Screenings for Pathways in Glenshaw, PA

Planning a gravel and aggregate delivery in Glenshaw, PA usually starts with one job: a driveway that keeps rutting, a patio base that needs to sit flat, or a drainage run that has to move water off a slope. Pennsylvania Rock Supply sells the materials those jobs take, including 2A modified, the crushed stone with the fines left in that compacts hard.

This part of Allegheny County sits on hilly ground cut by steep valleys, with silty, clay-rich soils that hold water after heavy rain. That shapes what you put down and how deep you put it.

Ground and Conditions in Glenshaw

A thin base shows itself fast here. You get rutting, pumping, and soft spots that open up again every spring. Clay-rich soil that stays wet softens and heaves, so a base without drainage breaks up from underneath.

Freeze-thaw cycles run every winter, and frost depth is commonly about 36 inches, set by each municipality. Long wet spells and rain on snow are when hillside ground is most likely to move.

Where roof and drive runoff is sent matters on hillside lots. Send water into a clean stone trench or a defined outlet rather than letting it soak into a clay slope. Base work runs from spring, once the ground has thawed and dried, into late fall.

Materials for Glenshaw Projects

Walkways and garden paths are the job that separates a good surface from a bad one. You want fines that bind and pack firm underfoot, not loose clean stone that rolls and wanders. Screenings, also called stone screenings or stone dust, are crushed stone under a quarter inch that pack hard, and they are the standard bedding for pavers and flagstone as well as a walkable surface on their own.

For the base under that path or patio, 2A modified is the Pennsylvania standard: crushed stone with the fines left in so it compacts into a hard, tight layer. Crusher Run does the same kind of work with fines mixed in, though most buyers here ask for 2A modified for a compacting base.

Where water has to move, use clean stone. 2B Stone, also called 2B clean stone, is washed 3/4 inch crushed stone with no fines, so water passes through it. It goes in French drains, behind retaining walls, and under shed pads and drive bases in wet areas.

Round it out with 1B stone, the small clean chip about half an inch and down, for walkway topping and decorative work. For tighter joints and bedding, #89 crushed stone is the small washed stone that fits.

Delivery to Glenshaw and the Surrounding Area

Order online and choose your quantity by the ton or by the yard, whichever way you priced the job. If you are not sure how much the area takes, size the load with the calculator before you check out. It handles the conversion so you are not guessing at a number.

Pick your delivery date at checkout, and a dump truck brings the material to the site. Think about where the truck can pull in and where you want the pile dropped, because the driver places it where you point.

Pennsylvania Rock Supply delivers across Allegheny County, including Pittsburgh, Bethel Park, Monroeville, Allison Park and West Mifflin, along with Glenshaw.

Get Your Pathway Materials Ordered

Figure your square footage, run it through the calculator, and you will have the quantity you need for screenings, 2A modified or clean stone. Pennsylvania Rock Supply delivers bulk loads to Glenshaw and the rest of Allegheny County. Choose your material and your delivery date, and place the order online when you are ready.