Bulk Aggregates for Pathways in Winchester, ID
If you are planning a path, a patio base or a drainage run, gravel and aggregate delivery in Winchester, ID starts with the right material. Idaho Rock Supply delivers bulk loads across Lewis County and the surrounding area.
Road mix is the base that holds a path or pad together here, with the fines left in so it locks up under a roller. From there, the surface material depends on what the path has to do.
Ground and Conditions in Winchester
This part of the state sits on deep windblown loess, in places tens of feet thick, lying over Columbia River basalt. Silt loam over loess seals under rain and sheds water instead of taking it in.
That means long slopes push runoff onto drives, yards and paths, and water perches where the loess meets the basalt below. A thin base fails first at the edges, where water gets in and the surface starts to move.
The fix is a base that drains and a surface that stays put. Sheet and rill erosion on cropped loess slopes here is among the heaviest anywhere in the country, so any bare ground you open needs to shed water rather than hold it.
Sticky loess mud through the wet months is the real constraint on timing. Hauling and compaction go best from late spring through fall, when the ground is firm enough to work.
Materials for Winchester Projects
Fines and screenings are the quiet workhorses on paths and walkways. Stone Screenings, also called crusher fines or chat, bed pavers and flagstone, fill joints, and give a compacted pathway surface that knits tight underfoot.
Under any of that, 3/4 Road Mix is the base course. Idaho yards call crushed base with the fines left in road mix, and a contractor asking for 3/4 minus is asking for the same load.
It goes under driveways, parking pads, shop floors and shed slabs.
On public works plans in Idaho, that same material is called out as crushed aggregate, named by Type I or Type II rather than by a class number. It is the same base, specified a different way.
For a finer walkable surface, Walkway Gravel gives garden paths and walkways a finish that is easier underfoot than a drive. 3/8 Chip works as a leveling course and a topping over a compacted base, and the chips are angular, so they knit together and stay where they are put.
Where water has to move, Drain Rock is the clean angular rock for french drains, foundation drains, drywells, septic drainfields and downspout runs. It is sold as 3/4 inch, 1 1/2 inch and 2 inch, and Idaho also calls it washed rock or 3/4 clean.
If the ground under the path is low or soft, Fill Dirt brings the grade up before a base course goes on top. It is structural fill, not a finished surface.
Delivery to Winchester 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 on site in one pile. Have the spot clear and reachable, and the material lands where the truck can back in.
Idaho Rock Supply delivers to Winchester in Lewis County and to Nezperce, Craigmont and Reubens. If your site is on a long rural approach, keep the access open enough for a loaded truck.
Order Your Load for Winchester
Size the load on the product page calculator, pick your material and quantity, and choose a delivery date at checkout. Idaho Rock Supply delivers bulk gravel, stone and soil to Winchester and across Lewis County.