Crushed Stone, Sand and Gravel in Glen Carbon, IL

Illinois Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Glen Carbon, IL, and the surrounding part of Madison County. If you are building or repairing a driveway, the material to start with is CA-6, also called road base.

That is dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in, and it takes a compacted finish that stays put. The rest of what we deliver is clean stone, sand, soil and decorative rock, all sold in bulk by the ton.

Materials for Glen Carbon Projects

Driveways, parking pads and shed bases all begin the same way, with a base course that will lock together once it is worked in. CA-6 is the Illinois base material for that job.

It also fills trench backfill and garage slabs.

Order CA-6 when you want one material to build the pad itself. Order Driveway Gravel when you are topping a drive that already has a compacted base and you want a fresh wearing surface.

Clean washed stone has no fines in it, so water moves through instead of sitting. That makes it the right choice where drainage matters more than compaction.

• CA-7, also sold as #57 stone, is 1 inch washed stone for bedding under pipe, French drains and concrete flatwork.
• 3/4" Crushed Stone, or CA-11, is the 3/4 inch clean washed stone Illinois yards sell alongside CA-7 for bedding and drainage.
• Drain Rock covers French drains, drywells and downspout runs, and contractors here often specify it as CA-7 or CA-11 by number.
• CA-16 Chips are 3/8 inch chips for permeable paver bedding and for topping a compacted base.

Sand comes in two grades, and they are not interchangeable. Torpedo sand is the coarse washed sand for concrete, leveling and bedding.

Mason sand is fine and clean, for brick and block mortar, paver joints, sandboxes and volleyball courts.

For ground work, screened topsoil handles lawns, grading and bed prep. Garden soil is blended for raised beds and vegetable plots, and fill dirt raises grade before a base course goes down.

Decorative stone is its own family. Natural Pea Gravel suits walkways and play areas, river gravel suits beds and borders, and large river rock is the bigger rounded stone for dry creek beds and downspout splash areas.

Shredded mulch handles beds and tree rings through a hot Illinois summer.

Ground and Conditions in Glen Carbon

Across the Western Illinois loess uplands and the Mississippi border, water is the thing that decides how a driveway performs. Loess sheds water fast on slopes and holds it in the flats, so the same material can behave differently on two lots a mile apart.

Around here that means thinking about where rain and snowmelt go before you think about the surface. On a sloped drive, water runs off in a hurry and takes fines with it.

On flat ground it soaks in and stays.

Gully and rill erosion in loess is common on steep bluffs and ravines, and cut slopes slump when water gets behind them. Armoring a slope or a bank with rip rap, specified locally as RR 3 through RR 7, is the usual answer where runoff is concentrated.

This part of the state works from the spring thaw into late fall, a little longer than upstate. Sites in the bottomlands wait out spring high water, so plan ground work around that window.

Cold winters bring repeated freeze and thaw, and frost lifts drives and walks each spring. Frost depth is about 36 to 40 inches, and the local building department sets the figure that applies to your job.

Delivery to Glen Carbon and the Surrounding Area

You order online and a dump truck brings the material to your site. Bulk loads are ordered by the ton or by the yard, and each product page has a calculator to help size the load.

Pick a delivery date at checkout.

Have the drop area clear before the truck arrives, with room for it to reach the spot and turn around. The load is tipped in one pile, so point at the ground you want it on and keep vehicles clear of that space.

Glen Carbon sits in Madison County, and we deliver across the area, including Granite City, Edwardsville, Alton, Collinsville and Godfrey. If your job is anywhere in that part of the county, the same ordering process applies.

Questions About Ordering in Glen Carbon

Do you supply contractors working in Glen Carbon?

Yes. Illinois Rock Supply sells bulk aggregate to contractors and homeowners alike, ordered online by the ton or by the yard.

For setting pipe bedding, building a base course for a parking pad or grading a yard, you can order the material and choose a delivery date at checkout. The same process applies to every order placed in Glen Carbon and the rest of Madison County.

Do you deliver CA-6 to Glen Carbon, IL?

Yes. CA-6, the dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in, is delivered in bulk to Glen Carbon and the surrounding area.

It is the Illinois base material for driveways, parking pads, shed bases and trench backfill. Order it by the ton or by the yard online, then pick your delivery date at checkout.

Order Base, Stone and Soil for Glen Carbon Jobs

Driveways, parking pads, shed bases, drainage trenches, paver patios, lawns and garden beds all take bulk material, and Illinois Rock Supply delivers it across Glen Carbon and Madison County. Choose your material, size the load by the ton or yard, and pick a delivery date at checkout.