Bulk Aggregates for Patios in Rayville, LA

Order gravel and aggregate delivery in Rayville, LA online. Louisiana Rock Supply sells bulk material by the ton or by the yard, and a dump truck tips it on your site.

Start with 610 limestone, the crushed limestone base this part of Louisiana builds on. It sets the pad that pavers, slabs and patio flatwork sit over.

Ground and Conditions in Rayville

Across the Mississippi and Red River alluvial plains, the ground is recent alluvium: silty clay and clay loam, heavy and deep. Sandier ridges sit along the old channels, and backswamp clay fills the low ground between them.

That clay will not take water, and the water table sits high. Rain stands until it is ditched or pumped away.

A thin base course shows its failure fast here. Saturated clay moves under a load, and a patio or walkway laid over too little base cracks and settles out of level.

The fix is a base that binds. 610 limestone carries stone dust up to about two inches, so the fines lock the stone together and the layer stiffens under compaction.

Work runs year round in this part of the state. Heavy rain and saturated clay stop a compaction pass, not cold.

Materials for Rayville Projects

Bedding and base material is what a patio or flatwork job turns on. 610 limestone, also called #610, 610 base or CR610, is the local base course: a dense graded crushed limestone that compacts into a hard, stable layer under pavers, slabs and building pads.

Crushed concrete, sold here as recycled base or 610 concrete, is recycled Portland cement concrete crushed and screened with the fines left in. Louisiana permits it as a Class II base course material, and it is a base layer, not a surface.

Above the base, the clean sizes do the bedding. Stone Screenings are the crusher fines that pass the finest screen, and they bed pavers and pack a path surface.

Mason Sand is the finest washed sand, used for mortar, brick and block work and for a smooth paver setting bed. Washed Sand, also called river sand, beds pipe and flatwork and backfills where a clean fine material is wanted.

For joints and thin bedding layers, #89 Crushed Stone is the fine clean stone. #8 Crushed Stone, roughly 3/8 inch, beds pavers and handles fine drainage.

Where a patio edge meets wet ground, drainage stone matters as much as the base. Drain Rock is clean washed stone with the fines taken out, for French drains, foundation perimeter drains and downspout runs.

#57 Limestone, about 3/4 inch with no fines, is the clean open graded size for drainage and concrete work. #67 Stone runs a little finer, for drainage trenches and pipe bedding.

For heavy drainage, erosion work and very wet ground, #4 Crushed Stone is the coarse clean stone at roughly 1 1/2 inch. Railroad Ballast is the coarse angular stone for heavy equipment pads and saturated ground.

Raising a low pad out of the water takes fill that compacts rather than settles. Select Fill goes under a base course, and spillway dirt is the coarser borrow material yards list beside it.

Finish grade with Top Soil for lawns and beds, or Garden Soil for raised beds and vegetables. Shredded Mulch dresses beds and tree rings, and cypress mulch is the Louisiana name buyers ask for.

Delivery to Rayville and the Surrounding Area

Order online and choose your quantity by the ton or by the yard. Each product page has a calculator to size the load before you check out.

Pick a delivery date at checkout, and a dump truck tips the material in one pile on your site. Louisiana Rock Supply delivers bulk aggregate in Rayville, in Richland Parish, and to Delhi and Mangham.

Order Bulk Aggregate for Your Rayville Project

Size your load with the calculator on the product page, then order by the ton or the yard. Louisiana Rock Supply delivers 610 limestone, clean stone, sand and fill across Rayville and Richland Parish.

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