Bulk Aggregates for Patios in Raymond, IL

Illinois Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Raymond, IL, and the working season shapes when a load makes sense. A wet winter and spring keep sites soft well into April across the Southern till plain and claypan country.

Late summer and fall are the reliable windows.

CA-6, also called road base, is the dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in. It is the Illinois base material for drives, pads and shed bases.

Ground and Conditions in Raymond

The claypan sits close to the surface here and stops water moving down. Winter and spring rain perches on top of it, so ground stays saturated for weeks.

That is where a thin base fails. Saturated clay pumps under traffic, and the surface stone works loose and ruts.

The fix is a base course with the fines left in, built over ground that has been shaped to shed water.

Freeze and thaw swings work on saturated clay and heave drives and walks. Frost depth in this part of Illinois runs about 30 to 36 inches, and the local building department sets the figure it uses for footings.

Sheet and gully erosion shows up where the thin loess is bared. On slopes and at culvert outlets, heavy broken stone holds the ground in place.

Materials for Raymond Projects

Bedding under pavers and flatwork is where the material choice decides how the finished surface behaves. The bedding layer sits directly under the units, so it has to be fine, consistent and easy to screed.

Lime Screenings, also called limestone screenings, are crushed limestone fines for paver and flagstone bedding and for backfill around pipe. This is the standard bedding layer in Illinois, and it is the material that lets a paver sit flat without rocking.

Below the bedding, the base course carries the load. CA-6 is dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in, and it is the Illinois base material for driveways, parking pads, shed and garage bases and trench backfill.

Where water has to move instead of being held, clean washed stone does the work. CA-7 is washed clean stone with no fines, for bedding under pipe, drainage trenches, French drains and concrete flatwork.

3/4" Crushed Stone, sold as CA-11, is the 3/4 inch clean washed stone Illinois yards sell alongside CA-7 for the same drainage and concrete work.

For a finer surface, CA-16 Chips are 3/8 inch chips for permeable paver bedding, drainage around tanks and topping a compacted base. Washed Sand, which Illinois yards call torpedo sand, is coarse washed sand for concrete, leveling and bedding.

Delivery to Raymond 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.

A dump truck tips the material in one pile on your site. Delivery covers Raymond and the rest of Montgomery County, including Litchfield, Hillsboro, Nokomis, Witt and Farmersville.

Pick your delivery date at checkout. Have the pile location clear before the truck arrives, since the load is tipped where the truck can reach.

Order CA-6 and Bedding Material for Your Raymond Project

Work out your quantity with the calculator on the product page, then place the order online and pick a delivery date. Illinois Rock Supply delivers bulk aggregate across Raymond and Montgomery County.

Order your CA-6, lime screenings and clean stone when your site is ready.