Bulk Aggregates for Patios in Kirkwood, IL

If you are planning a patio, a paver walk, or a driveway in Kirkwood, IL, the gravel and aggregate delivery you need starts with the base under it. Illinois Rock Supply sells bulk material by the ton and delivers it across Warren County.

CA-6, also called road base, is the dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in. It builds the pad that bedding sits on.

Ground and Conditions in Kirkwood

Across the Western Illinois loess uplands and the Mississippi border, the ground is deep loess over older drift. Loess sheds water fast on slopes and holds it in the flats.

A thin base shows its failure at the edges first. Water reaches the subgrade, the bedding shifts, and the pavers above it rock.

The fix is a base that carries the load and a clean stone layer that moves water away. Frost still lifts drives and walks each spring, so the layers have to shed what thaws out of them.

Work runs from the spring thaw into late fall here, a little longer than upstate. That window shapes when a patio or a drive gets built.

Materials for Kirkwood Projects

Bedding is where a paver or flatwork job is won or lost, and the bedding layer is what this page is about. In Illinois the standard bedding layer is lime screenings, the crushed limestone fines that level under pavers, flagstone and slab.

Below the bedding goes CA-6, the Illinois base material. It is dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in, and it is what a driveway, parking pad, shed base or trench backfill is built from.

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

CA-11 is the 3/4 inch clean washed stone sold alongside it for bedding, drainage and concrete work.

At the fine end, CA-16 Chips are 3/8 inch chips for permeable paver bedding, drainage around tanks and topping a compacted base. Torpedo sand is the coarse washed sand for concrete, leveling and bedding, and mason sand is the fine clean sand for brick and block mortar and paver joints.

Delivery to Kirkwood 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 a delivery date at checkout and a dump truck tips the material on site in one pile. Kirkwood sits in Warren County, and delivery covers Monmouth, Roseville, Alexis, Little York and Cameron as well.

For a patio, that means the base stone and the bedding arrive as separate loads you can place at your own pace.

Questions About Gravel in Kirkwood

What gravel is best for a driveway in Kirkwood?

CA-6 is the base material for a driveway here. It is dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in, so it knits into a firm surface for a drive, a parking pad or a shed base.

For a top layer you can also look at driveway gravel.

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. Have your project area and the depth you plan to build to ready before you use it.

If you are unsure between two quantities, the calculator is the place to settle it before you order.

Order Bulk Aggregate for Your Kirkwood Project

Start with the calculator on the product page to settle your quantity, then choose a delivery date at checkout. Illinois Rock Supply delivers CA-6, lime screenings, clean stone and sand across Kirkwood and Warren County.

Place your order online when your numbers are ready.