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    Kettering 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
    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.

    Use 2 to 3 inches of decorative stone in beds, 4 inches for walkway bases, and 6 inches total for driveways in Kettering's freeze and thaw climate. One cubic yard covers roughly 160 square feet at 2 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 100-160 square feet at a 2-3 inch depth.

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    Kettering Stone Delivery

    Kettering 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.

    Use 2 to 3 inches of decorative stone in beds, 4 inches for walkway bases, and 6 inches total for driveways in Kettering's freeze and thaw climate. One cubic yard covers roughly 160 square feet at 2 inches deep.
    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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    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 your delivery date

    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 Kettering Folks

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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

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    Measure length and width in feet, then set your depth based on the job, since a decorative bed and a driveway base call for very different numbers. Multiply the three figures and divide by 27 for cubic yards, then remember that stone is sold and hauled by weight in many cases, so ask us to convert. Order slightly over on compacted applications because crushed limestone loses volume as it locks together.

    Complete Your Outdoor Stone Project

    Add landscape fabric and steel or aluminum edging to keep stone from migrating into the lawn, and pick up a few yards of topsoil to rebuild the grade before the rock goes down.

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    Always install edging with decorative stone. Kettering's spring storms and the freeze and thaw shifting through January and February will slowly push loose rock out into the turf, where it finds a mower blade. Steel or aluminum edging set at least four inches deep holds the line for decades, and it makes fall leaf cleanup far easier because you can blow debris right off a defined edge.

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    Compact crushed limestone in lifts with water rather than dumping the full depth at once. Limestone fines act as a binder only when they are damp, so wetting each two inch layer before you run a plate compactor locks the aggregate into something close to pavement. Kettering driveways built this way shrug off frost heave, while single lift installations rut out by the end of the first winter.

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    Match stone color to your home rather than to the display pile. Kettering has a lot of red brick ranches and tan siding from the 1950s and 1960s building boom, and gray crushed limestone reads cold against warm brick while tan river rock blends beautifully. Take a photo of your house with you, and always look at samples outdoors in daylight, since stone color shifts dramatically once it is wet.

    The Unique Landscape of Kettering

    Stone earns its keep in Kettering because water is the constant here, with 41 inches falling every year and much of it arriving fast in spring and early summer. Silt loam yards erode along downspout lines and gentle slopes, and gravel or river rock is what stops that scouring for good instead of washing away like mulch does. Stone also stays put through the freeze and thaw cycles that hit hard at Kettering's 1007 foot elevation, where organic materials break down and shift every winter. For driveways, walkway bases, fire pit surrounds, and dry creek beds, crushed limestone from local Miami Valley quarries compacts into a stable, long lasting surface. And because stone never decomposes, homeowners tired of buying mulch every April often switch the high traffic and high erosion zones to rock permanently.

    Frequently Asked Questions

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    What stone works best for a dry creek bed in a Kettering back yard?

    River rock in the 2 to 5 inch range is the standard choice, set over a base of smaller washed gravel and landscape fabric. Kettering yards move real volume during a spring storm, so size the channel generously and use larger cobbles at the turns where the water hits hardest. Anything smaller than an inch will migrate downstream after the first heavy rain.

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    How thick should gravel be for a driveway here?

    Plan on 4 inches of number 2 or number 304 limestone as a base with 2 inches of finer crushed limestone on top. Kettering's freeze and thaw winters push frost into the ground and heave thin gravel layers, so cutting corners on base depth shows up as ruts by March. Crown the center slightly so the 41 inches of yearly rain sheds to the sides.

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    Will river rock keep weeds out of my beds?

    It slows them, but nothing stops them entirely in Kettering. Windblown seed and organic debris collect in the gaps within two or three seasons and create a seed bed right on top of your rock. Use quality fabric underneath, blow leaves out each fall before they break down, and expect to spot spray a few times through a wet Ohio summer.

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    Does gravel around the foundation help with our wet springs?

    It helps when the grade is right. A gravel band a foot or two wide around the foundation lets roof runoff disperse instead of splashing mud on siding, but the soil under it still has to slope away from the house. In older Kettering neighborhoods where the backfill has settled, rebuild that slope with fill dirt first, then top with stone.

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    What size stone should I use under pavers for a patio?

    Use 4 to 6 inches of compacted number 304 crushed limestone as your base with an inch of coarse bedding sand on top. Kettering silt loam holds water, and a shallow base under a patio will heave over winter and leave you with rocking pavers by spring. Compact the base in two inch lifts rather than all at once.

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    Is limestone going to change my soil pH?

    Some leaching does happen over years, and it nudges soil more alkaline. That is a minor issue in Kettering since our limestone bedrock already leaves most local soils on the neutral to slightly alkaline side. Just keep crushed limestone away from beds holding azaleas, rhododendrons, blueberries, or hollies, and use river rock or granite there instead.

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    How much does a yard of stone weigh, and can my driveway handle it?

    A cubic yard of crushed limestone runs about 2,500 to 2,800 pounds, and river rock is similar. Most Kettering residential driveways handle a standard delivery fine, though older concrete with existing cracks can be worth protecting with plywood at the drop point. Tell us about apron condition when you book and we will plan the placement.

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