Lime Screenings for Pathways in Serena, IL

If you are planning a path, a patio base, or a drainage run, Illinois Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Serena, IL. CA-6, the dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in, is the base material most of that work starts from.

Serena sits in LaSalle County, on the Northern Illinois till plains and Rock River country, where loamy prairie soils sit over dolomite.

Ground and Conditions in Serena

On the Northern Illinois till plains and Rock River country, the ground runs to two extremes. Tight till holds water on the flat ground, while sand plains drain almost too fast.

A thin base shows its weakness first at the edges, where the material ravels and the surface breaks away. The fix is a thicker compacted course of CA-6 over a properly prepped subgrade.

Snowmelt and spring rain on frozen ground push water across the surface. Any path or pad you build needs somewhere for that water to go.

The working season runs from the spring thaw into late fall, a little shorter than downstate. Frozen ground stops compaction in the winter, so plan your base work around that window.

Frost action is heavy in unbound base and shallow footings. Frost depth runs about 42 inches across the northern counties, and the local building department sets the figure that applies to your footing.

Materials for Serena Projects

Fines and screenings do the detail work on paths and walkways, where a finer, walkable surface matters more than raw strength. Lime screenings, the crushed limestone fines Illinois yards also call limestone screenings or screenings, are the standard bedding layer here.

They bed pavers and flagstone and they surface garden walks.

Under that bedding, CA-6 is the compacted base for drives, parking pads, shed and garage bases and trench backfill.

For drainage, CA-7 is washed clean stone with no fines, used for bedding under pipe, drainage trenches, French drains and concrete flatwork. CA-11 is the 3/4 inch clean washed stone sold alongside it for the same bedding and drainage work.

Where a path needs a surface that stays put, walkway gravel gives you a finer, walkable finish. Natural Pea Gravel, the rounded 3/8 inch washed gravel, works for walkways, play areas and fence post mix.

Torpedo sand, the coarse washed sand Illinois yards call it, covers concrete, leveling and bedding. Mason sand is the finer clean sand for mortar, paver joints and sandboxes.

Delivery to Serena and the Surrounding Area

You order online, and the first choice is whether to buy by the ton or by the yard. Each product page has a calculator to help you size the load.

A dump truck tips your material on site in one pile. Have the delivery area clear and reachable before it arrives.

Illinois Rock Supply delivers across LaSalle County, including Ottawa, Streator, Peru, LaSalle and Mendota.

Order Lime Screenings and Base Material for Your Serena Project

Size your load on the product page calculator, choose your quantity by the ton or the yard, and pick a delivery date at checkout. Illinois Rock Supply brings CA-6, lime screenings and washed stone to job sites across Serena and LaSalle County.

Place your order online when you are ready.