Bulk Aggregates for Patios in Round Lake, IL

Gravel and aggregate delivery in Round Lake, IL runs from the spring thaw into late fall. Frozen ground stops compaction through the winter, and a wet spring keeps crews off soft clay.

Illinois Rock Supply sells bulk material by the ton or the yard, and CA-6 is the base most patio and flatwork jobs here start from.

Timing matters as much as the material. On the Chicago lake plain and the northeastern moraines, ground that stays wet holds up a patio build, so plan the delivery around a dry stretch.

Ground and Conditions in Round Lake

Heavy silt and clay shed water rather than take it, so a thin base shows its failure fast. The surface ruts under a footprint, pumps when you walk it, and shifts after a heavy summer storm.

The fix is a compacted base with the fines left in and a clean drainage layer where water needs to move. Clay-rich till does not drain on its own, and flat ground has little fall to help it.

Frost lifts drives, walks and slabs every spring across this part of the state. Gravel surfaces stay soft until the ground drains, so base work and paver work fit best between the thaw and late fall.

Northeastern Illinois jurisdictions carry a frost depth of about 42 inches in the residential code, and the local building department sets the figure. That number applies to footings, not to a gravel base.

Materials for Round Lake Projects

Bedding under pavers and flatwork is where a patio either holds its grade or starts to move. The bedding layer sits on top of the base and under the units, and it has to be fine, consistent and easy to screed level.

Lime Screenings are the standard bedding layer in Illinois. Crushed limestone fines, also called limestone screenings or screenings, bed pavers and flagstone and backfill around pipe.

CA-6, also called CA6, road base or 3/4 dense grade, is the Illinois base material. It is dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in, and it goes under driveways, parking pads, shed and garage bases and trench backfill.

CA-16 Chips are 3/8 inch limestone chips. Illinois yards sell them for permeable paver bedding, drainage around tanks and topping a compacted base.

Washed Sand, which Illinois yards call torpedo sand, is a coarse washed sand for concrete, leveling and bedding. CA-7 is washed clean stone with no fines for bedding under pipe, drainage trenches and concrete flatwork.

Delivery to Round Lake and the Surrounding Area

You order online and pick a quantity by the ton or by the yard. Each product page has a calculator, and sizing the load there beats guessing at a pile you cannot move.

A dump truck tips the load in one pile on site. Bulk delivery reaches Round Lake and the rest of Lake County, including Waukegan, Mundelein, North Chicago, Gurnee and Highland Park.

Pick a delivery date at checkout. Once the truck tips the load, the pile is yours to move, so think about where you want it before the truck arrives.

Order Round Lake Aggregate by the Ton or the Yard

Size your load with the calculator on the product page, then order online and set a delivery date at checkout. Illinois Rock Supply delivers bulk CA-6, lime screenings, CA-16 chips and sand across Round Lake and Lake County.

Start with the material that fits the job and let the truck bring it.