Fill and Base Material Delivered in Troy, IN

What do you order to raise a building pad or firm up a soggy drive? You start with gravel and aggregate delivery in Troy, IN from Indiana Rock Supply. On this hill country ground, the answer almost always starts with fill dirt to build grade, then #53 stone on top to lock it in.

That pair carries most pads, drives and shed bases here. Get the layers and depths right and the surface stays put through wet winters and spring thaws.

Materials for Troy Projects

Most projects in Troy start below the surface. You raise the grade with fill dirt, compact it, then cap it with a dense graded base that packs hard. Around Troy, that is the core of most jobs: fill and sub-base for raising grade and building pads.

Order by project type. For a driveway, lay fill dirt to build the crown, compact it, then spread #53 stone as a solid base layer. Where you want a tighter surface, top the #53 with #73 stone.

For a patio or walkway, the base still does the work. Cap your compacted #53 with stone screenings, then set pavers or flagstone on a level bed.

For drainage, keep the water moving. Use drain rock in French drains and downspout runs, and 3/4 inch crushed stone in open drainage beds.

Ground and Conditions in Troy

Start from the soil, because it decides how deep your base has to be. Troy sits in south-central hills and karst country. Most of the ground is unglaciated hill country: thin, silty soils over sandstone, siltstone and shale on the steep ridges, and red-brown clay over limestone on the karst plain.

That clay is slick when wet and soft under load. Build a pad on bare clay with a thin stone layer and it pumps, ruts and settles. Excavate to firm ground, place and compact fill in lifts, then put your #53 stone base on top.

Water is the other half of the job. Rain runs off these slopes fast and collects in narrow valleys, and many ridgetop silty soils hold water near the surface. On the karst plain, water drains into sinkholes. Never aim runoff at a sinkhole: it can wash out fill or open a collapse.

Bare steep slopes gully quickly, and shale-rich slopes are prone to landslides. Arm ditches, culvert outlets and stream banks with rip rap before the next heavy rain.

Time your work for late spring through fall. In wet winter and spring weather the clay turns slick and steep, and unpaved drives rut and wash out. Winters here are milder than northern Indiana but still bring repeated freeze-thaw that heaves gravel drives and softens clay subgrades.

Delivery to Troy and the Surrounding Area

Order online and pick your quantity before you schedule. Calculate by the ton or the cubic yard, and use the depth you actually need rather than the depth you hope will hold. A compacted base takes more stone than a thin layer over the same area.

Measure your pad or drive, work out square feet, then multiply by depth in feet to get cubic feet. Divide by 27 for cubic yards, and order a little over for compaction loss and grade variation.

Bulk delivery to a site in Troy needs a spot the truck can reach and dump. A clear, firm approach works best. If the ground is soft, tell us at order time so the load is placed where it can be spread.

We deliver across Perry County, including Tell City, Cannelton, Leopold, Branchville and Bristow.

Questions from Troy Buyers

What is the best base under pavers in Troy?

Use #53 stone as the structural base, compacted in lifts to a solid depth. Cap it with stone screenings and screed those level before you set pavers. On the red-brown clay here, the screenings bed should sit on compacted #53, not on bare clay, or the pavers will shift with the seasons.

Do you supply contractors working in Troy?

Yes. Contractors, builders and homeowners all order the same way, online, by the ton or yard. You can pull fill dirt, #53 stone, #73 stone, drain rock and rip rap for pads, drives and drainage work across Perry County. Pick your quantity, schedule the delivery, and spread it on site.

Order Fill and Base Stone in Troy

For most pads and drives around Troy, the order is fill dirt to build grade, then #53 stone to finish it. Add drain rock or rip rap where water needs somewhere to go. Order online from Indiana Rock Supply and we will deliver your stone to the site.