Mason Sand for Patios in Gentry, AR

Order gravel and aggregate delivery in Gentry, AR online, by the ton or by the yard, and Arkansas Rock Supply runs it to your site. Start with SB-2 base for anything that carries weight, then bed the flatwork on screenings or mason sand.

This is cherty clay loam over limestone, so the ground under a patio decides how the surface ages.

Ground and Conditions in Gentry

A thin base fails first at the edges and the joints. The slab rocks, the sand works out, and the pavers step out of line within a season.

Across the Ozark Plateaus the soil is cherty, acid clay loam over limestone and dolostone. Chert gravel runs right through the profile, and rock or rubble sits close to the surface on side slopes.

Water here leaves through the rock, not across it. Sinkholes, fractured limestone and losing streams take runoff underground fast.

The residual clay in the joints still holds water at the surface after a long rain.

That clay is why bedding matters as much as the base. Trapped water softens the bed and the pavers move.

Steep hollow slopes and flashy streams scour drive shoulders, culvert outlets and creek banks in heavy spring rain. Plan the drainage before the flatwork goes down.

Base, drive and patio work runs almost all year. Winter cold snaps and a wet spring are the interruptions.

The late-summer dry spell is the easiest window to get real compaction.

Materials for Gentry Projects

Bedding is where a patio or walkway holds or fails. Get the layer under the pavers right and the surface stays flat.

SB-2 Base goes down first. It is the standard Arkansas base material, a dense-graded 1 1/2 inch minus crushed stone with the fines left in so it locks up under a roller.

Driveways, parking pads, shed and building pads and pipe bedding all start here. When you are building to a written standard, Arkansas cities and engineers write the same material as Class 7 base.

Screenings, the Arkansas trade name for crusher fines, bed pavers, flagstone and brick and fill the joints. Mason sand sets brick, block and stone and works into paver joints.

Washed sand beds and levels under slabs and pools.

Behind all of it, #57 limestone handles the drainage. It is the washed workhorse size in Arkansas: French drains, foundation and pipe drainage, concrete aggregate, and a clean top over a compacted base.

For a garden path or side yard, walkway gravel gives a finer surface than a drive needs. Driveway gravel surfaces an existing drive or tops a compacted base on rural and county-road property.

Delivery to Gentry and the Surrounding Area

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

The truck tips the load in one pile at the site. On a patio job, leave the pile where it can be worked from and keep the subgrade clear.

Gentry sits in Benton County, and delivery covers the county, including Rogers, Bentonville, Bella Vista, Centerton and Siloam Springs. Pick a delivery date at checkout.

Order Gentry Base, Bedding and Stone Online

Size the load on the product page calculator, then order by the ton or the yard and pick a delivery date. Have your measurements ready before you start.

Arkansas Rock Supply delivers bulk gravel, stone, sand and soil across Benton County, and the order takes a few minutes online.