Screenings for Pathways in Cleves, OH

Ohio Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Cleves, OH, and the local working season shapes when that delivery makes sense. Long wet spells saturate the flat uplands and the hillsides here. Base and fill work goes best once the ground has drained.

Start with 304 limestone for anything structural. Then finish paths and walkways with screenings, which pack firm underfoot.

Ground and Conditions in Cleves

Cleves sits in the Southwest Ohio river hills and old till uplands. The flat uplands carry old, deeply weathered silty soils over a dense subsoil that drains slowly. Water perches on that layer and ponds after rain.

A thin base fails first at the edges, where water sits and traffic turns. The stone punches down into soft ground and the surface ruts. The fix is a thicker compacted base and a drainage layer, not more surface stone.

On the steep valley sides toward the Ohio River, soils are clayey till or thin cover over soft shale and limestone. Those slopes shed runoff fast, and stream banks along the creeks erode with it. Hillside cuts are riskiest after long rainy spells.

Winters bring repeated freeze-thaw that heaves wet, poorly drained drives and pads. Frost depth is 30 inches in Cincinnati and Clermont County, set by each local building department.

Materials for Cleves Projects

Paths and walkways are where fines do the work. Limestone screenings, also called stone dust, run from about 1/4 inch down to dust. They bind tight and give you a firm, walkable surface over a compacted base. Use Screenings for garden paths and patio bedding.

Under that surface, 304 limestone is the standard Ohio base stone, also called #304 limestone. It goes under driveways, parking pads, shed bases and the base course under asphalt. Order it as 304 Aggregate Base.

For driveway topping, 411 limestone packs tight over a 304 base. Ohio suppliers also call it #411 limestone. See 411 Stone.

Where water needs to move, clean stone by number is how Ohio suppliers sell it. #57 Limestone is the size stocked most widely, and it works for French drains, drive surfacing and concrete aggregate. #8 Crushed Stone suits pipe bedding, paver joints and fine drainage. #4 Crushed Stone handles heavy drainage and trench bottoms.

For planting, Top Soil is sold screened or pulverized, and a good layer matters over heavy clay subsoil. Mason Sand covers brick and block work and paver joints.

Delivery to Cleves and the Surrounding Area

You order online and choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard. Those are different measures, so pick the one your project calls for. If you are unsure how much you need, 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. Cleves sits in Hamilton County, and delivery reaches Cincinnati, Harrison, Terrace Park, North Bend and Camp Dennison. Have the drop spot clear and reachable so the truck can place the pile where you want it.

Get Your Path and Base Materials

Screenings give you a firm path. 304 limestone gives you a base that holds. Size your quantity with the calculator, choose a delivery date, and place your order with Ohio Rock Supply for delivery in Cleves.