Mason Sand for Patios in Conway, AR

Arkansas Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Conway, AR for two kinds of buyers: contractors setting pavers and flatwork, and homeowners building a patio or path themselves. Both need the same thing under the surface, and that is where SB-2 base and clean bedding sand do their work.

Conway sits in Faulkner County, in the Arkansas River Valley, where deep silt loam and clay hold water far longer than most builders expect.

Ground and Conditions in Conway

Across the Arkansas River Valley, the subgrade is deep silt loam and clay over shale and sandstone uplands. Clay subsoils let go of water slowly, so a thin base course over wet ground is where patios and drives start to move.

The failure shows up as rocking pavers, settled corners and joints that open within a season. Water sits in the clay, the bedding layer pumps, and the surface loses its support from underneath.

The fix is a compacted base with the fines left in so it locks up under a roller, sitting over ground that drains. A washed bedding layer on top keeps the pavers level and lets water move instead of pooling.

Work runs nearly all year here. A wet late winter and spring is the real limit, and summer heat can dry a surface before it can be rolled.

Materials for Conway Projects

Bedding under pavers and flatwork is the material choice that decides how a patio holds up. Screenings, also called limestone fines or crusher fines, are the Arkansas trade name for the fine crushed stone that beds pavers, flagstone and brick and fills the joints between them.

They pack tight and give a walkable surface.

Under that bedding goes the base, and in Arkansas that means SB-2 base. It is a dense-graded 1 1/2 inch minus crushed stone with the fines left in, used for driveways, parking pads, shed and building pads and pipe bedding.

When you are working to a written standard, the same material is specified as Class 7 base or Class 7 aggregate base course.

Concrete and slab work calls for washed sand, also called concrete sand or river sand, for bedding and leveling under slabs and pools. Mason sand covers brick, block and stone work, paver joints and play sand.

Around the edges of a patio, #57 limestone handles French drains, foundation and pipe drainage and a clean top over a compacted base. For a finer walking surface, 3/8 inch Natural Pea Gravel suits walkways, play areas and dog runs, and it usually arrives brown or beige out of the river gravel deposits.

Delivery to Conway and the Surrounding Area

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

A dump truck tips the load on site in one pile, so it helps to know where that pile should land before the truck arrives. Arkansas Rock Supply delivers across Faulkner County, including Greenbrier, Vilonia, Mayflower, Wooster and Guy.

Order Bedding and Base Material for Your Conway Project

Start with the calculator on the product page to settle your quantity, then place the order online and choose a delivery date. Arkansas Rock Supply delivers SB-2 base, screenings, sand and stone across Conway and Faulkner County.

Order when your measurements are ready.