Bulk Gravel Delivery to Homewood, IL

If you are planning a patio, a paver walk or a driveway pad, gravel and aggregate delivery in Homewood, IL starts with what goes under the surface. Illinois Rock Supply sells bulk material by the ton or the yard and drops it at your address.

CA-6, also called road base, is the Illinois base material: dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in. It goes under drives, parking pads, shed and garage bases and trench backfill.

Ground and Conditions in Homewood

Across the Chicago lake plain and the northeastern moraines, the ground is heavy silt and clay over clay-rich till. That ground sheds water rather than takes it, and flat lots have little fall to work with.

A thin base course shows the failure fast here. Water sits on the clay, the base moves, and the pavers or slabs above it rock and settle out of line.

The fix is a base that carries load and a clean drainage layer that gives the water somewhere to go. Heavy summer downpours overwhelm yard grades, so both parts matter.

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 lifts drives, walks and slabs every spring and leaves gravel surfaces soft until the ground drains. Footing depth is set by the local building department, so check with them before you pour.

Materials for Homewood Projects

Bedding under pavers and flatwork is where a patio or walk is won or lost. The bedding layer levels the surface and spreads the load, and it has to match the stone above it.

Lime screenings, also called limestone screenings, are crushed limestone fines and the standard bedding layer in Illinois. They bed pavers and flagstone and backfill around pipe.

CA-6, or road base, is the compacted base for drives and pads. It is dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in.

CA-7, also called #57 stone, is washed clean stone with no fines. It beds under pipe and serves drainage trenches, French drains and concrete flatwork.

CA-11, or 3/4 inch clean stone, is the washed stone sold alongside CA-7 for bedding, drainage and concrete work. CA-16 chips are 3/8 inch chips for permeable paver bedding and drainage around tanks.

Torpedo sand, also called concrete 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.

For decorative work, 3/8" Natural Pea Gravel suits walkways and play areas, and River Gravel works in beds and dry creek beds. RipRap handles bank protection and culvert outlets.

Top Soil covers lawns and bed prep, and Fill Dirt raises grade before a CA-6 base course goes down.

Delivery to Homewood 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 site in one pile. Homewood sits in Cook County, and delivery covers the city and the surrounding area, including Chicago, Cicero, Schaumburg, Evanston and Arlington Heights.

Order Gravel and Aggregate for Your Homewood Project

Size your load with the calculator on the product page, choose your quantity by the ton or the yard, and pick a delivery date at checkout. Illinois Rock Supply delivers bulk gravel, stone, sand, topsoil and mulch across Homewood and Cook County.

Order online when your project is ready.