Riprap and Bulk Aggregates for Richwood, WV

West Virginia Rock Supply brings gravel and aggregate delivery in Richwood, WV to your site by the ton. Start with the calculator on any product page to size the load, then work through the materials themselves.

Crusher run is the everyday base and drive stone in this part of Nicholas County, and it is the right first call on most ground here.

Slope, swale and bank work is where the coarser stone earns its place. On thin, stony ground, water moves fast and takes loose material with it.

Materials for Richwood Projects

Water off these hills runs hard, so the first job is usually armouring a slope, a swale or a creek bank. Coarse angular stone is what holds that ground.

The finer sizes handle bedding, joints and surfacing once the heavy work is done.

• Riprap is bank and slope armour, sized for creek banks, culvert outlets and toe protection under a slipping fill. West Virginia yards sell it by stone size and by weight class.
• #4 Crushed Stone is 1-1/2 inch clean stone, used for trench bottoms, heavy drainage and the first lift over very soft ground.
• Railroad Ballast is coarse angular stone for severe drainage and hard standing.
• #57 Limestone is 1 inch clean washed stone for drainage, French drains, pipe bedding and construction entrances.
• Crusher Run is crushed stone with the fines left in, so it locks up tight and holds a grade on a hillside drive.

Above a base, #67 Stone is a 3/4 inch clean washed stone for drainage beds and concrete aggregate where #57 is a shade too big. #8 Limestone is a small chip for paver joints and fine drainage.

For a heavier base under a drive, a parking pad or a slab, Class 1 Base is the coarser crusher run class, and the layer to build up when the subgrade is soft ground or old fill. Driveway Gravel surfaces an existing drive or tops a compacted base.

Ground and Conditions in Richwood

This is the shortest working season in West Virginia. Base, drive and paver work waits for the ground to thaw and drain in late spring, and it stops earlier in the fall than it does downstate.

The frozen season runs long and hard across the Allegheny highlands and the Allegheny Front. The ground freezes early, thaws late and cycles through freeze-thaw well into spring, and snow cover lasts for weeks at a time on the high benches.

That cycle is what tears up a thin gravel drive. Frost depth is set by the county building official, and no state table gives a figure for the highlands, so confirm it locally.

The soil is thin, acid and very stony over sandstone and shale, with bedrock close to the surface on the benches. Rain and deep snowmelt on steep, shallow ground cannot soak in, so it runs.

Springs and seeps break out partway down a slope and will run straight through an undrained base. Clean stone and a drainage layer are what carry that water away instead of letting it sit under your drive.

Delivery to Richwood and the Surrounding Area

Richwood sits in Nicholas County, and delivery covers the town and the rest of the county, including Summersville, Craigsville, Tioga, Nettie and Fenwick. Order online, choose your quantity by the ton or by the yard, and pick a delivery date at checkout.

A dump truck tips the load in one pile on site. Have the spot clear and reachable before the truck arrives, and keep the pile where you want to work from.

Order Aggregate Delivery in Richwood

West Virginia Rock Supply delivers bulk gravel, stone, sand and topsoil across Richwood and the rest of Nicholas County. Size your load with the calculator, choose your quantity, and pick a delivery date that fits the working season.

Order online when your site is ready.