Mason Sand for Patios in Wynne, AR

Arkansas Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Wynne, AR, and a patio or paver walk starts with the bedding under it. On the Crowley's Ridge side of Cross County, that usually means SB-2 base compacted first, then a screeded sand bed on top.

Get the layers right and the flatwork stays flat. Get them wrong and you will see it at the first wet spell.

Ground and Conditions in Wynne

Across the Crowley's Ridge, the ground is deep wind-blown loess over sand, gravel and clay. The loess is fertile and well drained, and it cuts cleanly.

It also slumps and gullies wherever it is left bare. A patio edge cut into a slope is the kind of spot that shows it first.

Water behaves differently here than on the flat ground either side. Loess takes rain readily until it saturates, then sheds it down cuts and hollows.

That is why a thin base fails here. Water finds the soft spot under the pavers, the bedding shifts, and the surface rocks and dips.

The fix is a compacted SB-2 base built up before the bedding sand goes down, plus a way for water to leave the edge. Armor or plant a fresh cut before the next heavy rain, not after it.

Work runs all year, with winter and spring rain the limit. Frost is shallow, and the deciding factor on a ridge cut is usually how stable the loess is rather than cold.

Materials for Wynne Projects

Bedding is the layer that makes flatwork look right. It has to be screeded flat, hold its shape under a paver, and stay put once the joints are filled.

Mason sand is the bedding and joint material for brick, block and stone work. It packs and screeds to a flat plane, and it sweeps into paver joints to lock the surface.

Screenings, also called limestone fines or crusher fines, do a similar job where you want a tighter walking surface. Use them under flagstone and as joint fill on a path.

Under the bedding goes the base. SB-2 base is the standard Arkansas base material: a dense-graded 1 1/2 inch minus crushed stone with the fines left in so it locks up under a roller.

It carries driveways, parking pads, shed and building pads and pipe bedding.

Engineers and Arkansas cities 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.

Crusher run is the finer dense-graded option where you want a base that binds and compacts. Class 8 base is the same idea in a tighter 1 inch minus size.

For drainage around a patio or foundation, #57 limestone is the workhorse washed size. It goes in French drains, foundation and pipe drainage and concrete work.

3/4 inch clean limestone is the washed stone with no fines for drainage beds and construction entrances.

Natural Pea Gravel, river gravel and large river rock handle the decorative side: walkways, dry creek beds, borders and splash pads. Rounded stone is for looks and light drainage, not for locking into a base.

Delivery to Wynne and the Surrounding Area

You order online and pick a quantity, by the ton or by the yard. Each product page has a calculator if you want to size the load before checkout.

Pick your delivery date at checkout and a dump truck tips the load on site. The truck tips it in one pile, so it helps to know where you want that pile before the truck arrives.

Wynne sits in Cross County, and delivery covers the surrounding area, including Parkin, Cherry Valley and Hickory Ridge.

Order Bedding Sand and Base for Your Wynne Project

Size your load with the calculator on the product page, then choose a delivery date at checkout. Arkansas Rock Supply delivers bulk sand, SB-2 base and stone across Wynne and Cross County.

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