Screenings for Pathways in New Madison, OH

Ohio Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in New Madison, OH for two kinds of buyers. Contractors order 304 limestone by the truckload for drive and base work, and homeowners order a few yards of screenings or river rock for a path or a bed. Both groups get the same material, ordered online and dumped where the work is.

This part of Darke County sits on clay loam and silty clay till, so what you put on top of the ground matters as much as what you put in it.

Ground and Conditions in New Madison

Clayey till drains slowly. After spring rain and snowmelt, water sits in the flat swales and low spots until a ditch, a tile line or dry weather clears it. That slow drainage is why a thin base shows its problems here: the stone sinks into soft ground, ruts form under tires, and the surface never tightens up.

The answer is enough compacted depth to bridge the soft layer, plus a drainage path so water leaves instead of pooling. Base, driveway and paver work starts once the ground thaws and the flats dry out in spring, and it runs into late fall. Frozen or saturated clay will not compact well, so timing the load matters as much as the stone you pick.

Cold winters bring repeated freeze-thaw cycles, which heaves wet clay under drives and patios and lifts shallow posts and pads. Frost depth is 32 inches in Columbus and Dayton, set by each local building department. Heavy rain also scours stream and ditch banks and washes bare graded soil, and river valley sides can slump where they are steep.

Materials for New Madison Projects

Most of the paths and walkways we send out of here start with 304 limestone. It is the standard Ohio base stone, and it gives a path the compacted structure that clay soil will not provide on its own. Once that base is tight, you finish the walking surface.

Screenings are the usual finish. Limestone screenings run from about 1/4 inch down to dust, so they pack into a firm, smooth surface that a wheelbarrow or a garden cart rolls across without sinking. Use Screenings as paver and patio bedding, for leveling, and as the top layer on garden paths.

If you want a looser, more decorative path, Walkway Gravel gives you a finer, walkable surface without the tight pack of screenings. For dry creek beds and borders, River Rock and Large River Rock handle both the look and the erosion work where runoff crosses a path.

Under pavers, the layers stack in a set order. 304 Aggregate Base goes down first and gets compacted. Screenings or Mason Sand go on top for bedding. Wet clay under all of it is what causes heaving, so the base is where the money and the effort belong.

Delivery to New Madison and the Surrounding Area

Ordering starts with a quantity. You can order by the ton or by the yard, whichever way you think about the job, and the calculator on the product page sizes the load for you. Enter your path or bed dimensions and it returns the amount you need, so you are not guessing at a pile.

At checkout you pick a delivery date, and a dump truck brings the material to your site in New Madison. Have the drop spot clear and reachable, because the driver needs room to raise the bed and pull away. Bulk delivery is the same whether you are off a township road or inside the village.

We also deliver across Darke County, including Greenville, Versailles, Arcanum, Union City and Ansonia. One order covers the whole job, so you are not making three trips for base, bedding and stone.

Size Your Path Load and Place the Order

Start with the calculator on any product page to turn your path or bed dimensions into a quantity by the ton or the yard. That number is what the truck loads and what arrives at your site in New Madison. When you are ready, choose your date at checkout and place the order.