Screenings for Patios in Cedar Vale, KS
Order gravel and aggregate delivery in Cedar Vale, KS, and Kansas Rock Supply drops the load at your site. Choose AB-3 for a base, or screenings for the bedding under a patio and flatwork.
Buy by the ton or by the yard, pick your date at checkout, and a dump truck tips it in one pile. Clay ground across this part of Kansas decides how the material below your pavers behaves.
Ground and Conditions in Cedar Vale
Across the Osage Cuestas and the eastern Kansas clay country, heavy clay sits between limestone-capped ridges. Shale-derived clay takes water very slowly, so it perches on the surface instead of soaking away.
A thin base over that clay shows its failure fast. The surface course pumps fines up through the layers until the whole pad turns soft and uneven.
The repair is a base that separates your bedding from the ground moisture. Put down a compacted base, then bed your pavers on screenings so the flatwork keeps its grade.
Heavy spring and early summer thunderstorms wash unbound surfaces off the cuesta slopes and scour creek banks and culvert outlets. Plan drainage for the water, not just for the stone.
Clay works best when it is neither saturated nor bone dry. Spring rain and the cracking of high summer are both awkward, and late spring and early fall are the steadiest weeks for base work.
Winters bring repeated freezing and thawing over a clay that swells when wet and shrinks when it dries, so the ground moves through the year as well as through the winter.
Materials for Cedar Vale Projects
Bedding under pavers and flatwork is where this market's material choices really land. Get the layer under the patio right and the surface stays true.
AB-3, also called AB3 or aggregate base, is the Kansas name for dense-graded crushed limestone base. It is crushed rock and fines together, graded roughly 1 1/2 inch down, and it locks up tight when it is moisture-conditioned and rolled.
Set a compacted AB-3 base first, then bed the pavers or flagstone on Screenings. Screenings are the crusher fines left after limestone is screened, and they level under flatwork and fill paver joints.
For a walkway or garden path, Walkway Gravel gives a finer surface underfoot. Where you want a rounded, walkable stone instead, 3/8" Natural Pea Gravel suits play areas and dog runs.
Smaller dense-graded limestone, sold here as 1 inch minus or crusher run, tops a drive and patches soft spots. Use 1 Inch Minus where a full AB-3 base is more than the job needs.
- AB-3 for driveways, parking pads, shop bases and road shoulders.
- Screenings for bedding under pavers and flagstone, and for paver joints.
- 1 Inch Clean for French drains, foundation drains and pipe bedding.
- Washed Sand for bedding and levelling under slabs, and for concrete work.
Delivery to Cedar Vale and the Surrounding Area
Every product page carries a calculator, so you can size the load before you order. Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard, whichever you prefer.
Kansas Rock Supply delivers bulk material across Cedar Vale and Chautauqua County, including Sedan, Peru and Niotaze. Pick your delivery date at checkout and the truck tips the load on site.
Place your order online when you know the material and the quantity. The truck does the rest.
Order Screenings and Base Material for Your Cedar Vale Project
Know your quantity, choose your material, and set a delivery date. Kansas Rock Supply delivers AB-3, screenings and supporting aggregates to Cedar Vale and the rest of Chautauqua County.
Start with the calculator on the product page, then place your order online.