Mason Sand for Patios in Poughkeepsie, AR

Order gravel and aggregate delivery in Poughkeepsie, AR online, by the ton or by the yard. Arkansas Rock Supply drops bulk material at your site, and the truck tips it in one pile.

Start with SB-2 base for anything that carries weight. This is chert country, so the ground under your project decides how much prep the job needs.

Ground and Conditions in Poughkeepsie

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.

That ground shows up fast under a thin base. A paver patio or a concrete pad laid over too little stone rocks, settles and cracks at the joints within a season or two.

Water makes it worse. On the plateau tops, runoff leaves through the rock rather than across it, so sinkholes, fractured limestone and losing streams pull water underground quickly.

The residual clay filling the joints still holds water at the surface after a long rain. A base that stays wet cannot lock up, and an unbound surface keeps moving.

Steep hollow slopes and flashy streams scour drive shoulders, culvert outlets and creek banks when spring rain comes hard. Armor those spots before the next wet spell.

Base, drive and patio work runs almost all year here. Winter cold snaps and a wet spring interrupt it, and the late-summer dry spell is the easiest window to get real compaction.

Winters are the coldest in the state, and freeze-thaw lifts loose gravel and heaves unbound surfaces before spring. Ice storms cause more trouble than deep frost does.

No statewide frost depth is published. The Arkansas residential code has each jurisdiction set the frost line and requires exterior footings at least 12 inches below undisturbed ground, so confirm the local figure before footings go in.

Materials for Poughkeepsie Projects

Bedding under pavers and flatwork is where most of these jobs are won or lost. The bedding layer levels the surface and spreads load, so it has to be the right material at the right grade.

SB-2 base, also called SB2 or base stone, is the standard Arkansas base material. It is a dense-graded 1 1/2 inch minus crushed stone with the fines left in, so it locks up under a roller.

Use it for driveways, parking pads, shed and building pads, and pipe bedding. SB-2 Base goes under patios and walkways as the compacted layer beneath the bedding.

Screenings, also called limestone fines, stone screenings or crusher fines, are the Arkansas trade name for crusher fines. They bed pavers, flagstone and brick, fill joints and leave a tight walking surface.

Screenings are the layer that makes a patio feel solid underfoot.

Mason sand works for brick, block and stone work, paver joints and play sand. Mason Sand is a clean, consistent sand that beds and joints pavers without the grit that screenings carry.

Washed sand, also called concrete sand or river sand, handles bedding, leveling and sand under slabs and pools. Much of it comes out of the Arkansas and White river sand operations.

Washed Sand is the choice under a slab or a pool where a level bed matters.

Class 7 base is the same material under the name Arkansas cities and engineers write into street, sidewalk and parking standards. Use it when you are working to a written spec.

Class 7 base specifies the same dense-graded stone.

For drainage beside a patio, #57 limestone, also called #57 stone, 57 rock or clean rock, is the workhorse washed size. It goes in French drains, foundation and pipe drainage and concrete aggregate.

#57 Limestone is a clean top over a compacted base.

3/4 inch clean limestone, also called 3/4 inch crushed stone or 3/4 clean, suits drainage beds, construction entrances and drive surfacing. 3/4" Crushed Stone is a washed stone with no fines.

Delivery to Poughkeepsie and the Surrounding Area

Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard. Pick the unit that matches how you figured the job, then size the load with the calculator on each product page.

Checkout takes a delivery date, and a dump truck tips the load on site. The truck tips it in one pile, so plan where that pile should sit before the truck arrives.

Poughkeepsie sits in Sharp County, and delivery covers Cherokee Village, Cave City, Ash Flat, Hardy and Evening Shade along with the surrounding area.

Order Your Base and Bedding Material

Figure your quantity with the calculator on each product page, then place the order online. Arkansas Rock Supply delivers bulk gravel, stone, sand and soil across Poughkeepsie and Sharp County.

Pick your delivery date at checkout and the truck tips the load on site.