable paver bedding, drainage around tanks and topping a compacted base. Washed Sand, which Illinois yards call torpedo sand, is the coarse washed sand for concrete, leveling and bedding.

Delivery to Fox River Grove and the Surrounding Area

Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard, and each product page has a calculator. Size the load there before you order, then pick a delivery date at checkout.

A dump truck tips the load in one pile on site. Fox River Grove sits in McHenry County, and delivery covers the surrounding area, including Crystal Lake, Lake in the Hills, McHenry, Woodstock and Huntley.

Order Bulk Aggregate for Your Fox River Grove Project

Start with the calculator on the product page and settle your quantity before you order. Then pick a delivery date at checkout and Illinois Rock Supply sends a dump truck to tip the load on site.

CA-6, lime screenings and clean washed stone are all ready to order online.