Lime Screenings for Patios in Hopedale, IL

Order gravel and aggregate delivery in Hopedale, IL by the ton or the yard. Illinois Rock Supply brings bulk material to your driveway, your pad or your job site in Tazewell County.

Start with CA-6, the dense graded crushed limestone this part of Illinois calls road base. It carries the fines, so it packs into a firm layer under a patio, a shed or a garage slab.

Ground and Conditions in Hopedale

Across the Grand Prairie till plain of central and eastern Illinois, the ground runs flat over dense clay subsoil. Water stands instead of running after heavy rain.

A thin base over that clay shows it fast: ruts, soft spots and pavers that rock.

Prairie silt loam is silty and easily moved by runoff where the surface is left bare. Sheet erosion takes the fines off a bare pad, and yard runoff cuts gullies where it concentrates.

Build the base up and let it drain. CA-6 with its fines left in compacts into a stable layer, and a clean washed stone beneath or beside it gives standing water somewhere to go.

Work runs from the spring thaw into late fall. The ground is slow to dry in a wet spring and frozen solid through winter.

Central Illinois sees repeated freeze and thaw each year, so frost heave shows up in gravel drives, walks and shallow slabs every spring.

Materials for Hopedale Projects

Bedding is what makes a patio last. Under pavers and flatwork you need a layer that levels true and holds its shape, and lime screenings do that job.

Lime Screenings are crushed limestone fines, the standard bedding layer in Illinois for paver and flagstone patios, walkway joints and backfill around pipe. They bed the surface and let you set each unit flat.

Under the bedding goes the base. CA-6 is the Illinois base material, a dense graded crushed limestone for driveways, parking pads, shed and garage bases and trench backfill.

Flatwork and drainage call for clean stone. CA-7 is washed 1 inch stone with no fines, for bedding under pipe, drainage trenches, French drains and concrete flatwork.

3/4" Crushed Stone, sold as CA-11, handles the same bedding and drainage work at a smaller size.

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

For the concrete next to the patio, Washed Sand is the coarse material Illinois yards call torpedo sand. Mason Sand is the finer clean sand for block mortar and paver joints.

Delivery to Hopedale and the Surrounding Area

Order online when you are ready. You choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard, then pick a delivery date at checkout.

Not sure how much you need? Each product page has a calculator for sizing the load.

Use it before you order so the pile that lands is the pile you planned.

A dump truck tips the load in one pile at the address you give. Illinois Rock Supply delivers across Hopedale and Tazewell County, including Pekin, East Peoria, Groveland, Morton and Washington.

Questions About Gravel and Bedding in Hopedale

What gravel is best for a driveway in Hopedale?

CA-6 is the Illinois base material for a driveway, a dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in that compacts into a firm surface. It works over the flat, clay-heavy ground on the Grand Prairie till plain of central and eastern Illinois.

Top an existing drive with driveway gravel if the base underneath is already sound.

How much material will my project need?

It depends on the area you are covering and the depth you want. Each product page has a calculator, and quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard.

Size the load there before you check out, and the truck brings that quantity to your site in Hopedale.

Size the Load, Then Place the Order

Figure your tonnage or yardage with the calculator on the product page, then order CA-6, lime screenings or washed sand for delivery in Hopedale. Get the quantity right and the material lands ready to work.

Place your order online and Illinois Rock Supply sends the truck.