Lime Screenings for Patios in Hartsburg, IL

Planning a patio, a paver walk, or a shed pad, you need gravel and aggregate delivery in Hartsburg, IL that starts with the right bedding layer. Illinois Rock Supply sells bulk material by the ton, including CA-6 for the base course under it all.

This is flat Grand Prairie country with dense clay beneath the silt loam, so a patio base that stays put matters more here than in hill country.

Ground and Conditions in Hartsburg

Across the Grand Prairie till plain of central and eastern Illinois, the ground is flat to gently rolling and the subsoil is heavy clay. Water stands instead of running after a heavy rain.

A patio base course that is too thin or too fine shows the same failure every time. Water sits in it, the fines pump up, and the pavers rock or settle out of line.

The fix is a base layer with the right gradation and enough structure to shed water sideways. CA-6, the Illinois dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in, compacts into that kind of base.

Cold winters bring repeated freeze and thaw, and frost heave shows up in shallow slabs and walks each spring. Frost depth in this part of Illinois is set by the local building department, not by the yard.

Base, driveway and paver work runs from the spring thaw into late fall. A wet spring leaves the ground slow to dry, and winter freezes it solid.

Materials for Hartsburg Projects

Bedding under pavers and flatwork is where the finish quality is decided. Lime screenings, the Illinois name for limestone screenings, are the standard bedding layer for pavers and flagstone, and they also backfill around pipe.

Under the bedding you need a compacted base. CA-6 is the state base material: dense graded crushed limestone for driveways, parking pads, shed and garage bases, and trench backfill.

Where water has to move rather than sit, use clean stone. CA-7 is washed clean stone with no fines, for bedding under pipe, drainage trenches, French drains and concrete flatwork.

CA-16 Chips are the 3/8 inch chips for permeable paver bedding, drainage around tanks, and topping a compacted base.

Around the edges of a patio job, Washed Sand, which Illinois yards call torpedo sand, is coarse washed sand for concrete, leveling and bedding. Mason Sand is the finer clean sand for brick and block mortar and paver joints.

Finishing touches come from the decorative side: River Gravel for beds and borders, and Large River Rock for dry creek beds and downspout splash areas.

Delivery to Hartsburg and the Surrounding Area

You order online and choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard. Each product page has a calculator to help you size the load before you check out.

Pick your delivery date at checkout and a dump truck tips the material on your site in one pile. Hartsburg sits in Logan County, and delivery covers the county, including Lincoln, Atlanta, Mount Pulaski, Elkhart and Latham.

Order Lime Screenings and Base Material in Hartsburg

Work out your tonnage with the calculator on the product page, then choose a delivery date at checkout. Illinois Rock Supply delivers bulk gravel, stone, sand and soil across Logan County.

Start your order for Hartsburg online.