Bulk Aggregates for Drainage in Pitkin, LA

Where does the water go when it leaves the downspout? For gravel and aggregate delivery in Pitkin, LA, Louisiana Rock Supply answers that with washed stone.

You can also start with 610 limestone for anything that has to carry weight.

Ground here is sandy loam over clay, so the surface takes water and the clay beneath it holds it. That is why a drainage layer matters as much as a base course.

Materials for Pitkin Projects

Start at the coarse end for drainage. Drain Rock is washed clean stone with the fines taken out, so water passes through instead of sitting in it.

It is the material for French drains, drywells, foundation perimeter drains and downspout runs.

#4 Crushed Stone is the coarsest clean size, roughly 1 1/2 inch. It suits heavy drainage, erosion work and stabilising very wet ground.

For a driveway surface over a finished base, #57 Limestone is the clean open graded size at about 3/4 inch. #67 Stone is a little finer, and it fits drainage trenches, pipe bedding and concrete work.

Move down the sizes and the jobs get finer. #8 Crushed Stone at roughly 3/8 inch handles fine drainage and paver bedding, while #89 Crushed Stone fills paver joints and thin bedding layers.

Where a compacted base is the goal, 610 Limestone is the Louisiana base size, stone dust up to about two inches. The fines bind it, so it hardens as it is rolled under drives, parking pads and building pads.

Crushed Concrete is a base layer of recycled Portland cement concrete and is permitted in Louisiana as a Class II base course material.

Delivery to Pitkin and the Surrounding Area

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

Bulk delivery to a site in Pitkin means a dump truck tips the material in one pile where the truck can reach. From there it is your job to move and place it.

Pitkin sits in Vernon Parish, and delivery reaches the surrounding communities, including Leesville, New Llano, Anacoco, Hornbeck and Evans.

Ground and Conditions in Pitkin

Work runs year round here, and wet clay in the draws is what stops a compaction pass. Time a delivery for a stretch when the ground under the truck can take the weight.

Across the northern and western uplands, the ground is sandy loam over Tertiary sands and clays, rolling rather than flat. Ridges are sandy loam and the draws hold clay.

The surface takes water and the clay beneath it does not, so water moves sideways down the slopes and gathers in the draws.

That is what the drainage layer is for, and it is the part that has to work. On a bare sandy slope, gully cutting starts quickly once the cover is gone, and the draws scour.

Clean washed stone in a trench or a drywell gives the water somewhere to go instead of down the slope.

Where the ground is low and soft, select fill raises a pad out of the water. It compacts rather than settling, so it goes under a base course and not under a lawn.

Select Fill is also sold here as spillway dirt.

Order Bulk Aggregate for Pitkin

Louisiana Rock Supply delivers bulk gravel, washed stone, sand, soil and fill across Pitkin and Vernon Parish, including Leesville, New Llano, Anacoco, Hornbeck and Evans. Choose your material, set the quantity by the ton or yard, and pick a delivery date at checkout to get your order on its way.