Drain Rock and Bulk Aggregates for Chalmette, LA

Louisiana Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Chalmette, LA. The base material here is 610 limestone, the crushed limestone base that goes under driveways, parking pads and flatwork.

Chalmette sits in St. Bernard Parish, on ground that stays wet and drains slowly.

That shapes which materials work and which ones do not.

Materials for Chalmette Projects

Water is the first thing to plan for on this ground. A drainage layer has to move water away from a slab, a downspout or a foundation, and that means clean washed stone with the fines taken out.

Drain Rock is the washed stone for French drains, foundation perimeter drains, drywells and downspout runs. Nothing here drains downward on its own, so the drainage layer is the part that has to work.

Drainage stone comes in several sizes. #4 Crushed Stone is the coarse clean stone at roughly 1 1/2 inch, for heavy drainage and wet ground.

#57 Limestone is the clean open graded size at about 3/4 inch, for driveway surfacing and concrete work. #67 Stone is a little finer, for drainage trenches and pipe bedding.

For a compacted base, 610 Limestone is the local standard. It runs from stone dust up to about two inches, so the fines bind it and it hardens as it is rolled.

It goes under driveways, pads and flatwork.

Road Base is a recycled base of crushed and screened Portland cement concrete with the fines left in. Louisiana permits it as a Class II base course material.

Delivery to Chalmette and the Surrounding Area

You order online and pick a delivery date at checkout. Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard, and each product page has a calculator if you want to size the load.

Bulk delivery covers Chalmette and the rest of St. Bernard Parish, including Meraux, Violet, Arabi and St.

Bernard. A dump truck tips the load on site in one pile, so it helps to have the drop spot clear before the truck arrives.

Ground and Conditions in Chalmette

Across the deltaic plain, the marsh and the Chenier coast, the soil is organic muck and soft clay. It is under consolidated and highly compressible, and the only firm ground is on natural levee ridges and old distributary channels.

The water table sits at or near the surface, so the ground is already saturated. Water leaves by pump or canal, and a pad built on muck settles under its own weight before anything is parked on it.

That is why fill and base work matter more than surface dressing here. Select Fill raises low ground and builds a pad up out of the water, and it compacts rather than settling.

Work runs year round and is interrupted by rain and high water rather than by cold. Time a delivery around the wet spells, because a soft site is harder to build on than a dry one.

Order Bulk Aggregates for Your Chalmette Project

Louisiana Rock Supply delivers 610 limestone, washed stone, sand, soil and fill across Chalmette and St. Bernard Parish.

Choose your material, set the quantity by the ton or yard, and pick a delivery date at checkout. Place your order online when your site is ready.