Lime Screenings for Patios in West Point, IL

Illinois Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in West Point, IL for two kinds of buyers: contractors who need a load on a schedule, and homeowners building one patio, one driveway or one raised bed. The ground here decides a lot of it.

This part of the state sits on deep loess over older drift, and loess sheds water fast on a slope and holds it in the flats.

CA-6, also called road base, is the dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in that most base work starts from. Above it, the layer that makes or breaks a patio is the bedding.

Ground and Conditions in West Point

A paver patio fails at the bedding first. When the bedding layer is too thin or too soft, the pavers rock under a foot and the joints open.

The fix is a base that carries the load and a bedding layer that stays put. On loess ground, water is the other half of that.

Loess sheds fast on slopes and sits in the flats, so a patio cut into a grade needs somewhere for that water to go.

Work here runs from the spring thaw into late fall, a little longer than upstate. Cold winters still mean freeze and thaw, and frost lifts drives and walks each spring.

Materials for West Point Projects

Bedding is where a patio or a flatwork job is won. Lime Screenings, also called limestone screenings, are crushed limestone fines and the standard bedding layer in Illinois.

They bed pavers and flagstone and they backfill around pipe.

Under the bedding you need a base that compacts. CA-6 is the Illinois base material, dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in, for driveways, parking pads, shed and garage bases and trench backfill.

Where water has to move instead of sit, clean stone does the work. CA-7 is washed clean stone with no fines, for bedding under pipe, drainage trenches, French drains and concrete flatwork.

3/4" Crushed Stone, or CA-11, is the 3/4 inch clean washed stone Illinois yards sell alongside CA-7 for bedding, drainage and concrete work.

For permeable paver bedding and drainage around tanks, CA-16 Chips are the 3/8 inch size. Concrete and leveling call for Washed Sand, which Illinois yards call torpedo sand.

Mason Sand is the finer clean sand for brick and block mortar and paver joints.

Delivery to West Point and the Surrounding 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 on site in one pile.

Each product page has a calculator if you want to size the load before you order.

West Point sits in Hancock County, and delivery reaches the rest of the county too, including Hamilton, Carthage, Warsaw, La Harpe and Nauvoo.

Questions About Gravel and Stone in West Point

What gravel is best for a driveway in West Point?

CA-6 is the Illinois base material for a driveway, a dense graded crushed limestone with the fines left in that compacts into a firm surface. Driveway Gravel surfaces an existing drive or tops a compacted base.

If the drive needs drainage rather than a bound surface, clean stone such as CA-7 lets water through instead of holding it.

How much material will my project need?

Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard, and each product page has a calculator you can use before checkout. Have your project measurements ready.

Ordering by the ton suits base and bedding work, while decorative stone and soil are often easier to size by the yard.

Size Your Load and Order for West Point Delivery

Start with the calculator on the product page for the material you need, then choose your quantity and your delivery date at checkout. Illinois Rock Supply delivers bulk gravel, stone, sand, topsoil and mulch across West Point and Hancock County.

Place your order online and a truck will tip it on site.