Lime Screenings for Patios in Pomona, IL

Illinois Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Pomona, IL for two kinds of buyers: contractors working the hills and homeowners finishing a patio or drive. Both tend to start with the same material, CA-6, and work outward from there.

The ground here is thin soil over sandstone and limestone. Rock sits close to the surface, so what you put under a patio matters as much as what you put on top.

Ground and Conditions in Pomona

Across the Shawnee Hills and the southern uplands, soil is thin over rock with little room to store water. Steep ground pushes runoff into narrow hollows fast, and heavy rain arrives in large amounts at once.

That shows up first in a base course. A thin base over rock or soft valley silt flexes and pumps when water moves under it, and the pavers above start to settle unevenly.

The fix is a bedding layer that holds its shape and a base that is built to shed water rather than trap it. On a slope, that also means thinking about where the water goes once it leaves the patio.

This is the longest working season in Illinois, running from late winter into early winter. Wet weather and soft hillside access limit work more than frozen ground does.

Winters here are the mildest in the state, but freeze and thaw still come and go. Frost depth is about 30 inches in the far southern counties, and the local building department sets the figure that applies to your job.

Materials for Pomona Projects

Bedding is where a patio or flatwork job is won or lost. The right layer under the surface keeps pavers and slabs supported evenly instead of rocking on a base that has shifted.

Lime Screenings are crushed limestone fines and the standard bedding layer in Illinois. Use them under pavers and flagstone, and as backfill around pipe.

Washed Sand, sold locally as torpedo sand, is a coarse washed sand for concrete, leveling and bedding. For brick and block mortar, paver joints and sandboxes, use Mason Sand.

Under all of it, CA-6 is the Illinois base material: dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in. It carries driveways, parking pads, shed and garage bases and trench backfill.

Where water needs to move rather than sit, clean washed stone does the work. CA-7 is 1 inch clean stone for bedding under pipe, drainage trenches and French drains, and 3/4" Crushed Stone is the CA-11 equivalent for bedding, drainage and concrete work.

For permeable paver bedding, drainage around tanks, or a cap over a compacted base, CA-16 Chips are the 3/8 inch size. Each of these is a clean stone with no fines, so it drains instead of packing tight.

Delivery to Pomona and the Surrounding Area

You order online, choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard, and pick a delivery date at checkout. A dump truck then tips the load on site in one pile.

Choosing between tons and yards is the part worth slowing down on. Each product page has a calculator to size the load against the area you are covering, and it is the quickest way to land on a quantity before you order.

Pomona sits in Jackson County, and delivery covers the surrounding area, including Carbondale, Murphysboro, De Soto, Elkville and Ava. Bulk loads arrive on the date you select at checkout.

Order Bedding and Base Material in Pomona

Start with the calculator on the product page to settle your quantity, then place the order online and choose a delivery date. For bedding a patio, building a base course or backfilling a trench, Illinois Rock Supply delivers bulk material across Pomona and Jackson County.