Bulk Aggregates for Patios in Badger, IA

Order gravel and aggregate delivery in Badger, IA online, by the ton or by the yard, and Iowa Rock Supply runs it to your site. Start with Class A roadstone for the base under a patio, a shed pad or a drive.

Badger sits in Webster County, on the Des Moines Lobe, where the ground is thick glacial till that holds spring water. Plan the base and the drainage before you plan the surface.

Materials for Badger Projects

Pavers and flatwork only look flat because of what sits under them. Bed them right and the patio stays put.

Bed them thin and the edges drop as the ground moves.

Limestone screenings are the bedding layer for pavers, flagstone and block. The fines pack tight and hold a level plane under every unit.

Set that bedding on a compacted base of Class A roadstone, the crushed limestone base course with the fines left in. It binds and compacts, which is what a patio, a parking pad or a shed base needs underneath.

Washed sand beds and levels slabs and pavers. It is clean and free draining, so it moves water instead of holding it.

Mason sand fills brick and block mortar and paver joints. Fine drainage runs take #89 Crushed Stone, a small washed stone for tight bedding.

Where water has to leave the patio, Clean Rock goes in open graded and washed. Water passes straight through it.

Ground and Conditions in Badger

A base that is too thin shows itself fast here. The ground swells and shrinks with the seasons, the pavers rock, and the joints open.

Rebuild the base and the surface settles down.

Across the Des Moines Lobe the ground is young glacial till, compact pebbly loam tens of feet deep. That is dense material, but it does not drain freely.

This is pothole country. Kettles and closed depressions hold water, and the drainage network is young.

Most ground here only drains because it is tiled.

Spring runoff concentrates on the moraine ridges and scours ditch and tile outlets. Where water leaves a culvert or a tile, armor the outlet before it cuts back.

Frost drives the working season. Compaction waits for the frost to come out and for flat ground to shed its spring water.

Base and paver work runs from late spring to the fall freeze, and a wet spring shortens that window.

Delivery to Badger and the Surrounding Area

Choose your quantity by the ton or by the yard, then set a delivery date at checkout. A dump truck tips the load on site, in one pile.

Sizing the load comes down to the area and the depth you are covering. Each product page has a calculator to help with quantity.

Iowa Rock Supply delivers across Webster County, including Fort Dodge, Gowrie, Dayton, Lehigh and Otho.

Order Your Load for a Badger Project

Work out your quantity with the calculator on the product page, then order online. Iowa Rock Supply delivers bulk gravel, stone, sand and soil across Badger and Webster County.

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