Bulk Aggregates for Pathways in North Chicago, IL

Illinois Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in North Chicago, IL for two kinds of buyers: contractors building drives, pads and drainage, and homeowners redoing a path or a bed. CA-6, the dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in, is the base most of that work starts from.

The ground here sits on the Chicago lake plain and the northeastern moraines, where heavy silt and clay shed water instead of taking it. That shapes what you put down and how the surface behaves after a storm.

Ground and Conditions in North Chicago

Across the Chicago lake plain and the northeastern moraines, the soil runs to heavy silt and clay, and dense till sits under a lot of it. Water moves across that ground rather than into it, and flat lots have little fall to help it along.

When a base goes down thin over clay, the surface rutts and pumps within a season. The material shifts under tires, the edges break away, and you are back to bare ground by the next spring.

A thicker lift of CA-6 over that clay gives you a surface that holds. The fines in the mix bind the stone together, so the layer knits into a firm, compacted base instead of loose rock sitting on mud.

Work here runs from the spring thaw into late fall. Frozen ground stops compaction through the winter, and a wet spring keeps crews off soft clay until it drains.

Materials for North Chicago Projects

Fines and screenings do the fine work on paths and walkways. Lime screenings, the crushed limestone fines Chicago area yards call screenings, pack down into a firm surface that stays walkable underfoot.

They bed pavers and flagstone, and they surface garden walks and utility paths where you want a tight, smooth finish. Spread over a compacted CA-6 base, screenings give you a path that holds its shape.

CA-6 is the Illinois base material. It goes under driveways, parking pads, shed and garage bases, and trench backfill.

CA-6 compacts into a hard, bound layer that carries weight.

For drainage and bedding, clean washed stone does the job that fines cannot. CA-7 is the 1 inch clean stone for bedding under pipe, French drains and concrete flatwork.

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

CA-16 Chips are the 3/8 inch chips for permeable paver bedding and drainage around tanks. Lime Screenings bed pavers and flagstone and backfill around pipe.

Delivery to North Chicago 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 your delivery date at checkout and a dump truck tips the material in one pile on site.

North Chicago sits in Lake County, and delivery reaches the surrounding towns, including Waukegan, Mundelein, Gurnee, Highland Park and Buffalo Grove. Have the drop spot clear and reachable so the truck can tip without obstruction.

Order Your Path and Base Materials

Size your load with the calculator on each product page, then order by the ton or yard and pick a delivery date at checkout. Illinois Rock Supply delivers CA-6, lime screenings and washed stone across North Chicago and Lake County.

Place your order online and the truck brings it to your site.