Bulk Aggregates for Patios in New Athens, IL

Order gravel and aggregate delivery in New Athens, IL and skip the hauling. Illinois Rock Supply sells bulk material online by the ton or the yard, then a dump truck tips it on your site.

Start with CA-6, the Illinois base material, also called road base or 3/4 dense grade. It goes under driveways, parking pads and shed floors.

Patio work starts with the bedding layer instead.

Ground and Conditions in New Athens

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

A thin base shows that fast. Water reaches the fines, the surface rutts, and pavers rock on the soft spots.

Set a compacted CA-6 base under the bedding layer and the load spreads instead of punching down. Keep the bedding clean and open so water moves rather than sitting.

Gully and rill erosion in loess is the other local habit, along with slumping on cut slopes. Arm the edges of a pad that sits near a drop.

Work runs from the spring thaw into late fall here, a little longer than upstate. Frost still lifts drives and walks each spring.

Materials for New Athens Projects

Bedding under pavers and flatwork is the layer that decides how a patio looks in three years. Pick the bedding to match the paver and the base below it.

CA-6 is dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in.

Lime screenings, the crushed limestone fines Illinois yards also call screenings, bed pavers and flagstone. The same material backfills around pipe.

CA-7 is washed clean stone with no fines. Use it for drainage trenches, French drains and bedding under concrete flatwork.

CA-16 chips, the 3/8 inch limestone chips, bed permeable pavers and drain around tanks. CA-11, the 3/4 inch clean washed stone, covers bedding and concrete work.

Torpedo sand, the coarse washed sand, levels and beds. Mason sand is the finer clean sand for mortar, paver joints and sandboxes.

For the finish around a patio, Natural Pea Gravel and river gravel handle walkways, beds and borders. Large river rock suits dry creek beds and splash areas.

Delivery to New Athens and the Surrounding Area

Choose tons or yards when you order, then size the load with the calculator on the product page. Order online and pick a delivery date at checkout.

A dump truck tips the load in one pile on your site. Plan where that pile lands before the truck arrives.

Illinois Rock Supply delivers across St. Clair County, including Belleville, O'Fallon, East St.

Louis, Fairview Heights and Mascoutah.

Questions About Gravel and Aggregate in New Athens

What gravel is best for a driveway in New Athens?

CA-6 is the base material for a driveway here. It is dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in, and it compacts into a firm surface.

Top an existing drive with driveway gravel, or use crusher run where a fines-bearing stone is wanted. Clean stone like CA-7 drains but will not knit into a surface.

How much material will my project need?

Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard. Each product page has a calculator to size the load for your area and depth.

Have your measurements ready before you order, then pick a delivery date at checkout. A dump truck tips the load in one pile on site.

Order Bulk Aggregate for Your New Athens Project

Size the load with the calculator on the product page, then order by the ton or the yard. Illinois Rock Supply delivers CA-6, lime screenings, CA-7 and the rest of the bulk material across New Athens and St.

Clair County. Place your order online and a truck brings it to your site.