Screenings for Pathways in Hilltown, PA

Order gravel and aggregate delivery in Hilltown, PA online. Pennsylvania Rock Supply sells 2A modified, washed stone and bedding fines by the ton or yard, delivered to your site in Bucks County.

Pick your material, size the load, and choose a delivery date at checkout. Hilltown ground runs loamy on the uplands and heavy clay over the limestone valleys, so what you put under a path matters.

Materials for Hilltown Projects

Start with the fines. Screenings, also called stone dust, pack firm and give a path a surface that holds its shape under a wheelbarrow or a boot. Under pavers, screenings are the bedding layer that lets you set each unit true. For a walkway that needs a finer, walkable finish, Walkway Gravel tops a compacted base cleanly.

Build the path in layers. 2A Modified is the standard Pennsylvania base stone, crushed stone with the fines left in so it compacts hard. It carries driveways, parking pads and shed bases, and it carries a walking path just as well.

• Screenings for paver and flagstone bedding, walkway surfacing and pipe bedding.
• 3/8" Crushed Stone for fine drainage and a topping over a compacted base.
• #8 Crushed Stone, the small clean chip Pennsylvania yards call 1B, for walkways and decorative topping.
• 3/8" Natural Pea Gravel for walkways and play areas, rounded so it stays loose underfoot.

For drainage beside a path, use clean stone that water moves through. 2B stone, also called 2B clean stone or 3/4 inch clean stone, has no fines and will not pack hard, which suits Drain Rock work such as French drains and drainage behind retaining walls.

Ground and Conditions in Hilltown

A thin base shows itself fast here. It ruts, pumps, and drops an edge the first wet spring, because the ground under it never drained. Fix the depth and the drainage, and the surface holds.

Hilltown sits on mixed Piedmont ground, with loamy soils weathered from schist and gneiss on the uplands and heavy clay in the limestone valleys. Heavy summer storms and spring rain run off built-up ground, and storm runoff from paved and built-up ground scours stream banks and washes out ditches, culvert outlets and sloped gravel drives.

So build a base that sheds water instead of holding it. Use 2A modified where you need compaction, and clean stone such as 2B where you need water to pass. Over limestone, runoff concentrated from roofs, gutters and drives can open sinkholes, so send downspouts into a clean stone run rather than onto bare clay.

Winters bring repeated freeze-thaw cycles, and a thin or poorly drained base can heave and break up. Municipalities here set frost depth around 30 to 36 inches. Work runs from spring, once the ground has thawed and dried, into late fall. Do not put base stone down on frozen, soft or muddy ground.

Delivery to Hilltown and the Surrounding Area

Choose tons or yards, then size the load with the calculator before you order. That tells you how much 2A modified, screenings or 2B the job needs, and it keeps you from shorting a path halfway through.

Order online and pick a delivery date at checkout. A dump truck delivers bulk material to your site in Hilltown, and the driver needs a clear, firm place to dump that will not sink under the load.

Pennsylvania Rock Supply delivers across Bucks County, including Bensalem, Levittown, Warminster, Warrington and Bristol.

Order Your Fines and Base Stone

Size your path with the calculator first, then order screenings, 2A modified or clean 2B stone by the ton or yard. Pick a delivery date at checkout and Pennsylvania Rock Supply brings it to your Hilltown site.