#57 Limestone, Stone and Soil Delivery in Howard, OH

Where does the water go when your downspouts dump beside the foundation and the yard stays soft for days? That is the question most Howard homeowners are really asking. Ohio Rock Supply delivers gravel and aggregate delivery in Howard, OH, and the answer usually starts with clean, washed stone. Washed #57 limestone, #4 crushed stone and drain rock let water move instead of pooling against the house.

Our most-ordered base material here is 304 limestone. In this glaciated ground, water perches on a dense subsoil layer, so the stone you choose for drainage matters as much as the stone you choose for a road.

Materials for Howard Projects

Drainage comes first in Howard, because the ground holds water. Clean washed stone is the workhorse: water runs through the voids instead of sitting in the fines. Here are the sizes we deliver, from coarsest to finest.

• #4 Crushed Stone: heavy drainage, construction entrances, trench bottoms and filter stone under rip rap.
• Drain Rock: French drains, downspout runs, foundation drains and drainage behind retaining walls.
• #57 Limestone: the clean stone Ohio suppliers stock most widely, for French drains, drive surfacing and concrete aggregate.
• #8 Crushed Stone: fine drainage, pipe bedding, paver joints and concrete aggregate.
• Screenings: paver and patio bedding, leveling and firm path surfaces, from about 1/4 inch down to dust.

Where you need a packed surface rather than drainage, 411 limestone tops gravel drives and beds pavers over a 304 base. For grading and low spots, fill dirt goes down before any stone. Rip rap armors ditch banks and culvert outlets where runoff scours the soil.

Delivery to Howard and the Surrounding Area

You order online, choose your quantity by the ton or the yard, and size the load with the calculator before checkout. Then you pick your delivery date at checkout and a dump truck brings the material to your site in Howard.

We deliver across Knox County, including Mount Vernon, Fredericktown, Gambier, Centerburg and Danville. If your drive, pad or drainage trench is inside that area, the load comes to you.

Ground and Conditions in Howard

Plan around the working season. Wet spring ground holds back base work until the soil drains, and snow cover pushes the start later in some years. Once the ground dries, the season runs into late fall, so timing a delivery matters.

The ground here is silty clay loam till with a dense, slow-draining layer underneath. Water perches on that layer and collects in low spots, while sand and gravel knolls and valley outwash drain freely. That is why clean washed stone and a proper drainage layer do so much work on Howard jobs.

Cold winters bring repeated freeze-thaw, which heaves wet till under drives and walks and lifts anything set above the frost line. Frost depth is 38 inches in Summit County and 36 inches or more in Cleveland, set by each local building department. Steep valley sides and stream banks also scour after heavy rain, so rip rap belongs at culvert outlets and eroding banks.

Order Gravel and Stone Delivery in Howard

Ohio Rock Supply delivers 304 limestone, washed stone, sand, soil and mulch across Howard and Knox County. Pick your material, size the load with the calculator, and choose your delivery date at checkout. Place your order online and we will bring it to your site.