Lime Screenings for Patios in Freeburg, IL

Order gravel and aggregate delivery in Freeburg, IL and Illinois Rock Supply tips it on your site. Buy CA-6, lime screenings and clean stone by the ton or the yard.

Freeburg sits on rolling uplands over deep loess, where slopes shed water fast and flats hold it. That shapes what goes under a patio here.

Ground and Conditions in Freeburg

A thin base course shows itself fast in this part of Illinois. The base shifts, and the pavers above it rock and dip.

The loess soils across this part of the state lose strength when they stay wet. Water that sits in the base layer works the fines loose and the surface settles unevenly.

The fix is a base that drains and a bedding layer that stays put. Clean stone under the base moves water out; screenings on top give you a flat, workable bed.

Freeburg sits in St. Clair County, where freeze and thaw lift walks and drives each spring.

Frost depth runs about 36 to 40 inches and the local building department sets the figure.

Work here runs from the spring thaw into late fall, a little longer than upstate. Schedule ground work around that window.

Materials for Freeburg Projects

Bedding under pavers and flatwork is where lime screenings earn their place. Screenings are crushed limestone fines, the standard bedding layer in Illinois for pavers and flagstone.

They compact to a firm, level bed and hold a paver true. Set them over a CA-6 base and you get a surface that stays put.

CA-6 is the Illinois base material: dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in. It is the local name for road base.

Use CA-6 for driveways, parking pads, shed and garage bases and trench backfill. Build the base first, then bed the pavers on screenings.

Clean stone handles the drainage side. CA-7 is washed stone with no fines, for bedding under pipe, drainage trenches and French drains.

Order CA-7 where water needs to move.

Torpedo sand is the coarse washed sand Illinois yards sell for concrete, leveling and bedding. It pairs well with a paver job that needs a sand setting layer.

Order torpedo sand.

Top soil finishes the job around a new patio. Illinois prairie topsoil is dark and silty, and yards sell it screened.

Order top soil for lawns and bed prep.

Round out a project with lime screenings for the bed and CA-6 for the base under it.

Delivery to Freeburg and the Surrounding Area

Order online and a dump truck tips the load on your site. Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard.

Each product page has a calculator to size the load. Pick your delivery date at checkout and the truck brings it out.

Bulk delivery covers Freeburg and the rest of St. Clair County.

That includes Belleville, O'Fallon, East St. Louis, Fairview Heights and Mascoutah.

Questions About Gravel and Bedding in Freeburg

What gravel is best for a driveway in Freeburg?

CA-6 is the base material for a drive in this market. It is dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in, and it compacts into a firm base for a driveway or parking pad.

Top it with driveway gravel for the surface course, or leave the CA-6 as the finished drive.

How much material will my project need?

Quantity depends on your area and the depth you are building. Each product page has a calculator to size the load once you have your numbers.

Order by the ton or by the yard, and the calculator helps you land on a figure instead of guessing. Then pick your delivery date at checkout.

Order Lime Screenings and Base Material in Freeburg

Start with the calculator on the product page and settle your quantity in tons or yards. Then place the order online and pick your delivery date.

Illinois Rock Supply delivers bulk CA-6, lime screenings and clean stone to Freeburg and across St. Clair County.