Lime Screenings for Patios in Sorento, IL

Order gravel and aggregate delivery in Sorento, IL the easy way: online, by the ton or the yard, dropped at your site. Illinois Rock Supply sells CA-6 road base, clean stone, sand, soil and mulch across Bond County.

Start with the ground. The claypan under this part of the state sits close to the surface, so water perches instead of draining away.

Ground and Conditions in Sorento

Across the Southern till plain and claypan country, the subsoil is tight and slow. Winter and spring rain sits on top of it, and ground stays saturated for weeks.

That matters most under a patio or a walk. Saturated clay moves when it freezes and thaws, and a thin base over it will not hold a flat surface.

The season runs longer here than upstate at both ends. A wet winter and spring still keep sites soft well into April, so late summer and fall are the reliable windows.

Frost depth in this part of Illinois runs about 30 to 36 inches, and the local building department sets the figure it enforces. Footings go below that line.

A patio base does not.

Erosion follows the same pattern. Where the thin loess is bared, sheet and gully erosion takes the surface, and banks scour along the creeks and rivers of this region.

Materials for Sorento Projects

Bedding is where a patio or a flatwork job is won. The layer directly under the pavers has to compact hard, hold a level plane and stay put when water moves through the joints.

Lime Screenings are the standard bedding layer in Illinois. Crushed limestone fines, also called screenings, pack into a firm plane under pavers, flagstone and block.

Under that bedding, most patios and pads sit on a compacted base. CA-6 is the Illinois base material: dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in.

Where water needs to move instead of sit, use clean washed stone with no fines. CA-7 is the 1 inch clean stone for drainage trenches and French drains, and 3/4" Crushed Stone, sold as CA-11, does the same work at 3/4 inch.

For permeable paver bedding, CA-16 Chips are the 3/8 inch limestone chips that let water pass. Concrete flatwork sits on Washed Sand, the coarse torpedo sand Illinois yards sell for leveling and bedding.

Delivery to Sorento and the Surrounding Area

Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard, whichever suits how you figured the job. Each product page has a calculator to size the load.

Pick a delivery date at checkout and a dump truck tips the material in one pile at your site. That is the whole of it.

Sorento sits in Bond County, and delivery covers the county, including Greenville, Pocahontas, Mulberry Grove, Keyesport and Smithboro.

Questions About Gravel and Bedding in Sorento

What gravel is best for a driveway in Sorento?

CA-6 is the base material for a driveway here. It is dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in, so it compacts into a firm surface over the tight claypan subsoil.

For a top layer, Driveway Gravel finishes the surface. Where the drive crosses a wet spot, put clean stone such as CA-7 underneath so water can move.

How much material will my project need?

Figure the area you are covering and the depth you want, then let the calculator on the product page turn that into a quantity. Order by the ton or by the yard, whichever you prefer.

If your numbers land between two figures, the calculator gives you the quantity to order.

Order Bedding and Base Material for Your Sorento Project

Measure your patio or pad, pick your bedding and base, and let the calculator size the load. Order online when the numbers are set.

Illinois Rock Supply delivers bulk gravel, stone, sand and soil across Sorento and Bond County.