Gravel and Aggregate Delivery in Chesapeake, VA

Order gravel and aggregate delivery in Chesapeake, VA the easy way. Virginia Rock Supply sells bulk material by the ton or the yard, and we drop it at your site. Start with 21A. It packs hard because it carries enough fines.

Ground here is old sea and river sediment: sand, silt and clay on flat, low land. Order online, pick your tonnage, and we handle the haul.

Materials for Chesapeake Projects

Driveway work leads here. Build the base first, then top it. These are the sizes Chesapeake crews use, named the way Virginia suppliers name them.

• 21A is the standard Virginia driveway base. Use it under drives, parking pads, shed floors and patio bases. It compacts tight and holds a grade.
• 21B is the coarser, lower-fines base. Pick it where you want the base to drain a little better, and accept that it packs less tightly than 21A.
• Driveway gravel surfaces an existing drive or tops a compacted 21A base. It gives you the wearing course your tires actually ride on.
• #57 stone is about 3/4 inch washed stone. Use it for drainage, French drains and driveway topping. Many suppliers here just call it 3/4 inch stone.
• Screenings, also called stone dust, bed pavers and flagstone and level fine work. They lock flatwork in place.

Ground and Conditions in Chesapeake

Rain has nowhere to go here. The ground is flat and low, so tropical storms, nor'easters and summer thunderstorms pond on drives and pads. Near the Bay, the ocean and the tidal rivers, high tides and storm tides add standing water on top of that.

That shapes your base. Sandy spots drain fast, but clayey, marshy low ground stays wet, so cut a drainage layer into the build instead of hoping it dries. Use #57 stone or drain rock under and beside the pad.

Compaction is the other half. Wet subgrade will not lock up, so build the pad with fill dirt first, then cap it with 21A. Waves, storm tides and runoff also wear shorelines and ditch banks, so loose sandy soil needs armoring where water meets land.

Winter work runs long here. Hard freezes are short and freeze-thaw is lighter than inland. Frost depth is set by each locality, about 12 inches in Chesapeake, so keep footings and buried lines below that. Long wet spells and the late-summer to fall storm season are what stall jobs on low lots.

Delivery to Chesapeake and the Surrounding Area

Bulk material arrives by the truckload and gets dumped where you want it. Have the spot cleared and reachable, with room for the truck to pull out. Mark any lines, and tell us if the gate is tight.

Chesapeake is the independent city of Chesapeake, which is not part of any county, and delivery covers the city as a whole. Order by the ton or the yard on the site, and match the quantity to the depth you need.

Order Base and Driveway Material in Chesapeake

Driveway bases, parking pads, shed floors and drainage all start with the right stone. Virginia Rock Supply delivers 21A, 21B, washed stone, sand and soil across Chesapeake. Pick your material and quantity online, and we will bring the load to your site.