Which stone is best for drainage in Lake County?

Use a washed, open stone. Drain Rock suits French drains, footing drains, drywells and downspout runs. 3/4" Crushed Stone is angular crushed rock with the fines screened out, for drainage trenches and retaining wall backfill. Both stay open so water moves through instead of sitting. A minus rock holds fines and compacts, which is what you want under a drive, not in a drain.

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

Pick your quantity by the ton or by the yard when you order online, and choose a delivery date at checkout. Have the drop spot clear and reachable for a dump truck. The truck tips the load on site as one pile, so leave room for it. Each product page has a calculator if you want to size the load first.

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

Use 3/4 Minus as the base. It is crushed rock graded 3/4 inch down to fines, so it compacts and locks up. Oregon specifies this dense-graded base by top size with a minus notation, and Section 00641.10 states that base aggregate is dense-graded unless otherwise specified. Bed the pavers in 1/4 Minus on top.

Lake County 3/4 Minus and Gravel Delivery, OR

Oregon Rock Supply brings gravel, stone and aggregate delivery in Lake County, OR to your site. Start with 3/4 minus.

It is crushed rock graded 3/4 inch down to fines, so it compacts and locks up under a drive, a parking pad or a shop floor.

Across the Basin and Range, Klamath and Owyhee Country, the basins are closed and hold surface water after snowmelt. A minus base that compacts beats a clean stone that rolls underfoot.

Delivery across Lake County

Order online and pick your quantity by the ton or by the yard. Each product page has a calculator if you want to size the load before checkout.

Choose a delivery date at checkout and a dump truck tips the load on site. That covers Lakeview, Paisley, Silver Lake, New Pine Creek, Plush and Summer Lake.

Have the drop spot clear and reachable for a truck. The load arrives as one tipped pile.

Materials delivered in Lake County

Start with the job, then pick the stone. A driveway, a drain and a patio each want a different product.

Oregon specifies base material by top size with a minus notation. The Oregon Standard Specifications for Construction set dense-graded base aggregate in Section 02630.10 at sizes of 2 1/2 inch - 0, 2 inch - 0, 1 1/2 inch - 0, 1 inch - 0 and 3/4 inch - 0.

Section 00641.10 states that base aggregate is dense-graded unless otherwise specified. Section 02630.11 covers open-graded aggregate, the clean, fines-free material.

3/4 minus is the dense-graded base for drives, pads and shop floors. It keeps its fines, so it compacts.

For a patio, bed the pavers in 1/4 Minus over that compacted base.

Ground conditions across Lake County

This country is fault-block basins filled with lake-bed silt, alkali flats and playa ground, with basalt rims standing above. Old lake sediments sit in the Klamath Basin.

Silt and playa ground stay soft and hold surface water after snowmelt. An under-built base pumps and settles, so build the base course to carry the load.

Wind moves bare playa ground, and sheet flow comes off the rims during snowmelt and summer storms. Armor exposed slopes and outlets with RipRap.

The season is short, bounded by hard frost at both ends. Frozen ground and soft spring basins both stop compaction, so time the work between them.

Cold winters at 4,000 feet and above bring sustained freezing, with recorded lows from 20 to 34 degrees below zero across this country. Klamath County publishes 24 inches below grade for foundation design.

That is a footing depth set by the building official, not a base depth.

Choosing the right material

Harney County sits in Eastern Oregon, on the same Basin and Range, Klamath and Owyhee Country ground as Lake County. Fault-block basins, lake-bed silt, alkali flats and playa ground, with basalt rims above them.

That means the ground is the same, so the material choice is the same. Minus rock that compacts for a base, clean washed stone for a drain.

Order 3/4 minus for your Lake County project

3/4 minus is the base to start from here: crushed rock that compacts under a drive, a pad or a patio. Add washed stone where water has to move.

Oregon Rock Supply delivers bulk gravel, stone and soil across Lake County, OR. Pick your material, set your quantity and place the order online.

Bulk Aggregate Delivery Across Lake County, OR