Stone Screenings for Patios in De Kalb, MS

Mississippi Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in De Kalb, MS for two kinds of buyers: contractors setting pavers and flatwork, and homeowners building a patio or drive of their own. Both usually start with 610 limestone, the crushed stone base this part of Mississippi calls by its number.

Around De Kalb the ground is prairie clay, dark and fine, and it moves with the water. What you put under a patio matters as much as the patio itself.

Ground and Conditions in De Kalb

Across The Black Prairie, the soil is a dark fine clay formed on chalk and marl. It shrinks and cracks open when dry, swells when wet, and turns to grease after rain.

The ground is flat to gently undulating and takes water very slowly. Water stands, the clay softens, and a thin base simply disappears into it.

That is the failure you see on flatwork here: a patio or walk settles, edges drop, and joints open within a season or two. The cause is usually undercut, not the surface material.

Drainage and base depth carry more weight on this clay than they would on sandy ground. A separation layer under the base keeps fine clay from working up into the stone.

Work runs nearly year round here, but prairie clay can stay too wet to compact for weeks after a heavy winter rain. Movement in this clay comes from water, not from frost.

Materials for De Kalb Projects

Bedding is where a patio is won or lost on this ground. The layer directly under pavers or flagstone has to hold a level plane, and it has to stay put while the clay below it moves.

Stone Screenings are the fine material for that job. Screenings bed pavers and flagstone, fill the joints, and top a compacted base with a surface you can screed flat.

Under the bedding, 610 Limestone is the compacting base for patios, driveways, shed pads, and parking pads. Size No.

Where a patio or walk sits over soft, wet clay, Clay Gravel is the older Mississippi answer. It is pit-run gravel with enough clay and fines to bind and pack into a graded surface.

Water still has to leave. Drain Rock goes into French drains, foundation drains, and downspout runs on ground that holds water, and #57 Limestone does the same work where a clean, free-draining stone is wanted.

For the joints and tight spots, #89 Crushed Stone is a small washed stone for tight bedding and joints. Masonry Sand works for paver joints and block work.

Delivery to De Kalb and the Surrounding Area

You order online, choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard, and pick a delivery date at checkout. Each product page has a calculator to size the load.

Bulk delivery means a dump truck tips the material in one pile at your site. From there it is yours to move and place.

Mississippi Rock Supply delivers across Kemper County, including Scooba, Porterville, and Preston. Material comes by the ton or the yard for any of it.

Order Your Patio Material in De Kalb

Start with the measurements for your patio, walk, or pad, then use the calculator on the product page to size the load by the ton or the yard. Once the quantity is set, pick your delivery date at checkout and order stone screenings, 610 limestone, and drainage stone for your De Kalb project.