Bulk Aggregates for Patios in Peach Orchard, AR

If you are planning a patio, a paver walk or a shed pad, gravel and aggregate delivery in Peach Orchard, AR starts with what goes under the flatwork. Arkansas Rock Supply sells SB-2 base, the dense graded 1 1/2 inch minus crushed stone this part of Arkansas calls base stone.

Peach Orchard sits in Clay County on the Mississippi Alluvial Plain, where the ground runs to heavy clay and silt loam. That ground decides how a patio base has to be built.

Ground and Conditions in Peach Orchard

A thin base over Delta clay shows itself fast. The clay takes almost no water, so rain stands where it falls and softens the layer underneath.

Then the pavers rock, the joints open, and the edges drop out of line. The fix is a base that goes down thick enough and stays put, not a skim coat over wet ground.

Across the Mississippi Alluvial Plain the water table sits high and field ditches and bayous drain slowly. Water that gets under a patio has nowhere to go in a hurry.

A drainage layer of clean washed stone under or beside the base gives that water a path. SB-2 base, also written SB2 or SB-2, carries the fines that let it lock up under a roller, so it holds its shape once it is compacted.

Work runs all year here, but wet winter and spring ground is the real constraint. The midsummer dry spell that shrinks and cracks the clay is the window when base work goes best.

Winters are short and mild, and frost is shallow. Saturated clay, not frost, is what ruts a drive or heaves a patio edge in the Delta.

Materials for Peach Orchard Projects

Bedding under pavers and flatwork is where the material choice shows. Each layer has one job, and mixing the jobs up is what makes a patio move.

Start with SB-2 Base, the standard Arkansas base stone. It is a dense graded 1 1/2 inch minus crushed stone with the fines left in, so it binds and compacts into a firm platform for pavers, flagstone and slab work.

When you are building to a written standard, the same material is specified as Class 7 base or Class 7 aggregate base course. Engineers and Arkansas cities write that name into street, sidewalk and parking standards.

Over the base, Screenings do the bedding work. Screenings, also called limestone fines or crusher fines, are the Arkansas trade name for the fine material that levels a paver or flagstone course and fills the joints tight.

For drainage behind a retaining wall or under a downspout run, #57 Limestone is the washed size to use. It has no fines, so water moves through it instead of pooling.

Washed Sand beds and levels sand under slabs and pool decks. Arkansas sand operations pull much of it from the Arkansas and White river deposits.

For the finish, 3/8" Natural Pea Gravel covers walkways, dog runs and play areas with a rounded, washed stone.

Delivery to Peach Orchard and the Surrounding Area

You order online and a dump truck tips the load on your site. Bulk material is sold by the ton or by the yard, so the first decision is which unit you want to order in.

Each product page has a calculator to help you size the load. Have your patio or pad dimensions ready before you start, then pick your delivery date at checkout.

Arkansas Rock Supply delivers across Clay County, including Piggott, Corning, Rector, Pollard and Knobel. The truck tips the material in one pile where you want it on the property.

Order Bulk Aggregate for Your Peach Orchard Project

Measure your patio, pad or drive, then use the calculator on the product page to size the load. Order SB-2 base, screenings, washed sand or drainage stone online and pick your delivery date at checkout.

Arkansas Rock Supply delivers bulk aggregate across Clay County, and your order is ready to place whenever your project is.