Bulk Aggregates for Patios in Eitzen, MN

Minnesota Rock Supply brings gravel and aggregate delivery in Eitzen, MN, and the working season here is one of the longer ones in the state. Spring load limits go up on Southeast zone roads in early March and come off in April.

Class 5 is the base most flatwork starts from, and it is the material to plan a patio or pad around before anything goes on top of it.

Ground and Conditions in Eitzen

Eitzen sits in Houston County, in Driftless bluff and karst country. The ground is loess over residual soil on Paleozoic limestone, dolostone and sandstone, thin on the ridge tops and deep in the valleys.

Karst ground sends water down through sinkholes and fractures instead of soaking it in evenly. Surface flow is flashy, and valley floors flood quickly after heavy rain.

A thin base shows its failure first at the edges. Water reaches the subgrade, the fines in the bedding wash or pump, and the pavers settle out of line.

The fix is a compacted base that carries the load and a clean drainage layer that moves water away. Choose bedding that holds its grade rather than one that shifts underfoot.

Materials for Eitzen Projects

Bedding is what a paver or flagstone patio rests on, and it decides whether the surface stays true. Granite fines are the standard bedding here.

Granite Fines are sold in Minnesota as screenings or stone screenings, and they come from the Crushed Stone quarried in the St. Cloud belt.

They bed pavers, flagstone and patio stone, and they compact into garden paths.

Class 5 is the base course under all of it.

Use it for driveways, parking pads, shed and garage bases and road base.

Class 2 is the surfacing class in Spec 3138, a tighter 3/4 inch crushed aggregate with fines. Yards sell it as Class 2 granite, buff limestone or red limestone, and it surfaces drives and beds pavers where a finer crush is wanted.

Driveway Gravel tops an existing drive or finishes over a compacted base. Washed Sand, also sold as concrete sand, beds and levels under slabs and pavers.

Under a slab or footing drain, 3/4 Clear Rock is washed stone with the fines taken out. Minnesota calls that clear rock, and it is the clean layer that lets water pass instead of holding it.

Delivery to Eitzen and the Surrounding Area

Order online and choose your quantity by the ton or by the yard. Each product page has a calculator to help you size the load before you check out.

Pick a delivery date at checkout, and a dump truck tips the load on site in one pile. Eitzen sits in Houston County, and delivery also covers La Crescent, Caledonia, Spring Grove, Houston and Hokah.

Order Class 5 and Bedding for Your Eitzen Project

Work out your quantity, then place the order online and pick a delivery date. Class 5, granite fines, washed sand and clear rock all deliver to Eitzen and Houston County.

Order your material and get the base and bedding right the first time.