Bulk Aggregates for Patios in Trenton, IL

Order gravel and aggregate delivery in Trenton, IL by the ton or the yard. Illinois Rock Supply drops bulk material at your address in Clinton County.

Start with CA-6, the dense graded crushed limestone this part of Illinois calls road base. It packs into a firm pad for a patio, a shed or a driveway.

Build your patio bedding on top of it.

Ground and Conditions in Trenton

Ground across the Southern till plain and claypan country is loess over old, weathered drift. Under that sits a tight claypan close to the surface.

Water cannot move down through claypan, so winter and spring rain perches on top of it. Ground stays saturated for weeks, and an unbound base pumps under traffic.

A thin base shows the failure first. The pad rutts, the surface rocks, and the edges break away after a wet spring.

The fix is a base that spreads the load and a clean stone layer that lets water move. Keep the fines out of the drainage layer.

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

Winters here are cold but shorter than in the north. Frequent freeze and thaw swings work on saturated clay and heave drives and walks.

Materials for Trenton Projects

Bedding under pavers and flatwork decides how a patio or walk sits. Get the bedding right and the surface stays flat.

Get it wrong and every paver moves with the ground.

Lime Screenings are crushed limestone fines, the standard bedding layer in Illinois. Spread them under pavers and flagstone, and use them to backfill around pipe.

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

Washed Sand is the coarse washed sand Illinois yards call torpedo sand. It beds and levels flatwork and mixes into concrete.

Mason Sand is a fine clean sand for brick and block mortar and for paver joints. It also fills sandboxes and volleyball courts.

CA-6 is the base course under all of it. Dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in.

It builds driveways, parking pads, shed and garage bases, and trench backfill.

CA-7 is washed clean stone with no fines. It beds pipe, feeds drainage trenches and French drains, and sits under concrete flatwork.

Delivery to Trenton and the Surrounding Area

Order online and pick your quantity by the ton or by the yard. Each product page has a calculator to help you size the load before checkout.

Choose a delivery date at checkout, and a dump truck tips the material in one pile at your address. Have the spot ready before the truck arrives.

Illinois Rock Supply delivers across Trenton and Clinton County, including Breese, Carlyle, New Baden, Aviston and Albers.

Questions About Gravel in Trenton

What gravel is best for a driveway in Trenton?

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

Top an existing drive with Driveway Gravel, or lay CA-6 as the base course first.

How much material will my project need?

Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard. Each product page has a calculator to help you size the load for your area.

Order the material you need for the job and choose a delivery date at checkout. A dump truck tips the load in one pile on site.

Order Bulk Aggregate for Your Trenton Project

Size the load with the calculator on the product page, then order by the ton or the yard. Illinois Rock Supply delivers CA-6, clean stone, sand and soil across Trenton and Clinton County.

Pick your material and place the order online.