Bulk Aggregates for Pathways in Benezett, PA

Order gravel and aggregate delivery in Benezett, PA online. Pick your material, pick your ton or yard, pick a delivery date. Pennsylvania Rock Supply hauls 2A modified, clean stone, sand and soil straight to your site in Elk County.

Start with the surface you walk on. Paths and walkways here want fines, not clean stone, because clay-rich hillside ground moves under a loose chip.

Ground and Conditions in Benezett

Watch a thin path base after a wet winter. It ruts, pumps and sinks at the edges. Water gets into the clay layer and the fines wash out from under the surface.

That is the failure mode on Western Pennsylvania plateau hills. Flat-lying shale, siltstone, sandstone, claystone and coal beds weather into silty, clay-rich soils, and steep valleys cut through them. Heavy rain and snowmelt run downhill fast.

So build the base thick enough and drain it. A compacted 2A modified base holds firm when water has somewhere to go. Add a clean stone layer or a drainage edge and the surface stops moving.

Freeze-thaw repeats every winter. Clay-rich soils that stay wet soften and heave, so a thin or poorly drained base breaks up. Frost depth is commonly about 36 inches, set by each municipality.

Time the work with the season. Base, driveway and paver jobs run from spring, once the ground has thawed and dried, into late fall. Long wet spells and rain on snow are when hillside ground is most likely to move.

Materials for Benezett Projects

Pathways lead here. Fines and screenings give you a surface that packs firm underfoot instead of rolling loose. Match the material to the job and the ground under it.

• Screenings, also called stone dust, for paver and flagstone bedding, walkway surfacing and pipe bedding. Fine crushed stone under a quarter inch that packs hard.
• Walkway Gravel for paths and garden walks that need a finer, walkable surface.
• 3/8" Crushed Stone for fine drainage and topping over a compacted base.
• 2A Modified, the standard Pennsylvania base stone, for driveways, parking pads, shed and patio bases. Crushed stone with the fines left in, so it compacts hard.
• 2B Stone, also called 2B clean stone or 3/4 inch clean stone, for French drains, drainage behind retaining walls and shed pads in wet areas. Washed, no fines, so water moves through it.

Under pavers, screenings bed the surface and 2A modified carries the load below it. On a wet slope, put 2B behind the wall so water drains instead of pushing.

Delivery to Benezett and the Surrounding Area

Choose tons or yards at checkout, whichever you measured in. The calculator sizes the load so you order the right amount the first time. Set the quantity, then pick your delivery date.

A dump truck delivers to your site. Have the drop spot clear and reachable, with room for the truck to pull in and out.

Pennsylvania Rock Supply delivers across Elk County, including St. Marys, Ridgway, Johnsonburg, Kersey and Weedville. Benezett orders ship the same way.

Order Your Pathway Material

Size the load with the calculator, then order online by the ton or yard. Pick a delivery date and Pennsylvania Rock Supply brings the material to your site in Benezett. Start your order when you are ready.