Bulk Aggregates for Patios in Sturgeon Bay, WI

Order gravel and aggregate delivery in Sturgeon Bay, WI without leaving the house. Wisconsin Rock Supply sells bulk material online by the ton or the yard. Pick your stone, set the quantity, and we haul it to your site.

Start with traffic bond. It is the crushed dense-graded base this market builds on, and it packs hard under a patio or a parking pad. Clay ground here needs the right base first.

Materials for Sturgeon Bay Projects

A Sturgeon Bay patio is only as steady as its bedding. Set pavers on the wrong material and the surface rocks, dips, and pumps water within a season. Traffic bond, sold as 3/4 inch Traffic Bond, is the crushed dense-graded base that goes under the bedding layer.

Above that base, bedding does the leveling. Screenings, the local name for stone dust, pack tight and hold a paver course flat. Use them for patio bedding, walkways, and a hard top dressing on a drive.

Sand is the other bedding option. Washed sand beds and levels under slabs and pavers. Mason sand suits joints and block work.

Drainage matters under flatwork. Clear stone, sold as 3/4" Crushed Stone, has the fines screened out so water moves. Pair it with drain rock for French drains and downspout runs.

Where the ground is soft or clay-heavy, breaker run goes in first as a coarse sub-base. Cap it with traffic bond. Finish beds and borders with river rock or Natural Pea Gravel.

Ground and Conditions in Sturgeon Bay

Thin base fails here. Wet clay over still-frozen ground cannot drain, so it turns soft and a shallow gravel base heaves and ruts. By late winter frost runs 48 to 72 inches under pavement.

Fix it with depth and drainage. Excavate past the soft zone, lay breaker run over the clay, then compact traffic bond in lifts. Add a clear stone drainage layer so meltwater has somewhere to go.

Soil is clay-rich glacial till and old lake-bed silt, sandier along parts of the shore and thin over dolomite on the Door Peninsula. Water ponds on flat ground and runs off to ditches.

Time the work. Clay stays soft after the thaw and after heavy rain, so base and paver work goes best from late spring into fall. Spring weight limits post on county and town roads while frost comes out.

Delivery to Sturgeon Bay and the Surrounding Area

Choose tons or yards. Bulk material sells by weight or volume, and the two are not the same number. Multiply your square footage by the depth in feet, then by 1.4 for a rough tonnage on traffic bond.

Estimate depth first. A patio base wants a solid compacted layer, more over clay. Bedding adds an inch. Order a little over and you will not stop mid-lay.

We deliver across Door County, including Brussels, Sister Bay, Forestville, Egg Harbor, and Baileys Harbor. Place the order online and we route it to your site.

Size Your Patio Base Before You Order

Run your numbers through the calculator, then order online. Traffic bond, screenings, and drainage stone all ship by the ton or the yard, sized to your project. Get the base depth right in Sturgeon Bay and the patio stays flat for years. Place your order when you are ready.