Staymat, Sand and Gravel Delivery in Addison County, VT

Water sits on flat ground here through snowmelt and after summer storms. Clay drains slowly and stays wet, so a drive needs a drainage course as much as it needs a base.

Vermont Rock Supply delivers gravel, stone and aggregate in Addison County, VT.

Start with staymat, the dense graded crushed base Vermont yards call road base. It runs from about 3/4 inch or 1 inch down to dust and locks up tight under a roller.

Materials delivered in Addison County

Staymat is the everyday Vermont word for a dense graded crushed base. Crushed gravel and dense graded crushed stone are the spec words behind it, specified locally through VTrans Standard Specifications for Construction Section 301, Subbase, which draws materials from Section 704.

Those section numbers describe how material is ordered in this state.

Choose a size for the job, from the coarsest drainage stone down to the finest bedding sand.

Crushed gravel tops a bank run gravel subbase on long drives and town roads. Vermont town road standards call for a crushed gravel surface course, and VTrans specifies it under 704.05.

Stone fill is the Vermont word for riprap. Use it to line steep ditches, arm culvert inlets and outlets, and hold stream banks.

VTrans grades it by type under 706.04.

For sand, Mason Sand handles brick and block work, paver joints and fine levelling. Washed Sand beds and levels under slabs and flatwork and mixes with cement.

On the soil side, Garden Soil fills raised beds where screened loam alone sits too heavy. Fill Dirt raises grade and backfills before the gravel goes on.

Ground conditions across Addison County

This county spans two ground regions. In the Champlain Valley, Middlebury, Bristol, Ferrisburgh and Vergennes sit on heavy marine clay, silt and fine sand left when the Champlain Sea flooded the lowland.

Sand deltas and gravel terraces mark where the rivers came in.

In the Green Mountains, Ripton, Hancock and Granville sit on thin, stony glacial till over schist and gneiss. Boulders and ledge sit close to the surface, with sand and gravel outwash on the valley floors.

Clay drains slowly and stays wet. Flat ground and a high water table near the lake keep water sitting on the surface through snowmelt and after summer storms, so a drive here needs a drainage course as much as it needs a base.

On the mountain side, rain and snowmelt run off steep, shallow soils fast. Brooks rise quickly, and a drive on a grade sheds water down its own surface unless the crown and ditch line are right.

Erosion follows the same split. In the valley, sheet wash and gullying cut bare clay, streams scour their banks, and waves work the Lake Champlain shoreline at high water.

In the mountains, steep-gradient streams scour banks, ditches and culvert outlets in heavy rain.

The Champlain Valley dries first, so work starts earlier there than anywhere else in Vermont. The clay still stays soft for weeks through mud season and ruts under a loaded truck.

In the mountain towns the working season is short. Mud season arrives later and lasts longer up high, and the ground freezes again sooner, so base and paver work is squeezed into late spring through early fall.

Winters in the valley run the mildest in Vermont, but the ground still freezes hard and thaws repeatedly. Clay that holds water heaves a gravel drive more than a sandy soil does.

Footing depth is set by the town, so confirm it with the town office.

Delivery across Addison County

Vermont Rock Supply delivers across the county, from Middlebury, Bristol, Ferrisburgh and Vergennes to Starksboro, New Haven, Shoreham, Orwell, Bridport, Salisbury, Ripton, Whiting, Hancock and Granville.

Order online. Choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard, and each product page has a calculator to help size the load.

Pick a delivery date at checkout. A dump truck tips the load on site in one pile.

Choosing the right material

Rutland County spans the Taconics and the Valley of Vermont along with the Green Mountains. Those Taconics and valley ground differ from Addison County's clay plain and mountain till, so a base choice there can lean on different material.

Washington County spans the Vermont Piedmont and the Green Mountains. Windsor County spans the Connecticut River Valley, the Vermont Piedmont and the Green Mountains.

Where a neighbour shares the Green Mountains ground, the ground is the same as Addison County's mountain side. Where the Piedmont or the Connecticut River Valley ground appears, the soil and drainage differ from the clay plain, so the base and drainage choice shifts with them.

Order staymat and gravel for Addison County

Vermont Rock Supply delivers staymat, bank run gravel, washed stone, sand and screened loam across Addison County, from the clay plain to the mountain towns. Order online by the ton or by the yard, and pick a delivery date at checkout.