1 Inch Roadstone and Bulk Aggregates for West Des Moines, IA

Iowa Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in West Des Moines, IA, and the ground here asks for drainage first. Class A roadstone is the crushed limestone base this market builds drives and pads on.

Washed stone is what moves water away from a foundation.

Size the load with the calculator on each product page, then pick your material.

Materials for West Des Moines Projects

Start with washed stone when water has nowhere to go. Clean rock is washed and open graded, so it drains instead of holding.

Use it for French drains, drywells, downspout runs and subdrain backfill. Clean rock comes in 1 inch and 1 1/2 inch sizes.

3/4 inch clean stone is the smaller washed option. It works for drive surfacing where you want a loose, free draining layer, plus pipe bedding and trench backfill.

For finer drainage, 3/8 inch washed chips handle seal coat aggregate and paver joints.

Class A roadstone is the base course. It is 3/4 inch crushed limestone with the fines left in, so it binds and compacts under a drive, parking pad or shed base.

1 inch roadstone is the coarser grade for a new drive or a lane that carries heavy equipment.

Limestone screenings bed pavers and flagstone joints. Riprap armors pond edges, culvert outlets and banks against spring runoff.

River rock and Natural Pea Gravel cover decorative beds and walkways.

Delivery to West Des Moines and the Surrounding Area

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

Pick your delivery date at checkout and a dump truck tips the material on site.

West Des Moines sits in Dallas County, and delivery covers the city plus Waukee, Urbandale, Perry, Adel and Dallas Center. A truck tips the whole load in one pile where it lands.

Ground and Conditions in West Des Moines

West Des Moines sits on the Des Moines Lobe, the youngest glacial ground in Iowa. The soil is thick, compact pebbly loam till, with sand and gravel along old meltwater channels.

That ground holds water.

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

Snowmelt and spring rain sit on the surface where the ground below is still frozen.

That is why washed stone matters here. A downspout run or a French drain gives water a path instead of letting it pool against a foundation or under a drive.

Timing matters too. 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.

Winters here are long and cold, and repeated freeze-thaw heaves gravel drives and field entrances as the ground lets go in spring. The local building official sets footing depth.

Questions About Gravel and Stone in West Des Moines

Do you deliver Class A roadstone to West Des Moines, IA?

Yes. Iowa Rock Supply delivers Class A roadstone to West Des Moines and the surrounding Dallas County area, including Waukee, Urbandale, Perry, Adel and Dallas Center.

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

Class A roadstone is the 3/4 inch crushed limestone base course with the fines left in.

What gravel is best for a driveway in West Des Moines?

Class A roadstone is the base for a West Des Moines drive. It is 3/4 inch crushed limestone with the fines left in, so it binds and compacts.

For a new drive or a lane carrying heavy equipment, 1 inch roadstone is the coarser grade. If you want a loose, free draining surface, top it with 3/4 inch clean stone or driveway gravel.

Order Aggregate Delivery in West Des Moines

Iowa Rock Supply delivers Class A roadstone, washed stone, sand and soil across West Des Moines and Dallas County. Size your load with the calculator, pick your material and your delivery date, and order online.

The truck tips it on site.