Crushed Stone, Sand and Gravel in Franklin Park, IL

Order gravel and aggregate delivery in Franklin Park, IL by the ton or by the yard. Illinois Rock Supply brings CA-6, washed stone, sand and soil straight to your site.

Franklin Park sits on the Chicago lake plain and the northeastern moraines, where heavy silt and clay hold water instead of taking it. That shapes what you put on a drive, a pad or a trench.

Materials for Franklin Park Projects

CA-6 leads here. It is dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in.

Chicago area yards also call it grade 8 or road mix.

Use CA-6 for driveways, parking pads, shed and garage bases and trench backfill. The fines let it knit into a firm, tight surface that sheds runoff instead of letting it sink through.

Clean washed stone does the opposite job. It has no fines, so water moves through it and around it rather than sitting against a pipe or a slab.

• CA-7, also called 1 inch clean stone or binder stone, beds pipe, drainage trenches, French drains and concrete flatwork.
• 3/4" Crushed Stone, sold locally as CA-11 or sewer stone, is the 3/4 inch washed stone for bedding and concrete work.
• CA-16 Chips are 3/8 inch limestone chips for permeable paver bedding and drainage around tanks.
• RipRap, set as gradations RR 3 through RR 7, armors banks, culvert outlets and pond edges.

Sand and soil round out a project. Washed Sand, which Illinois yards call torpedo sand, is the coarse washed sand for concrete, leveling and bedding.

Mason Sand is the finer clean sand for brick and block mortar, paver joints, sandboxes and volleyball courts. Top Soil covers lawns, grading and bed prep, and it is sold screened.

For decorative work, 3/8" Natural Pea Gravel is rounded washed gravel for walkways, play areas and fence post mix. River Gravel handles beds, borders and dry creek beds.

Ground and Conditions in Franklin Park

Start with where the water goes. Lake plain clay and dense till shed water rather than take it, and flat ground gives it almost no fall to run off.

Heavy summer downpours overwhelm yard grades and storm sewers in the older built-up areas. Water that cannot leave a site sits on it, and a base that stays wet will not hold.

That is why a fines-bearing base like CA-6 belongs on top of ground that drains, and why clean stone like CA-7 or CA-11 goes where water has to move. Sheet wash off bare clay lots is the other problem, and it strips a surface that has nothing holding it.

Timing matters as much as material. Base, driveway and paver 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.

Frost is the reason a spring drive feels soft. Long cold winters with many freeze and thaw cycles lift drives, walks and slabs, and gravel surfaces stay loose 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 it.

Delivery to Franklin Park and the Surrounding Area

Order online and a dump truck tips the load on your site. Choose your quantity by the ton or by the yard, and each product page has a calculator if you need to size the load.

Have the drop area clear before the truck arrives. The load comes off the bed in one pile, so the spot you pick is where the material stays.

Illinois Rock Supply delivers across Cook County, including Chicago, Cicero, Schaumburg, Evanston and Arlington Heights. Franklin Park sits in Cook County, so a delivery here is a short run from the surrounding area.

Questions About Material in Franklin Park

Do you supply contractors working in Franklin Park?

Yes. Illinois Rock Supply sells bulk gravel, crushed stone, sand, topsoil and aggregates to contractors and homeowners in Franklin Park and across Cook County.

Order online by the ton or by the yard, pick a delivery date at checkout, and a dump truck tips the load at your site.

Do you deliver CA-6 to Franklin Park, IL?

Yes. CA-6, also called CA6, road base or 3/4 dense grade, is the Illinois base material, and it is delivered to Franklin Park by the ton or by the yard.

It is dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in, for driveways, parking pads, shed and garage bases and trench backfill. Order it online and a dump truck tips the load on your site.

Order Base, Stone and Soil for Franklin Park

Illinois Rock Supply covers driveways, parking pads, shed and garage bases, trench backfill, drainage, paver bedding, lawns and beds in Franklin Park. CA-6 leads the list, with washed stone, sand, soil and decorative gravel alongside it.

Order online by the ton or by the yard and have it delivered.