Screenings for Pathways in South Point, OH

Ohio Rock Supply delivers gravel and aggregate delivery in South Point, OH to two kinds of buyers: crews who order by the truckload and homeowners fixing one path or drive. Both start in the same place, with 304 limestone for the base. Around here that base sits on clayey hillside soils and river bottom ground, so what you put under a path matters as much as what you put on top.

Ground and Conditions in South Point

A path built straight onto this ground shows its weak spot fast. Thin base, no separation layer, and the first wet season works the fines up through the surface.

Lawrence County sits in the unglaciated hill country of southeast Ohio. Soils are thin to moderately deep and weathered from sandstone, shale and coal-bearing rock. Clayey slope debris covers the hillsides, and sand, gravel and silt fill the flat river bottoms.

Steep slopes shed heavy rain quickly into narrow valleys. That runoff scours ditches and culverts and floods the low bottoms, while water seeping from hillsides softens cuts and fills. Landslides and slumps on clayey slope debris and soft red shale are a real risk after long wet spells, along with stream bank scour in the valleys.

Cutting, filling and driveway work on slopes goes best in drier weather, so the working season runs from spring into late fall. Winters bring repeated freeze-thaw that pries weathered rock apart and heaves wet clayey soil on cut slopes and on drives built into hillsides. Frost depth is set by each local building department, so confirm the local figure before digging footings or posts.

Materials for South Point Projects

Paths and walkways are where fines do the work. Screened material packs tight, sheds water off the crown, and gives you a surface you can walk on without rolling an ankle. Start with a compacted base, then top it with something finer.

Screenings, also called limestone screenings or stone dust, run from about 1/4 inch down to dust. They are the standard bedding under pavers and patio stone, the leveling layer that lets you set a uniform surface, and a firm path topping once compacted.

304 Aggregate Base, known locally as 304 limestone or #304 stone, is the structural layer under all of it. It compacts into a tight, load-bearing layer.

411 Stone, or 411 limestone, is the topping for gravel drives and parking areas and the bedding under pavers. It is stone up to about 1 inch mixed with fines, so it packs tight over a 304 base.

#57 Limestone is clean stone, washed of fines, and the size Ohio suppliers stock most widely. It drains, so it belongs in French drains, behind retaining walls and in concrete mixes rather than under a path you want tight.

Drain Rock and RipRap handle the water side of a path or drive. Drain rock goes in French drains, downspout runs and foundation drains. RipRap armors stream and ditch banks, culvert outlets and pond edges against storm runoff.

Delivery to South Point and the Surrounding Area

You order online, choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard, and pick a delivery date at checkout. A dump truck then brings the load to your site.

The main decision is tons or yards, and which one you need depends on the material and how you are measuring the job. Size the load with the calculator before you order so the truck arrives with what the job actually takes.

Delivery covers South Point and the rest of Lawrence County, including Ironton, Chesapeake, Proctorville, Kitts Hill and Pedro. Steep hillside driveways and narrow valley lanes are common here, so it helps to know where the truck can turn around and where the pile should land before it backs in.

Order Screenings and Base Stone for Your South Point Path

Figure your quantity with the calculator, then order online and pick your delivery date. Ohio Rock Supply brings 304 limestone, screenings and the rest of the load straight to your site in South Point and across Lawrence County.