Order Gravel, Stone and Soil in Beaverdam, OH

What do you order when a bed needs rock, a wet corner needs a dry creek bed, and the drive needs stone under it? That is the question gravel and aggregate delivery in Beaverdam, OH answers, and Ohio Rock Supply sells the materials for all three. Start with 304 limestone for anything that carries weight, then finish with decorative stone and soil on top.

This is Allen County ground, clay loam till over gently rolling fields, so a bed that sits wet in spring needs stone that drains, not more fill.

Delivery to Beaverdam and the Surrounding Area

You order online and choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard. If you are unsure how much a bed, a path or a pad takes, size the load with the calculator before you check out.

Then pick a delivery date at checkout and a dump truck brings the material to your site in Beaverdam or anywhere in Allen County. We also deliver to Lima, Delphos, Bluffton, Spencerville and Harrod.

Materials for Beaverdam Projects

Decorative work is where most yards here start, because a bed of rock holds its edge and needs far less weeding than mulch alone. For beds, borders and walkways, river rock is the workhorse, and large river rock carries the heavier pieces along a border or a slope.

A dry creek bed is the answer for a low, wet swale that ponds every spring. Line it with large river rock and let the smaller stone sit inside it. RipRap handles the same idea where runoff comes off a ditch bank or a culvert and needs armoring.

For paths and play areas, walkway gravel packs into a surface you can walk on, and Natural Pea Gravel works for dog runs, play areas and pipe backfill. Finish beds with shredded mulch where you want moisture held through summer heat, or top soil and garden soil where you are planting instead of covering.

Stone under the pretty stone

It packs down hard under a drive, a parking pad or a shed.

Over that base, 411 Stone (411 limestone) tops a drive or beds a paver. For drainage, clean stone sold by number does the work: #57 Limestone for French drains, #4 Crushed Stone for heavy drainage and trench bottoms, and #8 Crushed Stone for pipe bedding and paver joints.

Ground and Conditions in Beaverdam

Start with the soil, because it decides whether a base holds. Western and central Ohio sits on glacial till, clay loam to silty clay over gently rolling ground, with low moraine ridges and flat wet swales between them. Clayey till drains slowly, so water sits in those flats after spring rain and snowmelt until ditches or tile clear it.

That is why an under-built base fails here. A thin layer of 304 limestone over wet clay pumps and ruts; a properly compacted base with a clean stone drainage layer beside it sheds the water instead. In the river valleys the ground is sand and gravel and drains fast, so the same job can need a different answer a few miles away.

Timing matters too. Base, driveway and paver work starts once the ground thaws and the flats dry out in spring and runs into late fall, because frozen or saturated clay will not compact well.

Cold winters bring repeated freeze-thaw, which heaves wet clay under drives and patios and lifts shallow posts and pads. Frost depth runs 32 inches in Columbus and Dayton, and it is set by each local building department.

Order 304 Limestone and Decorative Stone for Your Beaverdam Project

Most Beaverdam jobs start with 304 limestone, because the base is what keeps the rest in place, then finish with river rock, mulch or top soil on top. Choose your material, size the load with the calculator, and pick your delivery date. Place your order online and we will bring it out to the site.