Bulk Aggregates for Patios in Venice, IL

Illinois Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Venice, IL, from the base course up to the bedding layer under your patio. Down here in Madison County, that base is CA-6, the dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in.

The ground along the Mississippi bottomlands is thick silty alluvium, and it moves when it gets wet. What you put under a paver patio decides whether that patio stays flat.

Ground and Conditions in Venice

Venice sits in Madison County, on the Mississippi border side of the state, where the ground is deep silty alluvium on the flats. That soil holds water instead of shedding it.

When the base under a patio is too thin, the subgrade punishes it. Water sits, the silty soil softens, and the pavers settle out of line at the edges first.

The usual repair is a thicker compacted base course over a clean drainage layer. That is where CA-6 does its work, and where a washed stone underneath keeps water moving.

Loess on the bluffs above sheds water fast on slopes. The flats below hold it.

Both conditions show up within a few miles of town.

Work runs from the spring thaw into late fall here, a little longer than upstate. Sites close to the river wait out spring high water.

Materials for Venice Projects

Bedding is what makes or breaks a paver patio, a walk, or a concrete slab. Order the bedding layer and the base course separately, because they do different jobs.

CA-6 is the Illinois base material, and it is what goes under the whole assembly. Dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in, it compacts into a hard, tight surface.

Lime Screenings are the standard bedding layer under pavers and flagstone in Illinois. Crushed limestone fines screed to a smooth, level bed that a paver sits into without rocking.

CA-16 Chips are 3/8 inch chips for permeable paver bedding where water has to pass through the joints.

Washed Sand, which Illinois yards call torpedo sand, is the coarse washed sand for concrete and for leveling. It is also a bedding option under some slab work.

Mason Sand is the fine clean sand for brick and block mortar and for sweeping into paver joints.

CA-7 is 1 inch clean washed stone with no fines. Use it for bedding under pipe, drainage trenches, French drains and concrete flatwork.

Delivery to Venice and the Surrounding Area

Order online, pick a quantity by the ton or by the yard, and choose a delivery date at checkout. A dump truck tips the load in one pile at your site.

Choosing between tons and yards is the first decision. Each product page has a calculator to help you size the load before you check out.

Bulk delivery reaches Venice and the rest of Madison County, including Granite City, Edwardsville, Alton, Collinsville and Godfrey.

Order Your Base and Bedding for Venice

Size the load with the calculator on the product page, then order CA-6, lime screenings or CA-16 chips online and set a delivery date. Illinois Rock Supply delivers bulk aggregate across Venice and Madison County.

Get your quantity right the first time and start with the base course.