Bulk Aggregates for Patios in Tilton, IL

Illinois Rock Supply brings gravel and aggregate delivery in Tilton, IL to two kinds of buyers: contractors building patios, pads and flatwork, and homeowners bedding a walk or topping a drive. Both need the same thing, a base that stays put under the pavers.

That base is CA-6, also called road base, the dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in. It is the Illinois base material, and on this ground it does the heavy lifting.

Ground and Conditions in Tilton

Tilton sits in Vermilion County, on the Grand Prairie till plain of central and eastern Illinois. That is flat to gently rolling ground under deep, dark prairie silt loams.

The problem with flat ground is water. This part of the state has dense clay subsoil and almost no natural fall, so water stands rather than runs after heavy rain.

A paver patio laid on a thin base shows that fast. The subgrade softens, the bedding layer shifts, and the surface settles into low spots within a season or two.

The fix is a compacted base course that spreads the load and a clean bedding layer above it that lets water move. CA-6 handles the base; a washed stone or a screenings layer handles the bedding.

Timing matters as much as material. Base, driveway and paver work runs from the spring thaw into late fall here.

The ground is slow to dry in a wet spring and frozen solid through the winter.

Frost heave shows up in gravel drives, walks and shallow slabs each spring. Frost depth runs about 36 inches through most of central and eastern Illinois, rising toward the northern edge, and the local building department sets it for Tilton.

Materials for Tilton Projects

A patio or walk succeeds or fails at the bedding layer. The base carries the load, but the layer directly under the pavers sets the final grade and controls how the surface drains.

Start with CA-6. It is dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in, and it compacts into a firm, stable base course for patios, parking pads, shed and garage bases and trench backfill.

Above the base, Lime Screenings are the standard bedding layer in Illinois. These crushed limestone fines bed pavers and flagstone and backfill around pipe.

They set hard and hold grade under a paver.

Where you want water to pass instead of sit, use clean stone. CA-16 Chips are 3/8 inch washed chips for permeable paver bedding, drainage around tanks and topping a compacted base.

For heavier drainage, 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 it.

Sand and soil finish the job. Washed Sand, which Illinois yards call torpedo sand, is coarse washed sand for concrete, leveling and bedding.

Mason Sand is fine clean sand for brick and block mortar, paver joints, sandboxes and volleyball courts.

Delivery to Tilton 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.

Pick your delivery date at checkout, and a dump truck tips the load on site in one pile. From there it is your project and your crew.

Illinois Rock Supply delivers across Vermilion County, including Danville, Hoopeston, Westville, Georgetown and Catlin alongside Tilton.

Order Bulk Aggregates for Your Tilton Project

Work out your quantity with the calculator on the product page, then place your order online. Illinois Rock Supply delivers CA-6, clean stone, sand, topsoil and mulch across Tilton and Vermilion County.

Order today and a dump truck will tip your load on site.