Screenings for Pathways in Somerset, OH

If you are planning a path, a patio base or a drainage run this season, gravel and aggregate delivery in Somerset, OH starts with the right stone. Ohio Rock Supply stocks 304 limestone, the base stone this part of Perry County builds on. On the hillsides here, thin soils sit over sandstone and shale, so a path that only looks finished will not hold. The material under it does the work.

For walkways, that usually means fines and screenings. They pack tight, shed water off the crown and stay walkable in wet weather.

Ground and Conditions in Somerset

Somerset sits in southeast Ohio hill country, where slopes shed heavy rain fast into narrow valleys. Cut a path or a pad into clayey slope debris and a thin base shows its weakness before long. The edges rut, the surface dishes and water starts running along the low side instead of off it.

The fix is a compacted base that carries the load and a drainage layer that moves water away. On soft hillside cuts, fill dirt is often the first step, leveling and raising low spots before any stone goes down. Weathered red shale softens after long wet spells, so cutting and filling go best in drier weather and the season runs from spring into late fall.

Winters bring repeated freeze-thaw. That cycle pries rock apart and heaves wet clayey soil on cut slopes and on drives built into hillsides, which is why the base under a walkway matters as much as the stone on top.

Materials for Somerset Projects

Screenings are the material to know for paths and walkways. Limestone screenings, also called stone dust, run from about 1/4 inch down to dust and pack into a firm, smooth surface that stays put underfoot. For a garden path or a patio base, they bed and level better than any clean stone.

Under the screenings, use 304 limestone. It is the standard Ohio base stone, and it goes under driveways, parking pads, shed bases and the base course under asphalt. Compacted in lifts, it gives a path the structure that fines alone cannot.

For drainage, #57 limestone is the clean stone Ohio suppliers stock most widely, and it works in French drains, drive surfacing and concrete. #8 crushed stone handles fine drainage, pipe bedding and paver joints, and #4 crushed stone takes heavy drainage, construction entrances and trench bottoms.

For a finished drive, 411 limestone tops a compacted base, and driveway gravel surfaces an existing one. Walkway gravel gives paths a finer, walkable finish, while river rock and Natural Pea Gravel suit decorative beds, borders and dry creek beds. Washed sand beds and levels under slabs, and mason sand goes into brick and block work and paver joints.

Delivery to Somerset and the Surrounding Area

Order online, or figure your quantity first with the calculator on the site. You choose by the ton or by the yard, and the calculator sizes the load to your project so you are not short at the end of the day.

A dump truck delivers to your site and drops the load where you want it. Have the spot clear and reachable, and keep the pile off soft ground if the weather has been wet. Ohio Rock Supply delivers to Somerset and around Perry County, including New Lexington, Crooksville, Thornville, Junction City and New Straitsville. Pick your delivery date at checkout and the truck comes to you.

Order Your Pathway Stone

Size your load with the calculator, pick your material and set a delivery date at checkout. Ohio Rock Supply brings screenings, 304 limestone and clean stone to Somerset and Perry County. When your quantities are set, place the order online and we will get your path started.