Bulk Gravel Delivery to Johnston, RI

Order gravel and aggregate delivery in Johnston, RI, by the ton or by the yard. Rhode Island Rock Supply sells processed gravel, crushed stone, sand, loam and fill online and runs a dump truck to your address.

Pick your material, pick your quantity, and set a delivery date at checkout. The truck tips the load on site and you build from there.

Ground and Conditions in Johnston

Johnston sits in Providence County, on the Narragansett Bay lowland and metropolitan Providence ground region. That ground is glacial till with pockets of valley sand and gravel over the sandstone, shale and conglomerate of the Narragansett Basin.

A lot of it is made ground. Dig depth is unpredictable lot to lot, because old fill, buried slab and ledge all turn up in the same neighbourhood.

Winters here are the mildest in the state outside the islands, but the ground still freezes and thaws several times a season. A drive with a thin base shows it as spring potholes and a settled apron at the garage door.

That is what a thin base does. The fix is getting the compacted layer thick enough to carry the load, and getting water off the surface instead of into it.

Base, drive and paver work runs from the thaw in March through late fall, a few weeks longer than in the hill towns. Frozen ground stops compaction in midwinter.

Materials for Johnston Projects

Bedding is where flatwork is won or lost. Set pavers, bluestone or flagstone on the wrong bed and the surface rocks, dips and shifts within a season.

Stone dust, also called blue stone dust or screenings, is the bedding and joint filler under pavers, bluestone and flagstone. It packs tight and holds a level plane under flatwork.

Concrete sand, sold locally as washed sand or bedding sand, is the levelling course under paver patios and walkways. It also mixes concrete and beds pipe.

Mason sand, or brick sand, goes into brick and block mortar, paver joints, pool bases and play sand.

Under the bedding sits the base. Processed gravel, also called process or processed gravel base, is the standard Rhode Island base material for driveways, parking pads, walks and shed bases, and the compacted layer town road standards call for under a finished surface.

Yards sell it as 3/4 processed for residential drives, patio bases and walkway sub-bases, and as 1 1/2 inch processed for deeper drive bases and ground that carries heavy equipment.

Below that, bank run gravel is unprocessed pit sand and gravel for bulk fill, raising grade and the first compacted lift. It is dug and screened, not crushed.

For drainage, 3/4 inch crushed stone and drain rock handle French drains, drywells and foundation perimeter drains. Pea stone suits walkways, play areas, drip edges and drainage backfill.

Screened loam finishes lawns and beds over stony till, and clean fill brings a low yard up to grade where nothing finished goes on top.

Delivery to Johnston and the Surrounding Area

Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard. Each product page has a calculator to help you size the load before you buy.

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

Rhode Island Rock Supply delivers across Johnston and Providence County, including Providence, Cranston, Pawtucket, East Providence and Woonsocket.

Order Gravel and Aggregate Delivery in Johnston

Size the load with the calculator on the product page, then order online by the ton or the yard and set your delivery date at checkout. Rhode Island Rock Supply runs bulk gravel, stone, sand, loam and fill to addresses across Johnston and Providence County.