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    Carbondale Stone Delivery

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    #8 washed gravel: small angular crushed stone perfect for drainage, French drains, and concrete bases.
    Ashley Huffman
    Ashley Huffman
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    The driver nailed it on putting the gravel I ordered in front of my trailer and between the sidewalk. Very satisfied with how my flowerbeds look now.

    Two to three inches is right for decorative rock beds, while driveways and dry creek channels need four inches or more to stay put through Carbondale's heavy rain events.
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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 100-160 square feet at a 2-3 inch depth.

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    Carbondale Stone Delivery

    Carbondale Stone Delivery

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    About this stone

    #8 washed gravel: small angular crushed stone perfect for drainage, French drains, and concrete bases.
    Ashley Huffman
    Ashley Huffman
    Google Review

    The driver nailed it on putting the gravel I ordered in front of my trailer and between the sidewalk. Very satisfied with how my flowerbeds look now.

    Two to three inches is right for decorative rock beds, while driveways and dry creek channels need four inches or more to stay put through Carbondale's heavy rain events.
    Use our free stone calculator

    A yard is approximately 27 cubic feet. As a general guideline, one yard of material can cover an area of about 100-160 square feet at a 2-3 inch depth.

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    Getting started is easy — just follow these simple steps

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    Choose your stone

    Make sure you adjust the quantity to your home's needs. You can use our calculator to estimate how much you'll need.

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    Select a delivery date you'd like for the product to be dropped off at your home

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    Sit back, wait, and let us work our magic to make sure the highest quality product is delivered to your driveway.

    From The Mouths of Carbondale Folks

    4.7
    out of 5 based on 137 reviews
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    Ashley Huffman
    Ashley Huffman

    The driver nailed it on putting the gravel I ordered in front of my trailer and between the sidewalk. Very satisfied with how my flowerbeds look now.

    Google Review
    Julie Nekich
    Julie Nekich

    Placing an order online was so easy. Delivery was on time. When the driver realized we had a newly poured driveway they erred on the side of cautio...

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    Placing an order online was so easy. Delivery was on time. When the driver realized we had a newly poured driveway they erred on the side of caution and opted not ti drive in it. The company even sent me a message explaining that call. Would recommend!

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    Break the area into simple shapes, get the square footage, then multiply by your depth in feet and divide by 27 for cubic yards. Remember that stone is sold by weight as well, and most landscape rock runs about 1.4 tons per cubic yard. Order slightly over, since settling and compaction always consume more than the math suggests.

    Complete Your Outdoor Stone Project

    Add landscape fabric and steel or aluminum edging to keep stone from migrating, and pick up mulch for the planted sections of the same bed where rock would bake the roots.

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    Mulch Mound Pro Tip

    Size your stone to the water it will carry. Pea gravel looks tidy until a Carbondale thunderstorm drops two inches and scatters it across the lawn. For any channel that actually moves runoff, step up to three to five inch river rock and set larger stones at the turns where velocity is highest. Reserve the small sizes for flat paths and foundation strips where water is not concentrated.

    Mulch Mound Pro Tip

    Compact crushed limestone in layers, not all at once. Spread two inches, wet it lightly, run a plate compactor or drive over it, then repeat. The fines lock into the angular faces and create a surface that survives Carbondale freeze and thaw between November and April. Dumping six inches at one time leaves soft pockets that turn into ruts by the second spring.

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    Give every stone bed a hard edge. Silt loam is soft enough that rock migrates into the surrounding turf with each rain, and once gravel is in the lawn your mower will find it. Set steel edging or a paver border flush with the finished grade and keep the stone a half inch below the top. It contains the material and makes fall leaf cleanup far easier.

    The Unique Landscape of Carbondale

    Stone earns its place in Carbondale landscapes because 46 inches of annual rain has to go somewhere, and silt loam is slow to take it in once compacted. Gravel swales, dry creek beds, and rock lined downspout runs move that water off your property instead of letting it pond against a foundation. Stone also holds its position on the rolling grades common around Carbondale where lighter materials float away in a single thunderstorm. Unlike mulch, it does not decompose in our humid summers, so a well built stone bed can go a decade without refreshing. It is also the smart choice in the six inch strip against your house, where termite pressure in Jackson County makes wood mulch a poor neighbor.

    Frequently Asked Questions

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    What stone works best for a dry creek bed in Carbondale?

    Use a mix of two to five inch river rock for the channel with larger accent boulders along the banks. Our storms can dump two inches in an hour, so the channel needs stone heavy enough not to migrate. Line it with fabric and set the rock at least four inches deep.

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    How many yards of gravel do I need for my driveway?

    Measure the length and width in feet, multiply by your depth in feet, and divide by 27. A typical Carbondale driveway at four inches deep needs about one yard for every 80 square feet. Add extra if the base has washed out from years of runoff.

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    Should I use rock instead of mulch around my foundation?

    In the strip closest to the house, yes. Jackson County has active subterranean termites, and keeping wood mulch six inches off the siding while using pea gravel or river rock in that gap reduces the moisture and cellulose right at the foundation. Use mulch for the planted portion of the bed beyond it.

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    Will stone make my beds too hot for plants?

    It can. Carbondale summers regularly run into the nineties with high humidity, and light colored stone reflects a lot of heat. Save rock for drainage areas, paths, and low water plantings like sedum and ornamental grasses. Keep hydrangeas, hostas, and other moisture lovers in mulched beds.

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    Does landscape fabric actually work under rock here?

    It helps for the first several years by keeping stone from sinking into soft silt loam. Eventually leaf litter from Carbondale's oaks and maples breaks down on top of the rock and weeds root in that layer. Blow debris off the stone each fall and the fabric will do its job far longer.

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    What is the difference between crushed limestone and river rock?

    Crushed limestone has angular faces that lock together and compact into a firm surface, which is what you want for driveways, walkway bases, and parking pads. River rock is smooth and rounded, so it stays loose and drains freely, making it right for creek beds and downspout outfalls.

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    Can stone fix the water pooling in my backyard?

    Often yes, if you give the water a path. A gravel filled trench or a rock lined swale directed to a lower point will drain most Carbondale backyard puddles. If the problem is broad and flat, combine the stone channel with regrading, because rock alone does not create fall where there is none.

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