Which stone is best for drainage in Brooke County?

Clean washed stone moves water; fines-bearing material does not. #57 limestone, a 1 inch clean washed stone, suits French drains, pipe bedding and construction entrances. #67 stone, a 3/4 inch clean washed stone, works for drainage beds and bedding where #57 is a shade too big. #8 limestone, a small washed chip, handles paver joints, pipe bedding and fine drainage.

What do I need to have ready for a bulk delivery?

Order online and pick a quantity by the ton or by the yard. Each product page has a calculator to help size the load, and you choose a delivery date at checkout. A dump truck tips the load on site in one pile, so have the spot clear. Follansbee, Wellsburg, Bethany and Colliers are all covered.

What is the best base material for a patio in Brooke County?

Start with crusher run, the everyday local base, and build up with Class 1 base where the subgrade is soft ground or old fill. Cap it with Class 2 base, the finer crusher run class, where you want a tighter surface. Bed the pavers on stone screenings, also called stone dust or limestone screenings, and fill the joints with the same.

Brooke County, WV Aggregate and Rock Delivery

West Virginia Rock Supply brings gravel, stone and aggregate delivery in Brooke County, WV to Follansbee, Wellsburg, Bethany and Colliers. Start with crusher run.

Crusher run is the everyday base and drive material here, and it answers the ground across the Ohio Valley and Northern Panhandle, where hillside runoff comes down through the towns toward the river.

Delivery across Brooke County

Order online and pick your quantity by the ton or by the yard. Each product page has a calculator to help size the load.

Choose a delivery date at checkout.

A dump truck tips the load on site in one pile. Serve Follansbee, Wellsburg, Bethany, Colliers and the surrounding Brooke County ground.

Materials delivered in Brooke County

Match the material to the job. Crusher run and Class 1 base build the base.

Washed stone handles water. Sand, soil and mulch finish the surface.

Crusher run is the local name for crushed stone with the fines left in, also called crush and run. Local quarries sell it by top size, 3/4 inch, 1-1/2 inch and coarser.

West Virginia base material is specified by the WVDOH Standard Specifications for Roads and Bridges. Section 307 covers crushed aggregate base course, and Subsection 704.6 grades base and subbase aggregate by numbered class in Table 704.6.2A, with Class 10 footnoted as crusher run material only.

Use Class 1 base for the heavier base course under drives, parking pads, shop floors and slabs. Use Class 2 base, the finer crusher run class, where a drive or pad wants a tighter surface or as a top course over Class 1.

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For a driveway, start with Driveway Gravel over a compacted base, or build the base with crusher run first. For a patio, bed pavers on Stone Screenings over a compacted base.

For drainage, Drain Rock and #57 limestone run French drains and downspout beds. River Rock, 3/8" Natural Pea Gravel and Mason Sand cover beds, walkways and masonry.

Ground conditions across Brooke County

Across the Ohio Valley and Northern Panhandle, terrace sand, gravel and silt run along the river, some of it deep and free draining. Steep shale and sandstone hillsides and colluvium sit immediately behind, and old industrial fill covers some river flats.

Terrace gravel drains well. The silt and clay above it and the hillside soils behind do not.

A base over soft ground or old fill needs the heavier Class 1 layer before anything goes on top.

Slides and slumps on valley walls and on cut and fill run about 3.6 per square mile across the central Allegheny Plateau. Shale and siltstone are the most slide-prone rock, and the Conemaugh Group is the most susceptible unit.

River bank scour and undercutting of terrace banks during high water are the other constant. Riprap armours banks, culvert outlets and channel work after a washout.

The working season is long, held up mainly by wet ground and high water on the river flats in late winter and spring. Moderate winters bring repeated freeze-thaw and heaving in thin drives through late winter.

Frost depth is set by the county or municipal building official. The nearest published West Virginia figures run about 24 to 30 inches in northern jurisdictions, so confirm locally.

Choosing the right material

Ohio County and Hancock County sit in the same Northern Panhandle region and share the same ground: terrace sand, gravel and silt along the river, with steep shale and sandstone hillsides and colluvium behind.

Because the ground is the same, the base and drainage choices carry across the three counties the same way. Build the base with crusher run or Class 1 base and handle water with clean washed stone.

Where the subgrade is soft ground or old fill, the coarser Class 1 base is the heavier layer to build up with. Where a tighter surface is wanted, Class 2 base caps it.

Order crusher run and stone in Brooke County

Crusher run is the base that carries drives, pads and patios across Brooke County, whether the ground is terrace gravel or hillside clay. West Virginia Rock Supply delivers gravel, stone, sand, soil and mulch to Follansbee, Wellsburg, Bethany and Colliers.

Order online by the ton or yard, size the load on the product page, and pick your delivery date at checkout.

Gravel, Stone and Soil for Brooke County, WV