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    Rochester Hills 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.

    Plan on two to three inches for decorative beds and pathways, and four to six inches of twenty one AA for driveways and parking pads. Larger river rock in a three to five inch size should be laid at least one stone deep plus a bit for coverage.
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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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    Rochester Hills Stone Delivery

    Rochester Hills 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.

    Plan on two to three inches for decorative beds and pathways, and four to six inches of twenty one AA for driveways and parking pads. Larger river rock in a three to five inch size should be laid at least one stone deep plus a bit for coverage.
    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.

    FAQs

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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 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 and wait

    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 Rochester Hills 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

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    Measure length and width in feet for each stone area and pick your depth before you calculate, since two inches versus four inches doubles the tonnage. One cubic yard covers about 160 square feet at two inches or 80 square feet at three inches. For driveways, measure the full drive and add extra for the soft edges that always need building up.

    Complete Your Outdoor Stone Project

    Add heavy woven landscape fabric and steel or aluminum edging to keep stone from creeping into the lawn during Rochester Hills spring runoff. A few yards of screened topsoil is useful for regrading before you set the stone.

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    Mulch Mound Pro Tip

    Install real edging before you spread a single shovel of stone. Rochester Hills lawns and stone beds fight a losing battle without a physical barrier, and once gravel gets into the turf it stays there and finds your mower blade. Steel or heavy aluminum edging set flush handles frost heave far better than the thin plastic roll from the big box store, which pops out of the ground after one winter here.

    Mulch Mound Pro Tip

    Use woven, not spun, landscape fabric under stone. Spun fabric clogs and tears, and in our sandy loam it eventually lets weeds root right through. Woven commercial fabric with a ten to twenty year rating holds up under the weight and lets water pass through freely, which matters during the heavy April rains when Rochester Hills gets a large share of its annual precipitation all at once.

    Mulch Mound Pro Tip

    Keep decorative stone at least a foot back from the driveway edge where the plow blade travels. Rochester Hills plows and private contractors scrape close in January, and river rock thrown into the street or the lawn is both a hazard and a yearly expense to replace. A strip of compacted crushed limestone or turf along the pavement edge absorbs that abuse and protects your finished stone bed.

    The Unique Landscape of Rochester Hills

    Rochester Hills gets a real Michigan winter, and the freeze and thaw cycling between the October 10 first frost and the May 5 last frost is hard on anything organic in the landscape. Decorative stone does not decompose, blow away, or need annual replacement, which makes it a smart choice for driveway borders, downspout runs, and the side yards where nothing grows anyway. Our sandy loam drains well already, so stone paired with fabric creates a surface that stays firm and dry rather than turning into the muck you would get on clay. With about 33 inches of rain a year plus snowmelt, gravel swales and river rock beds do real work moving water away from foundations that have settled over several winters. Stone also stands up to the salt and plow damage that hits driveway edges around here every January.

    Frequently Asked Questions

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    What stone should I use for a driveway in Rochester Hills?

    Twenty one AA crushed limestone is the local standard because the fines lock together and compact into a firm surface that resists rutting during our March thaw. Put down four to six inches over a compacted base. Pea gravel and river rock look nice but they migrate under tires and get scattered by plows every winter.

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    Will landscape stone survive our winters and road salt?

    Yes. Granite river rock and trap rock are essentially unaffected by freeze and thaw or by the salt that gets tracked onto Rochester Hills driveway borders. Limestone is slightly softer and can degrade at the surface over many years, but it still outlasts any organic mulch by a wide margin.

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    Can I use stone instead of mulch around my plants?

    You can, but choose carefully. Stone radiates heat and does nothing to add organic matter to our already lean sandy loam, so it is a poor fit for perennials and hydrangeas. It works well around junipers, ornamental grasses, boulders, and in the narrow strips along foundations and fences where you do not want to shovel mulch every spring.

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    How deep should I put stone down, and do I need fabric?

    Two to three inches for decorative beds and four to six inches for a driving surface. Always lay commercial grade woven fabric underneath. Rochester Hills soil carries a heavy weed seed load, and without fabric your stone bed will be full of creeping charlie and thistle by the second summer.

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    What size stone works best for a dry creek bed or downspout run?

    A mix works best. Use two to five inch river rock for the channel bottom so it holds position during the heavy runoff we get in April, then edge it with larger cobbles and a few accent boulders. Sandy loam infiltrates well, so a properly built dry creek in Rochester Hills usually handles roof runoff without any piping.

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    How much does a yard of stone weigh?

    Roughly 2,400 to 2,800 pounds per cubic yard depending on the type and moisture. That is why we ask about your driveway. Older Rochester Hills driveways and any asphalt on a warm day can mark under a concentrated load, so we spread the drop or lay plywood if you request it.

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    Will stone help with the water pooling next to my foundation?

    It helps if you fix the grade first. Many Rochester Hills homes have settled soil against the foundation after a decade of freeze and thaw. Regrade so the ground falls six inches over the first ten feet, then finish with three inches of stone over fabric. The stone keeps splash back off the siding and stays put during downpours.

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