CA-6 and Bulk Aggregates for Vernon Hills, IL

Need gravel and aggregate delivery in Vernon Hills, IL for a wet yard that will not drain? Illinois Rock Supply supplies CA-6 for drives and pads, plus the washed stone that French drains, drywells and downspout runs need.

Clay soil sheds water instead of taking it, so the open stone does the moving.

Materials for Vernon Hills Projects

Water is the first thing to solve on a Vernon Hills lot. That means clean washed stone with no fines, because fines hold water and defeat the whole point of a drain.

CA-7, also called #57 stone or 1 inch clean stone, is washed stone for bedding under pipe, drainage trenches and French drains. 3/4" Crushed Stone, sold as CA-11 or sewer stone, is the smaller clean washed size for the same drainage and concrete work.

Drain Rock covers French drains, drywells, foundation drains and downspout runs. Illinois contractors often specify CA-7 or CA-11 by number for those runs, and either will move water.

For the drywell itself, and for a downspout that needs to shed water fast, the coarser clean stone is the right size. #4 Crushed Stone is a large clean stone.

Smaller work calls for smaller stone. CA-16 Chips are 3/8 inch chips for permeable paver bedding and drainage around tanks.

Then there is the base side. CA-6 is dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in, and it is what a driveway, parking pad, shed base or trench backfill sits on.

CA-6 goes down under the drainage work, not around it.

Bedding pavers or flagstone instead? Lime Screenings, which Illinois yards also call screenings, is the standard bedding layer here.

Coarse washed sand goes by Washed Sand, or torpedo sand locally, and serves concrete and leveling.

Delivery to Vernon Hills and the Surrounding Area

You order online, choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard, and pick a delivery date at checkout. Each product page has a calculator if you want to size the load from your own numbers.

A dump truck tips your material in one pile at the address you give. Illinois Rock Supply delivers across Vernon Hills and the rest of Lake County, including Waukegan, Mundelein, North Chicago, Gurnee and Highland Park.

Put the pile where you want to work from, since the truck tips it and drives on. Loose stock is heavy enough that the spot matters more than the timing.

Ground and Conditions in Vernon Hills

Base, driveway and paver work runs from the spring thaw into late fall around here. Frozen ground stops compaction through the winter, and a wet spring keeps crews off soft clay.

That timing shapes your order. On the Chicago lake plain and the northeastern moraines, heavy silt and clay shed water rather than take it, so flat ground has little fall and heavy summer downpours overwhelm yard grades.

Frost is the other factor. Long cold winters with many freeze and thaw cycles lift drives, walks and slabs every spring.

The frost depth carried in northeastern Illinois residential codes is about 42 inches, and the local building department sets the figure that applies to your permit.

So a yard that stays soft is a drainage question before it is a stone question. Clean washed stone under the surface, with a CA-6 base over it where you need a hard, compacted surface, is how that gets handled.

Questions About Ordering in Vernon Hills

Do you deliver CA-6 to Vernon Hills, IL?

Yes. Illinois Rock Supply delivers CA-6, the dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in, to Vernon Hills and the surrounding Lake County area.

You order online, choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard, and pick a delivery date at checkout. A dump truck tips the load in one pile at the address you give.

What gravel is best for a driveway in Vernon Hills?

CA-6 is the base material for a driveway here, because it is dense graded with the fines left in and compacts into a firm surface. Local clay soil stays soft when it holds water, so a clean washed stone like CA-7 under the base helps water move instead of sitting.

Order online by the ton or yard and pick your delivery date at checkout.

Order Bulk Aggregate for Vernon Hills

Illinois Rock Supply delivers CA-6, washed stone, sand, soil and mulch across Vernon Hills and Lake County. Pick your material, set the quantity by the ton or yard, and choose a delivery date at checkout.

Place your order online and the truck brings it to your site.