3/8 Inch Crushed Stone for Patios in Snowville, UT

Utah Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Snowville, UT, and the working season here runs long on both sides of a hot, dry summer. Water for compaction is the limiting factor in July and August, and wind strips fines off an unprotected surface before it is rolled.

Most flatwork around Snowville starts with untreated base course, the UTBC that Utah yards and crews put on a ticket. Order it early in the day when the forecast is calm.

Ground and Conditions in Snowville

Ground across the West Desert and the Great Basin valleys is strongly alkaline and calcareous. Alluvial fan gravel and sand drain quickly, while playa silt, clay and salt crust on the basin floors hold water at the surface for days.

A thin base over that ground shows its failure fast. The surface pumps, ruts and settles unevenly once the crust below it stays wet.

The fix is a thicker compacted base and a clean drainage layer under it. Untreated base course is the material that carries the load, and washed rock moves water away from the edges.

Wind is the other driver. Sheet flow and flash runoff off the fans move loose material, and salt and alkali work up through any unprotected surface.

Frost in this part of the state is a footing question, not a base question. Frost depth is set by each jurisdiction, so confirm the figure with the local building official before you pour.

Ground here freezes and thaws repeatedly through the season rather than staying frozen.

Materials for Snowville Projects

Bedding under pavers and flatwork is where the material choice shows. The bedding layer levels the pavers and spreads load down into the base, so it has to be fine, consistent and free of oversize stone.

Untreated base course, also called UTBC, is the compacted layer under driveways, parking pads, slabs, shed bases and paver work.

Size it by top size, 3/4 inch UTBC or 1 1/2 inch minus, rather than by another state's class number.

Crusher fines, also called stone screenings or chat, are the usual bedding for pavers and flagstone. The same material compacts into a walkable path surface that holds up in dry ground better than loose stone.

Washed sand, also called concrete sand, is the other common bedding choice. It beds and levels under pavers and slabs and mixes into concrete.

Mason sand, also called mortar sand, goes into brick and block work, paver joints and play sand.

3/8 inch crushed stone, also called 3/8 inch chip, fills paver joints and tops a compacted base. It also beds pipe and handles fine drainage.

Drain rock, also called washed rock or clean rock, handles French drains, footing and foundation drains, window wells, drywells and downspout runs. It stays clean so water moves through it.

Delivery to Snowville and the Surrounding Area

You order online and choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard. Each product page has a calculator if you want to size the load before checkout.

A dump truck tips the load in one pile at the delivery address. Plan where that pile should sit before the truck arrives, because the driver does not spread or place material.

Snowville sits in Box Elder County, and delivery covers the same county, including Brigham City, Tremonton, Garland, Willard and Honeyville.

Order Base, Bedding and Drainage Material for Snowville

Start with the quantity you need, sized on the product page calculator, then pick your delivery date at checkout. Utah Rock Supply delivers untreated base course, bedding sand, crusher fines and drainage stone to Snowville and Box Elder County.

Place your order online when you are ready.