Lime Screenings for Patios in Saybrook, IL

Illinois Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Saybrook, IL for two kinds of buyers: contractors building patios and flatwork, and homeowners setting a walk or a shed pad. Both usually start with CA-6, also called road base, the dense graded crushed limestone that carries the load.

Saybrook sits on the Grand Prairie till plain of central and eastern Illinois, where deep prairie silt loam covers dense clay. That ground shapes what you bed a patio on.

Ground and Conditions in Saybrook

Start with the failure a thin base shows. A patio or garage slab set on too little base rocks and settles within a season, and the joints open.

Across the Grand Prairie till plain of central and eastern Illinois, the ground is flat with dense clay beneath and almost no natural fall. Water stands rather than runs after heavy rain, so a base that holds moisture stays soft.

Frost heave shows up in gravel drives, walks and shallow slabs each spring. Cold winters bring repeated freeze and thaw, and the ground is slow to dry in a wet spring and frozen solid through winter.

The fix is a base that drains and a bedding layer that stays put. Base, driveway and paver work runs from the spring thaw into late fall, so plan flatwork around that window.

Materials for Saybrook Projects

Bedding under pavers and flatwork is where the material choice decides the job. The base carries the load; the bedding layer levels the pavers and keeps them from shifting.

CA-6, also called CA6 or 3/4 dense grade, is the Illinois base material. It is dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in.

Use it under driveways, parking pads, shed and garage bases and trench backfill.

Lime screenings, also called limestone screenings or screenings, are crushed limestone fines. They are the standard bedding layer in Illinois for paver and flagstone patios, and they also work as backfill around pipe.

Torpedo sand, also called concrete sand or washed sand, is coarse washed sand for concrete, leveling and bedding. Mason sand is finer and clean, for brick and block mortar and paver joints.

Under the bedding, clean stone handles water. CA-7, also called CA7 or 1 inch clean stone, is washed clean stone with no fines for drainage trenches and concrete flatwork.

CA-11, also called CA11 or 3/4 inch clean stone, is the 3/4 inch washed stone yards sell alongside it.

For decorative work, River Gravel and 3/8" Natural Pea Gravel cover beds, borders and walkways.

Delivery to Saybrook and the Surrounding Area

You order online and a dump truck tips the load on site. Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard, and each product page has a calculator to help you size the load.

Saybrook sits in McLean County, and delivery covers the surrounding area, including Bloomington, Normal, Le Roy, Heyworth and Hudson.

Pick your delivery date at checkout. Bulk material arrives as one tipped pile, so have the spot clear before the truck comes.

Questions About Gravel and Bedding in Saybrook

What gravel is best for a driveway in Saybrook?

For a Saybrook driveway, CA-6 is the base material, also called road base or 3/4 dense grade. It is dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in.

It compacts into a firm surface for drives and parking pads. For a clean drainage layer under that, use CA-7 or CA-11.

How much material will my project need?

Each product page has a calculator to help you size the load. Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard, and you choose the amount when you order online.

For bedding under pavers, the area you are covering and the depth of the bedding layer both matter. The calculator is the place to work that out.

Order Bedding and Base Material for Your Saybrook Project

Size your load with the calculator on the product page, then order by the ton or yard and pick a delivery date at checkout. Illinois Rock Supply delivers CA-6, lime screenings, torpedo sand and clean stone across Saybrook and McLean County.

Have your patio or flatwork spot ready, and the truck will tip the material where you need it.