Lime Screenings for Patios in Hoyleton, IL

Order gravel and aggregate delivery in Hoyleton, IL by the ton or the yard. Illinois Rock Supply drops bulk material at your site.

Start with CA-6, the dense graded crushed limestone this part of Illinois builds on. It packs into a base for driveways, parking pads and shed floors.

Hoyleton sits in Washington County on the Southern till plain and claypan country. That ground holds water, so what you put under a patio matters as much as what you put on top of it.

Ground and Conditions in Hoyleton

Across the Southern till plain and claypan country, the subsoil is tight and sits close to the surface. Water stops moving down and perches instead.

Ground stays saturated for weeks after winter and spring rain.

A thin base shows the failure fast here. The saturated clay stops draining, unbound stone pumps under traffic, and a patio or walk rocks out of level.

The fix is a base that stands up to that water, not a thicker slab.

Erosion follows the same pattern. Bare loess washes in sheets and gullies, and banks scour where water runs hard.

Any slope work wants heavy stone armoring the edge.

Frost swings work on saturated clay through the winter, heaving drives and walks. The season runs longer here than upstate at both ends, but a wet spring keeps sites soft well into April.

Late summer and fall are the reliable windows for grading and base work.

Materials for Hoyleton Projects

Bedding under pavers and flatwork is where a patio succeeds or fails. The bedding layer levels the surface, spreads load, and lets water move instead of sitting.

Get it right and the pavers stay put.

Lime Screenings are the standard bedding layer in Illinois. Crushed limestone fines, also called screenings, compact to a smooth, firm plane under pavers and flagstone.

They also backfill around pipe.

Below the bedding, CA-6 carries the load. This dense graded crushed limestone keeps its fines, so it compacts into a hard, tight base for drives, pads and garage floors.

It is also the material for trench backfill.

Where water has to move, switch to clean washed stone. CA-7 is 1 inch clean stone with no fines, for bedding under pipe, drainage trenches and French drains.

3/4" Crushed Stone, or CA-11, does the same job at 3/4 inch for bedding and concrete work.

For tight spots, CA-16 Chips are 3/8 inch limestone chips. They bed permeable pavers, drain around tanks, and top a compacted base.

Washed Sand, called torpedo sand locally, is the coarse washed sand for concrete and leveling.

Delivery to Hoyleton and the Surrounding Area

Order online and choose your 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 a delivery date at checkout and a dump truck tips the material on site.

Illinois Rock Supply delivers across Washington County, including Nashville, Okawville, Ashley, Oakdale and Addieville. Bulk loads arrive as one tipped pile, so plan where you want it dropped before the truck reaches the address.

Questions About Gravel and Bedding in Hoyleton

What gravel is best for a driveway in Hoyleton?

CA-6 is the base material for a driveway here. Its crushed limestone and fines compact into a tight surface that stands up to the saturated clay ground across the Southern till plain and claypan country.

Top an existing compacted drive with Driveway Gravel for a fresh wearing surface.

How much material will my project need?

Quantity depends on the area you are covering and the depth you need, so there is no single figure. Each product page has a calculator that turns your measurements into a ton or yard figure.

Order by the ton or the yard once you have your number.

Order Bedding and Base Material for Your Hoyleton Project

Size your load with the calculator on any product page, then order by the ton or the yard. Illinois Rock Supply delivers bulk gravel, stone, sand and soil across Hoyleton and Washington County.

Place your order online and get the material tipped at your site.