Mason Sand for Patios in Mountain Home, AR

Arkansas Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Mountain Home, AR, and the calendar here works in your favor. Base, drive and patio work runs almost all year on the Ozark Plateaus.

Winter cold snaps and a wet spring are the interruptions, and the late-summer dry spell is the easiest window to get real compaction.

Ground and Conditions in Mountain Home

Under a lot of Ozark Plateaus ground sits cherty, acid clay loam over limestone and dolostone, with chert gravel running right through the profile. That is why a thin base shows itself first as a patio or paver slab that rocks, dips and holds water at the joints.

Water here leaves through the rock rather than across it. Sinkholes, fractured limestone and losing streams take runoff underground fast, while residual clay filling the joints holds water at the surface after a long rain.

The fix is a base course that binds and holds its shape, with a bedding layer that stays level on top of it. Screenings and mason sand both do that work when the material under them is right.

Steep hollow slopes and flashy streams move a lot of water in heavy spring rain. Drive shoulders and culvert outlets take the worst of it, so plan the drainage before the surface material goes down.

Materials for Mountain Home Projects

Bedding under pavers and flatwork is where a patio either stays flat or does not. SB-2 base, the local name for a dense-graded 1 1/2 inch minus crushed stone with the fines left in, locks up under a roller and gives you that stable platform.

SB-2 Base is also what Arkansas cities and engineers write into their street, sidewalk and parking standards as Class 7 base, so it is the name to use when you are working to a written spec.

Screenings, also called limestone fines or crusher fines, are the Arkansas trade name for the tight walking surface that goes under pavers and flagstone. Screenings bed the stone and fill the joints once it is set.

For the sand layer, mason sand is the one for brick, block and stone work and for paver joints. Mason Sand also works as play sand.

Where the job calls for bedding and leveling under a slab or a pool, washed sand, also called concrete sand or river sand, is the choice. Washed Sand comes out of the state river sand operations.

Drainage behind a retaining wall or around a patio edge needs a washed stone with no fines. #57 Limestone handles French drains, foundation and pipe drainage, and it works as concrete aggregate.

It is the workhorse washed size in Arkansas.

Where you want a finer surface than a drive, Walkway Gravel is built for garden paths and side yards. Driveway gravel surfaces an existing drive or tops a compacted base on rural and county-road properties.

For beds and tree rings, Shredded Mulch holds moisture through an Arkansas summer and keeps bare soil from washing in a thunderstorm.

Delivery to Mountain Home and the Surrounding Area

Order online and choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard. If you are not sure which one fits your job, each product page has a calculator to size the load.

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

Mountain Home sits in Baxter County, and delivery covers the surrounding area, including Gassville, Midway, Cotter, Lakeview and Norfork. Ground here is often wet after a long rain, so the timing of a load matters as much as the material itself.

Late summer is the easiest stretch for compaction on the Ozark Plateaus, with the winter cold snaps and a wet spring as the interruptions to work around.

Questions About Gravel and Bedding in Mountain Home

What gravel is best for a driveway in Mountain Home?

SB-2 base is the standard Arkansas answer for a drive, because it is a dense-graded 1 1/2 inch minus crushed stone with the fines left in and it locks up under a roller.

Top it with a clean washed stone if you want a tidy surface, or leave the base exposed on a rural or county-road property.

How much material will my project need?

Each product page has a calculator, and quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard. Use it to match the load to your drive, pad or patio footprint before you check out and pick a delivery date.

Order Your Base and Bedding Material

Start with the calculator on the product page for the material you need, then set your quantity and choose a delivery date. Arkansas Rock Supply delivers SB-2 base, gravel, stone, sand and topsoil across Mountain Home and Baxter County.

Place your order online and a truck tips it on site.