3/8 Inch Crushed Stone for Patios in Rochester, MN

Minnesota Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Rochester, MN, and the season here runs longer than most of the state. Spring load limits go on Southeast zone roads in early March and come off in April.

If you are building a patio, plan the delivery around the thaw. Class 5 is the base most of that work starts from, and bedding material sits on top of it.

Ground and Conditions in Rochester

This is Driftless bluff and karst country. Loess sits over residual soil on limestone, dolostone and sandstone, thin on the ridge tops and deep in the valleys.

Water runs off steep slopes fast and disappears into sinkholes and fractures instead of soaking in evenly. Surface flow is flashy and valley floors flood quickly after heavy rain.

A patio base built thin over that ground shows it in the first wet spring. The slab or paver field rocks, and the joints open where the subgrade moved.

The fix is a base that carries the load and a clean drainage layer under it, so water has somewhere to go besides the soil under your flatwork.

Materials for Rochester Projects

Bedding under pavers and flatwork is where the finish is won or lost. Each layer has a job, and the layers are not interchangeable.

Class 5 is the Minnesota base course. It goes down as the structural course under driveways, parking pads and patio subbase, and it binds and compacts.

Granite Fines are what you bed pavers and flagstone on. In Minnesota these come from the Crushed Stone quarried in the St.

Cloud belt, and they compact to a tight, level bed.

3/8" Crushed Stone is a fine chip for thin drainage and pipe bedding, and it works as a thin topping over a compacted base. The color depends on the quarry, red or buff limestone or granite chip.

Washed Sand, also sold as concrete sand, is bedding and levelling under slabs and pavers. Mason Sand goes into brick and block work, paver joints and play areas.

Drainage under a patio matters more here than in flat country. Drainage Rock, usually a 1 1/2 inch clear rock, handles French drains, footing drains and downspout runs.

Keep the downspout run out of any sinkhole. A run aimed at one goes straight to groundwater.

Top Soil, which is black dirt here, finishes the beds and lawn around the work, and Shredded Mulch holds moisture in beds through the dry stretch of summer.

Delivery to Rochester and the Surrounding Area

Order online, choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard, and pick a delivery date at checkout. A dump truck tips the load on site in one pile.

Each product page has a calculator if you want to size the load before you order. Minnesota Rock Supply delivers across Olmsted County, including Stewartville, Byron, Eyota, Oronoco and Dover.

Questions About Gravel in Rochester

What gravel is best for a driveway in Rochester?

Class 5 is the standard Minnesota base course and the right structural layer for a drive here. Over it, Class 2 or driveway gravel gives you a tighter 3/4 inch crushed surfacing with fines.

On the steep loess slopes around the valleys, the base and the drainage under it both matter.

How much material will my project need?

Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard. The calculator on each product page is the way to size a load before you order, and you set the quantity at checkout.

Minnesota Rock Supply delivers bulk material across Rochester and the surrounding area.

Order Gravel and Aggregate in Rochester

Start with the calculator on the product page and settle the quantity before you order. From there, choose your delivery date at checkout and a truck tips the load on site.

Minnesota Rock Supply delivers Class 5, bedding material, drainage rock and soil across Rochester, MN.