The workhorse. Limestone at half inch to 1 inch handles drainage, base, and decorative jobs with equal reliability. Clean gray color and proven durability.
My experience with Mulch Mound was great and super easy. I ordered two yards of screened topsoil and was able to get it delivered within 2 days. They came in my requested time frame (afternoon) and dropped it off where I asked on my driveway. The topsoil was exactly what was a...
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Two inches is enough for decorative river rock over fabric, while drainage trenches and driveway repairs need six to eight inches of compacted gravel. One ton of stone covers roughly 100 square feet at two inches deep.
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A yard is approximately 27 cubic feet. As a general guideline, one yard of material can cover an area of about 10 feet by 10 feet at a few inches deep.
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The workhorse. Limestone at half inch to 1 inch handles drainage, base, and decorative jobs with equal reliability. Clean gray color and proven durability.
My experience with Mulch Mound was great and super easy. I ordered two yards of screened topsoil and was able to get it delivered within 2 days. They came in my requested time frame (afternoon) and dropped it off where I asked on my driveway. The topsoil was exactly what was a...
How Much Material Do I Need?
Two inches is enough for decorative river rock over fabric, while drainage trenches and driveway repairs need six to eight inches of compacted gravel. One ton of stone covers roughly 100 square feet at two inches deep.
Use our free gravel calculator
What is a yard?
A yard is approximately 27 cubic feet. As a general guideline, one yard of material can cover an area of about 10 feet by 10 feet at a few inches deep.
My experience with Mulch Mound was great and super easy. I ordered two yards of screened topsoil and was able to get it delivered within 2 days. Th...
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My experience with Mulch Mound was great and super easy. I ordered two yards of screened topsoil and was able to get it delivered within 2 days. They came in my requested time frame (afternoon) and dropped it off where I asked on my driveway. The topsoil was exactly what was advertised, clean with no rocks or other debris. The price was reasonable. I plan to use them again in a couple weeks to order compost for my garden beds.
Really appreciate the care and follow thru that this company had with our order. A hiccup came up but they were quick to respond and address all co...
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Really appreciate the care and follow thru that this company had with our order. A hiccup came up but they were quick to respond and address all concerns, which made our garden day a success! Thank you for your prompt care.
Stone is usually sold by weight, so measure your square footage and depth first, then convert to tons rather than yards. For a dry creek bed or swale, measure the average width across the channel rather than the widest point. Beavercreek projects with any slope should add five percent for stone that migrates downhill during the first heavy rain.
Complete Your Outdoor Stone Project
Pair your stone with heavy duty landscape fabric and steel edging to keep it contained, and add a load of screened topsoil if you are regrading the area around a new drainage runout.
Compact your base in layers, not all at once. Beavercreek freeze and thaw will find every soft spot in a patio or walkway base, and eight inches of limestone dumped and rolled once will not hold. Spread three to four inches, run a plate compactor over it with a light misting of water, then repeat. The extra hour saves you rebuilding a heaved walkway in three winters.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
Match the stone to the water. Angular crushed limestone locks together and stays put on Beavercreek slopes, which makes it right for drainage trenches and paths. Smooth river rock looks better in beds and dry creek beds but rolls out of place on any real grade. If you are building a swale that carries roof runoff, use a mix of larger cobbles on the bottom with smaller stone around them.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
Plan for leaf cleanup before you install stone. Beavercreek yards with mature maples and oaks drop enough litter each October to fill the voids in decorative rock, and once that decomposes you have created a seedbed on top of your weed barrier. A leaf blower on low a few times each fall keeps stone beds looking new for a decade instead of turning into a weedy mess in three years.
The Unique Landscape of Beavercreek
Stone earns its keep in Beavercreek anywhere water needs to go somewhere. With 41 inches of rain a year landing on silt loam over slow draining subsoil, downspout runouts, swales, and low corners stay soggy long after the storm passes, and gravel is the durable fix. Our freeze and thaw cycles between the October and April frost dates are hard on organic mulch and even harder on poorly built walkways, but properly bedded stone shifts and settles without rotting or blowing away. Sitting at 873 feet with gently rolling terrain, many Beavercreek lots have just enough slope to move water fast during a downpour, which washes mulch out of beds where a river rock or gravel edge would hold. Stone also solves the maintenance problem in narrow side yards and along fences where mowing and mulching are both a nuisance.
Frequently Asked Questions
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What size gravel works best for a French drain in Beavercreek?
Use clean washed number 57 limestone, roughly three quarter inch, wrapped in filter fabric. Beavercreek silt loam has fine particles that will migrate into an unwrapped trench and clog it within a couple of seasons.
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How much does a yard of stone weigh, and will it hurt my driveway?
A cubic yard of limestone runs about 2,700 pounds, considerably heavier than mulch. Most Beavercreek driveways handle a dump fine, but if yours is fresh sealed or older concrete, ask us to drop onto plywood or a tarp.
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Will river rock in my beds get too hot for plants?
It reflects noticeably more heat than mulch, which matters in a south facing Beavercreek foundation bed during a humid July. Use it around ornamental grasses, junipers, and yucca rather than hydrangeas or hostas.
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Can I put stone over my existing mulch?
Not recommended. The mulch will keep decomposing underneath and the stone will sink into it unevenly. Rake the old mulch out, lay landscape fabric on the silt loam, then place stone.
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What do I need under a paver patio here?
Four to six inches of compacted number 304 limestone base, then an inch of bedding sand. Beavercreek freeze and thaw is unforgiving, so a thin base will heave and go wavy by the second winter.
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How do I keep weeds out of my stone beds?
Fabric underneath helps at first, but the real problem in Beavercreek is windblown silt and leaf litter building a thin soil layer on top of the stone. Blow debris out each fall before the leaves mat down and you will cut weeding drastically.
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Is stone a good fix for the soggy spot where my downspouts drain?
Yes. A gravel runout or dry creek bed carrying water fifteen or more feet away from the foundation is one of the most effective projects on a Beavercreek lot, since our silt loam holds surface water long after the storm ends.
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Is there a stone yard near Beavercreek?
Building a drainage runout at a soggy downspout in Beavercreek can mean hauling crushed stone home from a stone yard yourself, or having Mulch Mound drop it right where the water needs to go. We are not a quarry, so you skip the trip, the loading, and the muddy truck bed. Order limestone or crushed stone online and it arrives at your curb.
