Lime Screenings for Patios in Harvel, IL

If you are planning a patio, a paver walk or a concrete pad, gravel and aggregate delivery in Harvel, IL starts with what goes under the slab. Illinois Rock Supply sells the bedding and base material that keeps flatwork flat, including CA-6, the dense graded crushed limestone that carries the load.

The ground here decides the rest. Loess sits over old, weathered drift across this part of the state, and the tight claypan below it holds water near the surface.

Ground and Conditions in Harvel

Across the Southern till plain and claypan country, the claypan sits close to the surface and stops water moving down. Winter and spring rain perches on top of it, and ground stays saturated for weeks.

That is where a thin base fails. Saturated clay under a paver patio pumps under foot traffic and freeze and thaw swings, and the surface starts to move.

The fix is a base course that keeps its structure when wet, paired with a bedding layer that drains and levels. Timing matters too.

A wet winter and spring keep sites soft well into April. Late summer and fall are the reliable windows for grading and base work in this region.

Materials for Harvel Projects

Bedding under pavers and flatwork is the layer that makes or breaks the finished surface. It has to be fine enough to level and stable enough not to shift, and it has to let water through instead of holding it against the base.

Lime Screenings are the standard bedding layer in Illinois. Crushed limestone fines bed pavers, flagstone and block, and they backfill around pipe where you need a fine, tight fill.

CA-6 is the Illinois base material: dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in. It goes under driveways, parking pads, shed and garage bases and trench backfill, and it is what you build the patio base course on.

3/4" Crushed Stone, also called CA-11, is washed clean stone with the fines removed. It beds under pipe, drains trenches and sits under concrete flatwork where water needs somewhere to go.

CA-7 is the 1 inch clean washed stone used for French drains, drainage trenches and bedding, and CA-16 Chips are the 3/8 inch chips for permeable paver bedding and topping a compacted base.

For sand, Washed Sand is the coarse torpedo sand for concrete, leveling and bedding, and Mason Sand is the finer clean sand for mortar and paver joints.

Delivery to Harvel and the Surrounding Area

Order online and pick your quantity by the ton or by the yard. Each product page has a calculator to help you size the load before checkout, and you choose a delivery date there.

Bulk delivery to a site in Harvel means a dump truck tips the load in one pile where you want it. You handle the spreading and shaping after it lands.

Illinois Rock Supply serves Harvel in Montgomery County, along with Litchfield, Hillsboro, Nokomis, Raymond and Witt.

Questions About Gravel and Bedding in Harvel

What gravel is best for a driveway in Harvel?

CA-6 is the base material for a Harvel driveway. It is dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in, and it compacts into a stable surface.

Where the ground stays wet, start with a clean washed stone such as CA-7 or 3/4" Crushed Stone for drainage, then build the CA-6 over it.

How much material will my project need?

Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard, and each product page has a calculator to help you size the load. Work from the area you are covering, then order that figure.

If you are bedding pavers, lime screenings and the base material are ordered separately because they serve different layers.

Size the Load and Place Your Order

Get your area figured first, then use the calculator on the product page to size the load by the ton or yard. Bedding and base are separate layers, so order each one for its own job.

When the quantities are set, place your order online with Illinois Rock Supply and pick your delivery date at checkout.