Bulk Aggregates for Pathways in Elkins Park, PA

Planning a walkway, a paver path or a shed pad? Pennsylvania Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Elkins Park, PA, and the ground here decides what you order. This is mixed Piedmont ground, so one yard is loamy and the next holds heavy clay. For any base that has to lock up hard, the answer is 2A modified, the crushed stone with fines left in that compacts like concrete.

Ground and Conditions in Elkins Park

A thin base shows itself fast here. Spring thaw and heavy summer storms work on ground that never drained properly, and the path or pad starts to rut, pump and spread at the edges. The fix is a base thick enough to bridge the soft spot and clean stone underneath to move water out.

Over limestone valleys, runoff concentrated from roofs, gutters and drives can open sinkholes, so send water away from the house instead of into the ground beside it.

Winters bring repeated freeze-thaw cycles. Frost depth runs about 30 to 36 inches, set by each municipality, and even that shallow reach will heave a base that is thin or holding water. Set base stone in spring once the ground has thawed and dried, or in late fall before it freezes. Never place it on frozen, soft or muddy ground.

Materials for Elkins Park Projects

Paths and walkways are the job we get asked about most around here, and they want fines, not clean stone. Screenings, also called stone dust, pack firm under pavers and flagstone and make a walkable surface on their own. Screenings are the bedding layer that keeps a path flat instead of shifting underfoot.

Below the screenings, the base has to carry the load. 2A Modified, also called modified stone, is the standard Pennsylvania base stone. It compacts hard for driveways, parking pads and patio bases. Crusher Run does the same job with fines mixed in, though most buyers here ask for 2A modified.

Where water has to move, switch to clean washed stone. 2B Stone is the 3/4 inch clean stone for French drains, drainage behind retaining walls and shed pads in wet areas.

For a finished surface, Walkway Gravel gives a finer, walkable top over a compacted base, and 3/8" Natural Pea Gravel stays loose underfoot for paths and play areas.

Delivery to Elkins Park and the Surrounding Area

Order online and pick your quantity by the ton or by the yard, whichever way you figure material. If you are not sure how much a path or pad takes, size the load with the calculator before checkout and let it do the math.

Choose your delivery date at checkout, and a dump truck brings the load to your site. Think about where the truck can back in and where you want the pile dropped, since a path project usually means carrying stone by hand from there.

Elkins Park sits in Montgomery County, and we deliver across the area, including Abington, Cheltenham, Norristown, King of Prussia and Pottstown.

Order Your Path Material for Elkins Park

Figure your tonnage or yardage with the calculator, choose a delivery date, and Pennsylvania Rock Supply brings the load to your site. Screenings, 2A modified and clean stone are all ready to order online for your Elkins Park path, pad or drive.