Bulk Aggregates for Pathways in Malvern, AR

Arkansas Rock Supply provides gravel and aggregate delivery in Malvern, AR to contractors and homeowners working on the same mix of driveways, pads, paths and drainage. Some of you are building to a written standard and some are patching a rutted drive before the next storm.

SB-2 base is the material to start with. It is the dense-graded 1 1/2 inch minus crushed stone this part of Arkansas builds on, with the fines left in so it locks up.

The ground here runs stony and gravelly over sandstone, shale and chert.

Ground and Conditions in Malvern

Across the Ouachita Mountains, soils are stony, gravelly loam over folded sandstone, shale and chert, with rock fragments through the profile. Ridges stay shallow while valleys hold deeper, more workable ground.

That shallow ground is where a thin base shows itself first. Rock close to the surface gives water nowhere to go, and the first heavy load breaks the surface up instead of pressing it down.

The drainage pattern makes it worse. Tilted shale and chert beds shed water off the ridges fast and funnel it into narrow valleys, so a drive takes concentrated flow arriving from above rather than the rain that lands on it.

The fix is a base course laid thick enough to bridge the rock and spread the load, with a drainage layer where the water is going to gather. Screenings and clean washed stone handle the surface and the drain separately.

Material keeps doing its own job.

Fast ridge runoff and flashy streams cut steep drive banks after every big storm, so plan on a surfacing that sheds water rather than one that holds it.

Work runs year round here, limited mainly by winter ice and a wet spring. Once the rocky ground drains, it compacts well and holds.

Materials for Malvern Projects

Screenings, also called limestone fines or crusher fines, are the tight, walkable surface underfoot. They bed pavers, flagstone and brick, fill the joints, and pack down into a firm path that stays put.

Order Screenings for paver bedding and joint work.

Under that surface you still need a base that locks up. SB-2 base is the compacted layer for driveways, parking pads, shed and building pads and pipe bedding.

When a project is being built to a written standard, the same material is specified as Class 7 base, the name Arkansas cities and engineers write into street, sidewalk and parking specs. Both come from SB-2 Base.

Walkways that want a softer, finer look take Walkway Gravel. It suits garden paths and side yards that see foot traffic rather than truck weight.

For drainage and edges, a washed size keeps the water moving. #57 Limestone is the standard clean stone for French drains, foundation and pipe drainage and a clean top over a compacted base.

Arkansas River Rock is the rounded decorative option for beds, borders and dry creek beds, and RipRap armors the banks and culvert outlets where the water runs hard.

Delivery to Malvern and the Surrounding Area

Quantities are ordered online by the ton or by the yard, whichever you work in. Each product page has a calculator if you want to size the load before you check out.

Pick your delivery date at checkout and a dump truck tips the load on site. The driver will not spot or spread it, so have the delivery area clear and reachable when the truck arrives.

Malvern sits in Hot Spring County, and we also deliver to Donaldson and Bismarck.

Order Your Aggregate for Malvern

Start by working out how much material the job needs, then order it online by the ton or the yard for delivery to Malvern or the surrounding county. Arkansas Rock Supply will have it on a truck and tipped where you need it.