Limestone Screenings for Pathways in Lehigh, IA

Iowa Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Lehigh, IA, with Class A roadstone as the base course this part of Webster County builds on. The ground here is young glacial till, thick and pebbly, and it holds water in the low spots.

That shapes what you order. A path or a pad needs a base that binds, and a surface that sheds.

Ground and Conditions in Lehigh

Across the Des Moines Lobe, the drainage is young and inefficient. Kettles and closed depressions hold water, and most ground only drains because it is tiled.

A thin base shows that fast. It pumps, ruts and mixes into the soil under a boot or a wheelbarrow, and no surface course stays put on top of it.

The fix is a compacted roadstone course that carries the load, with a fines-bearing surface over it. Snowmelt and spring rain sit on ground that is still frozen below.

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.

Materials for Lehigh Projects

Limestone screenings do the finish work on paths and walkways here. Screenings, also sold as 3/8 inch minus, are the fine crushed limestone left after the coarser grades are screened out.

They bed pavers and flagstone, fill the joints between them, and dress the top of a compacted roadstone base. On a garden path they give a firm, walkable surface that stays put underfoot.

Limestone Screenings go over a base, never instead of one. Under them, Class A roadstone is the standard Iowa base course: 3/4 inch crushed limestone with the fines left in, so it binds and compacts.

It carries driveways, parking pads, shed bases and farm lanes. Class A Roadstone is what you order when a path or pad needs to hold its shape.

Where a lane carries heavy equipment or a soft spot has opened up, 1 inch roadstone goes down first. 1 Inch Roadstone is the coarser grade, laid under a finer surface course.

For drainage, clean rock is washed and open graded, so water moves straight through it. Clean Rock backfills subdrains, drainage tile, pipe beds and the space behind a retaining wall.

Finishing touches run to 3/8" Natural Pea Gravel for walkways and play areas, and River Rock for decorative beds and dry creek beds.

Delivery to Lehigh and the Surrounding Area

You order online, choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard, and pick a delivery date at checkout. Each product page has a calculator if you want to size the load before you commit.

A dump truck then tips the material on your site in one pile. Lehigh sits in Webster County, and delivery covers the surrounding area, including Fort Dodge, Gowrie, Dayton, Badger and Otho.

Questions About Ordering in Lehigh

What should I have ready when the truck arrives?

A clear, firm place to tip the load, with room for a truck to reach it and turn around. Have the area marked or obvious so the pile lands where you want it.

The driver tips the material in one pile and does not spread it, so plan where that pile should sit before the truck shows up.

What is the best base under pavers in Lehigh?

Class A roadstone, compacted, with limestone screenings bedded over it. The roadstone is 3/4 inch crushed limestone with the fines left in, so it binds and carries the load.

Screenings give you a fine, level bed for the pavers and fill the joints once they are set.

Order Your Path and Walkway Material

Work out the quantity you need on the calculator, then order limestone screenings, Class A roadstone or clean rock for delivery in Lehigh. Iowa Rock Supply delivers bulk gravel, stone and soil across Webster County.

Place your order online and a truck will tip it on site.