Crushed Stone, Sand and Gravel in Smithfield, RI

Order gravel and aggregate delivery in Smithfield, RI and a dump truck tips the load on your site. Rhode Island Rock Supply sells bulk material by the ton or the yard.

Start with processed gravel, the base this part of the state builds on.

Ground here is stony glacial till over granite and gneiss, so excavation depth and fill volume are harder to call than anywhere else in Rhode Island.

Materials for Smithfield Projects

Processed gravel, also called process, is the compacted base for drives, parking pads, walks and shed bases. Rhode Island town road standards call for it under a finished surface.

Order 3/4 processed for a residential drive, patio base or walkway sub-base. Step up to 1 1/2 inch processed for a deeper drive base or a turnaround that has to carry heavy equipment.

Bank run gravel is unprocessed pit sand and gravel. It goes down as bulk fill, to raise grade, or as the first compacted lift under a processed gravel base.

For drainage and surfacing, 3/4 inch crushed stone goes into drainage beds, drive surfacing, trench backfill and construction entrances. Yards around here list it under that name, and blue stone is the grey-blue granite and gneiss version of the same size.

Smaller sizes cover fine drainage and pipe bedding: 3/8 inch crushed stone for tight paths and topping over a compacted base, and #57 stone for French drains, drywells and concrete aggregate.

Under flatwork, stone dust is the bedding and joint filler for pavers, bluestone and flagstone, and the surface for a packed garden path.

Washe sand and mason sand handle the wet work. Mason sand mixes brick and block mortar, fills paver joints and beds pool bases.

Washed sand mixes concrete and beds pipe.

For lawns and beds, screened loam goes over stony till to build a lawn or repair one, and garden soil gives raised beds and vegetable plots more body.

Decorative work runs to pea stone for walkways, play areas and drip edges, with river rock and large river rock for borders and dry creek beds.

Ground and Conditions in Smithfield

Start with where the water goes. Dense till with a hardpan layer sheds water instead of taking it, so snowmelt and thaw sit on the surface, run down slope and cut across drives.

Base depth and a drainage layer are what keep a drive from rutting under that. On ground that stays wet, a coarse clean stone layer moves water away from the base.

Runoff does the rest of the damage. It cuts down slope on unpaved drives and town roads, washes out culverts after heavy rain and thaw, and scours banks along the streams in this part of the state.

The working season is short here, the shortest in Rhode Island. Base, drive and paver work waits for frost to come out and the till to drain in spring, and it finishes earlier in the fall than it does on the coast.

This is also the coldest ground in the state, furthest from the moderating ocean. Frost spells run longer and frost heave hits gravel drives and unpaved town roads harder than it does in the shore towns.

Delivery to Smithfield and the Surrounding Area

Order online. Pick your material, choose a quantity by the ton or the yard, and each product page has a calculator to help size the load.

Set a delivery date at checkout.

On delivery day, a dump truck backs in and tips the load in one pile. Have the drop spot clear and reachable, with room overhead for the bed to rise.

Smithfield sits in Providence County, and delivery covers the surrounding area, including Providence, Cranston, Pawtucket, East Providence and Woonsocket.

Order Bulk Aggregate for Your Smithfield Project

Driveways, parking pads, patios, walkways, drainage, lawns and garden beds all start with the right bulk material. Order processed gravel, crushed stone, sand or loam online and have it delivered to your Smithfield site.