3/8 Inch Crushed Stone and Bulk Aggregates for Norfolk, VA

Virginia Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Norfolk, VA. Water is the problem here. Flat, low ground gives rain nowhere to run, so drives, pads and yards pond after a nor'easter or a summer storm. Washed stone moves that water. So does 21A, packed hard as a driveway base that sheds instead of sponging.

Order by the ton and we drop it where you need it. Every load is sized to the job.

Materials for Norfolk Projects

Drainage drives this market. Start with washed stone, then work down to the fines that hold a surface together.

#57 stone is the workhorse. About 3/4 inch, washed clean, no fines to clog a trench. Use it in French drains, drywells, downspout runs and behind retaining walls. It also tops a drive.

#8 crushed stone goes smaller. Pipe bedding, paver joints, porous backfill behind a wall. Water passes through it and the pipe stays supported.

Drain rock covers the same ground in bulk. French drains, drywells, downspout runs, drainage behind walls.

Riprap armors what the water attacks. Shorelines, ditch banks, culvert outlets and slopes where storm runoff and wave action eat the edge.

Then the base. 21A is the standard Virginia driveway base. 21B is the coarser, lower-fines version. It drains a little better and packs less tightly. Under a shed or patio pad, 21A first, then a leveling layer of screenings for pavers and flagstone.

Ground and Conditions in Norfolk

Norfolk sits on layers of sand, silt and clay laid down as old sea and river sediment. Not weathered rock. Sandy spots drain fast. Clayey, marshy low ground stays wet for days.

That split decides your base depth and your drainage layer. On low, wet lots, dig deeper, use more washed stone, and let the trench carry water away from the pad. On sandy ground, less stone does the same job.

Freezes are short here. Frost depth runs about 12 inches in Norfolk, so freeze-thaw is lighter than inland. Work runs through most of the winter. What stops jobs is long wet spells and the late-summer to fall tropical storm season, especially on lots that already hold water.

Plan around that. Book fill and base stone before a wet stretch, not during one. Wet ground will not compact, and a base that never compacted will fail.

Shoreline work has its own clock. Waves, storm tides and rising water wear away land where it meets the Bay, the ocean and the tidal rivers and creeks. Riprap placed before storm season holds. Placed after, it repairs.

Delivery to Norfolk and the Surrounding Area

Norfolk is an independent city, not part of any county, and we cover it. Order online and pick your material by the ton or the yard.

Figure your quantity before you order. Length times width times depth gives you cubic feet; convert that to tons for the stone you picked. A driveway base usually wants a solid layer compacted in lifts, and more where the ground is soft.

Bulk delivery means a dump truck and a place to put it. Tell us where the pile goes and whether the truck can reach it. On a tight street or a narrow drive, we drop as close as the truck safely gets.

Lead time depends on the material and the season. Washed stone and 21A move steadily. Order ahead when a storm is forecast, because everyone else is ordering too.

Order Bulk Gravel and Stone in Norfolk

Virginia Rock Supply delivers 21A, washed stone, riprap, sand and topsoil across Norfolk, VA. Tell us the material and the tonnage, and we will get it to your site. Order online when you are ready.