Bulk Aggregates for Patios in Adrian, MN

Minnesota Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Adrian, MN, from Class 5 base to the bedding that sits under a paver patio. The ground here is tight prairie till, so what you put under flatwork decides how it holds up.

Order by the ton or the yard and a dump truck brings it to your site in Nobles County.

Ground and Conditions in Adrian

Across the Southern and western prairie till, the subsoil runs loamy to clayey and holds water instead of letting it go. A patio or walkway laid on a thin base shows it fast.

The pavers rock, the joints open, and the edges drop after a thaw.

The fix is a base that drains and a bedding layer that stays put. Class 5 gives you the compacted base, and a washed bedding sand or granite fines sits on top of it under the pavers.

Spring is when this shows up worst. The thaw plus early summer storms leave graded lots and bare ground moving, and water with nowhere to go sits until it soaks in or dries off.

Frost heave hits hardest on tight, shale-rich till where water cannot drain before it freezes. Footing depth for Zone II counties is set at 3 feet 6 inches in the Minnesota Residential Code, and that figure belongs to the code, not to a base you build.

Materials for Adrian Projects

Bedding is where a paver job is won or lost. Under the bedding you need a base that compacts and stays tight, and over it a layer fine enough to level against without shifting.

Class 5

Class 5 is the Minnesota base course. It is crushed rock with the fines left in, so it binds and compacts into a firm platform for patios, driveways, parking pads and shed bases.

For a patio, Class 5 goes down first as the structural layer. Order it as Class 5 and build the flatwork on top of it.

Granite Fines

Granite fines are the screenings that bed pavers, flagstone and patio slabs. They come from the Crushed Stone quarried in the St.

Cloud belt, and they compact to a smooth, level surface that holds a paver without letting it sink.

Order Granite Fines for bedding and for compacted garden paths.

Washed Sand

Washed sand, also sold as concrete sand, is a bedding and levelling material for pavers and slabs. It spreads evenly and gives you a consistent surface to set against.

Order Washed Sand when you want a sand bed under flatwork.

Class 2

Class 2 is Minnesota's surfacing class under Spec 3138, a 3/4 inch crushed aggregate with fines. It is crushed quarry rock, sold as Class 2 granite, buff limestone or red limestone depending on the quarry.

Use Driveway Gravel as a tighter surface layer over a compacted base.

3/4 Clear Rock

Clear rock is washed stone with the fines taken out, which is the Minnesota way of saying it drains. It goes under slabs and around footing drains, including the gas-permeable layer beneath a passive radon system.

Order 3/4 Clear Rock where water needs to move.

Delivery to Adrian and the Surrounding Area

Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard, and each product page has a calculator to size the load. You order online, pick a delivery date at checkout, and a dump truck tips the material in one pile at your site.

Minnesota Rock Supply delivers across Adrian and Nobles County, including Worthington, Brewster, Ellsworth, Round Lake and Rushmore. Everything on the order arrives on the truck that brings it.

Order Your Material for Adrian

Start with the calculator on the product page to size your load, then order Class 5, granite fines, washed sand or clear rock by the ton or yard. Minnesota Rock Supply delivers bulk aggregate across Adrian and Nobles County.

Place your order online and a truck brings it to your site.