Gravel and Aggregate Delivery in Plummer, ID
If you are building a driveway, setting a patio base or running drainage, gravel and aggregate delivery in Plummer, ID starts with the right material. Idaho Rock Supply sells bulk road mix, washed stone, sand and soil, delivered to your site.
Road mix is the local name for crushed base with the fines left in, so it locks up under a roller. Around Plummer, that is the layer most drives and pads sit on.
Materials for Plummer Projects
Grading and bed prep come first on most lots here. The forested uplands carry volcanic ash over windblown loess, with glacial till on the ridges, so the native ground is often thin and stony before you ever plant into it.
Screened Top Soil goes down for lawns and bed prep. It is screened and clean, which matters when you are spreading it over stony ground.
Garden Soil is the richer mix for raised beds and planting areas. Use it where the native ground is too thin or too alkaline to plant into directly.
Fill Dirt brings a low spot up to grade before anything else goes on top. It is backfill and structural fill, not a finished surface.
For the base course under a drive, parking pad or shop floor, 3/4 Road Mix is the material. Contractors here also order it as 3/4 minus, and on public works plans it is called out as crushed aggregate by type.
Where water has to move, Drain Rock is clean washed rock for french drains, foundation drains, drywells and downspout runs. It comes in 3/4 inch, 1 1/2 inch and 2 inch sizes.
For a walkable surface, 3/8 Chip is angular, so it knits together and stays put where Natural Pea Gravel would roll underfoot.
Sand rounds out the list. Washed concrete sand beds pavers and slabs, and mason sand handles brick and block work and paver joints.
Ground and Conditions in Plummer
Start with where the water goes. Across the Panhandle forest and glacial ground, a dense fragipan sits below the ash and loess, and it is close to watertight.
Winter rain and snowmelt collect above that layer and sit near the surface through the wet months. A drive or pad built without drainage can hold water right under it.
That is why a drainage layer matters as much as the base itself. Clean washed rock like drain rock lets water move instead of ponding against the base.
Wet ground from late fall through spring limits work here more than cold does. Base and paver work waits for the ground to drain, and the dependable window runs from midsummer into early fall.
Wet Pacific winters freeze and thaw again and again rather than locking up once. That heaves gravel drives and breaks up unpaved surfaces every spring, so the base has to be built to take it.
Delivery to Plummer and the Surrounding Area
You order online, choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard, and pick a delivery date at checkout. Each product page has a calculator if you want to size the load before you order.
A dump truck then tips the load in one pile at your site. Have the drop spot clear and reachable, with room for the truck to pull in and out.
Idaho Rock Supply delivers across Plummer and Benewah County, including St. Maries, Fernwood, De Smet and Tensed.
Questions About Ordering in Plummer
Can I order material by the ton for delivery in Plummer?
Yes. Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard, and you choose the amount when you place the order online.
Each product page has a calculator to help you size the load. Pick a delivery date at checkout and a dump truck tips the material at your site.
What stone should I use for drainage in Plummer?
Use clean washed rock, which Idaho yards sell as drain rock. It is angular and free of fines, so water moves through it instead of sitting.
It works for french drains, foundation drains, drywells, septic drainfields and downspout runs, and comes in 3/4 inch, 1 1/2 inch and 2 inch sizes.
Order Road Mix, Soil and Stone for Your Plummer Project
Idaho Rock Supply delivers road mix, pit run, drain rock, sand, topsoil and garden soil to driveways, pads, drainage runs and planting beds around Plummer. Order online, size the load on the product page, and set your delivery date at checkout.