Bulk Aggregates for Patios in Hatfield, AR

If you are planning a patio, a paver walk or a slab, you need gravel and aggregate delivery in Hatfield, AR that starts with the right bedding material. Arkansas Rock Supply sells bulk SB-2 base, screenings, sand and stone, ordered online by the ton or the yard.

The ground here is stony, gravelly loam over folded sandstone, shale and chert, with rock fragments running through the profile. That shallow, rocky ground is what makes the base under a patio the part worth getting right.

Ground and Conditions in Hatfield

Across the Ouachita Mountains, the tilted shale and chert beds shed water off the ridges fast and funnel it into the narrow valleys. A patio pad or a drive takes concentrated flow arriving from above, not just the rain that lands on it.

A thin base shows that first. Water gets under the edge, the bedding shifts, and the pavers settle out of line within a season or two.

The fix is a base course with the fines left in, placed wide enough to carry that flow away from the edges.

Work runs year round here. Winter ice and a wet spring are the limits, and north-facing slopes hold frost longest and thaw wet.

Once the rocky ground drains, it compacts well and holds.

Materials for Hatfield Projects

Bedding under pavers and flatwork is where most of these jobs start, and the material you bed into decides how the surface wears. Screenings, also called limestone fines or crusher fines, are the Arkansas trade name for the tight material that beds pavers, flagstone and brick and fills the joints between them.

Start there and build out with the supporting materials.

SB-2 base sits under the bedding. It is the standard Arkansas base material, a dense-graded 1 1/2 inch minus crushed stone with the fines left in, and it locks up under a roller.

Cities and engineers write the same material into street, sidewalk and parking standards as Class 7 base, or Class 7 aggregate base course. Use that name when you are working to a written spec.

Where a finer dense-graded material that binds and compacts is wanted, crusher run, also called dense graded base or Class 8, 1 inch minus base, does the same work in a tighter size. Arkansas usually reaches for SB-2 base first.

Sand handles the leveling and bedding layers. Washed sand, also called concrete sand or river sand, beds and levels under slabs and pools.

Mason sand goes into brick, block and stone work, paver joints and play areas.

For drainage around a patio edge or a downspout run, #57 limestone is the workhorse washed size, and 3/4 inch clean limestone covers drainage beds where a washed stone with no fines is wanted. Natural Pea Gravel, sold here as 3/8 inch Natural Pea Gravel or brown Natural Pea Gravel, finishes walkways, play areas and dog runs.

Lawns and beds around the finished work take screened Top Soil for grading and bed prep, and Shredded Mulch to hold moisture and keep bare soil from washing in a thunderstorm.

Delivery to Hatfield and the Surrounding Area

Order online and choose your quantity by the ton or by the yard. Each product page has a calculator to help you size the load for the area you are covering.

Pick a delivery date at checkout, and a dump truck tips the material in one pile on your site.

Deliveries run to Hatfield and the rest of Polk County, including Mena, Wickes, Grannis, Cove and Vandervoort. If your project is up a ridge or down in a valley off a county road, say where the pile should land when you place the order.

Questions Hatfield Buyers Ask

What gravel is best for a driveway in Hatfield?

SB-2 base is the standard Arkansas drive material, a dense-graded 1 1/2 inch minus crushed stone with the fines left in, and it compacts into a hard surface on the rocky, gravelly loam typical of this part of the Ouachita Mountains.

Top it with clean stone or driveway gravel if you want a tidier surface, and use #57 limestone where the drive has to shed water.

How much material will my project need?

Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard, and each product page has a calculator. Measure the area you are covering, then let the calculator return the quantity rather than guessing from a pile you remember.

Ordering the right figure the first time keeps the job on schedule and keeps the site from carrying leftover material.

Size the Load, Then Place the Order

Work out your area, run it through the calculator on the product page, and order the tonnage or yardage you land on. Arkansas Rock Supply delivers bulk SB-2 base, screenings, sand and stone across Hatfield and Polk County.

Place your order online and a truck will tip it on site.