Screenings for Pathways in Hollidaysburg, PA

If you are planning a walkway, a garden path or a patio surround, gravel and aggregate delivery in Hollidaysburg, PA starts with the right fines. Pennsylvania Rock Supply stocks 2A modified for the compacted base and screenings for the surface course on top. Around here the ground is folded bedrock, thin and stony on the ridges, so the material under your path matters as much as the stone you see.

Ground and Conditions in Hollidaysburg

A thin base shows itself fast. After a winter of freeze and thaw, a path or drive laid on too little stone heaves, cracks and turns spongy at the edges.

Frost depth around Hollidaysburg runs about 36 inches, and each municipality sets the figure it enforces. You want your base built so it compacts hard and drains, not one that traps water and lifts.

Ridge slopes shed rain and snowmelt into the valleys, and that runoff scours roadside ditches, culvert outlets and gravel drives. In the limestone and dolomite valleys, water concentrated from roofs, gutters and drives can open sinkholes. Direct your drainage away from the base and give it clean stone to move through.

Timing matters too. Base, driveway and paver work runs from spring, once the ground has thawed and dried, into late fall. Base stone should not go down on frozen, soft or muddy ground.

Materials for Hollidaysburg Projects

Most paths and walkways here are a two-part build: a compacted base stone, then a finer surface on top. Screenings are the surface most people want. Stone dust and chips under a quarter inch pack firm, so a path stays smooth and walkable instead of loose and shifting.

Under the screenings, 2A modified does the heavy work. It is crushed stone with the fines left in, so it compacts hard and holds a shape. That is the standard base for driveways, parking pads and shed and patio bases in Pennsylvania.

For paths that need to drain rather than shed water, clean stone is the better call. 2B stone is washed crushed stone with no fines, so water moves through it and it does not pack hard. Builders use it for French drains, drainage behind retaining walls and drive bases in wet areas.

Finish or edge with a decorative stone when the path is in view. 1B stone, the small clean chip, works as a walkway topping or a decorative layer. Natural Pea Gravel is rounded natural stone rather than crushed, so it stays loose underfoot and suits walkways and play areas.

• Screenings for paver and flagstone bedding, walkway surfacing and pipe bedding.
• 2A Modified for compacted bases under paths, drives and pads.
• 2B Stone for drainage behind walls and in wet spots.
• #8 Crushed Stone (1B) for walkway topping and mixes.
• 3/8" Natural Pea Gravel for paths, play areas and loose surfacing.

Delivery to Hollidaysburg and the Surrounding Area

Order online and choose your quantity by the ton or by the yard, whichever you have figured. If you are not sure how much a path or pad takes, run your dimensions through the calculator on the product page and it will size the load for you. Then pick your delivery date at checkout.

A dump truck brings bulk material to your site in Hollidaysburg, which sits in Blair County. We also deliver to Altoona, Tyrone, Roaring Spring, Bellwood and Martinsburg. Have a clear, solid spot for the truck to set down and dump.

Get Your Pathway Stone Figured Out

Start with the calculator to work out how much screenings and 2A modified your path or drive needs, then order online and choose your delivery date. Pennsylvania Rock Supply delivers bulk stone, sand and soil across Blair County, and a dump truck brings it right to your site.