Lime Screenings for Patios in Melrose Park, IL

Planning a patio, a paver walk or a driveway pad? Illinois Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Melrose Park, IL, from the base course up to the bedding layer.

If you are setting pavers or flatwork, lime screenings are the bedding material that levels and locks the surface.

Underneath it, CA-6, also called road base, is the dense graded crushed limestone that carries the load. The Chicago lake plain and the northeastern moraines sit under this town, and heavy silt and clay shed water instead of taking it.

Ground and Conditions in Melrose Park

Across the Chicago lake plain and the northeastern moraines, the ground is heavy silt and clay, and flat lots have little fall. Water sits rather than drains.

A thin base over that clay shows the failure fast: ruts, rocking pavers and low spots after a wet spring.

The fix is a base that spreads load and a bedding layer that stays put. CA-6 compacts into a firm, tight course because the fines are left in.

Lime screenings go on top as the fine bedding layer that pavers and flagstone sit in.

Frost moves these surfaces every spring. Northeastern Illinois jurisdictions carry a frost depth of about 42 inches in the residential code, and the local building department sets it.

That figure applies to footings, not to gravel base work.

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.

Materials for Melrose Park Projects

Bedding is where a patio or walk either holds its lines or does not. Lime screenings, also called limestone screenings or stone dust, are the crushed limestone fines Illinois crews bed pavers and flagstone in.

They pack tight and hold a level surface under foot traffic.

Below the bedding, CA-6 is the base course for drives, parking pads, shed and garage bases and trench backfill.

Chicago area yards also call it grade 8 or road mix, and it is the same material.

Clean stone handles the water. CA-7, also called #57 stone, is washed with no fines, for bedding under pipe, drainage trenches and French drains.

CA-11, the 3/4 inch clean washed stone, does the same work alongside it.

CA-16 chips are the 3/8 inch size, for permeable paver bedding and drainage around tanks. Torpedo sand, the coarse washed sand Illinois yards sell, is for concrete and leveling.

Mason sand is the finer sand for brick and block mortar and paver joints.

Delivery to Melrose Park and the Surrounding Area

You order online and pick 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.

Choose a delivery date at checkout and a dump truck tips the material on site in one pile.

Melrose Park sits in Cook County, and delivery covers the surrounding area, including Chicago, Cicero, Schaumburg, Evanston and Arlington Heights. Bulk loads arrive as loose material, so plan where the pile lands before the truck gets there.

Questions About Gravel and Bedding in Melrose Park

What gravel is best for a driveway in Melrose Park?

CA-6 is the base material for a driveway here, because the fines left in the crushed limestone let it compact into a firm surface over clay. Top it with driveway gravel if you want a finer running surface.

For a soft or wet spot, clean stone like CA-7 or CA-11 moves water instead of holding 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 size the load. Have your area and the depth you plan to build to ready before you order.

If you are bedding pavers, remember the screenings layer sits on top of the base, so both materials go into the total.

Order Bedding and Base Material for Melrose Park

Get your quantities sorted with the calculator on each product page, then order lime screenings, CA-6 and clean stone online for delivery in Melrose Park. Illinois Rock Supply delivers bulk aggregate by the ton or yard, and a dump truck tips it on site.

Place your order when you are ready to build.