Crushed Stone, Sand and Gravel in Colchester, VT

Vermont Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Colchester, VT, from a single ton of staymat to full loads of screened loam for a new lawn. If you are grading a yard, bedding a patio or rebuilding a drive, the material has to suit the ground under it.

This part of the Champlain Valley sits on heavy clay left by the old sea, so water moves slowly and a base needs a drainage course as much as it needs stone.

Materials for Colchester Projects

Grading and bed prep start with soil and fill, because the ground has to be shaped and raised before any stone goes down. Fill dirt, also called common fill, raises grade and backfills around a foundation.

Screened loam, which Vermont landscapers just call loam, goes over that for lawns and beds.

Where loam alone sits too heavy, garden soil gives raised beds and planting areas a lighter mix. Order fill dirt and screened loam by the ton or the yard, and size the load with the calculator on each product page.

Once grade is set, base material takes the traffic. Staymat is the Vermont yard word for a dense graded crushed base running from about 3/4 inch or 1 inch down to dust, and it locks up tight under a roller.

It is the everyday choice for driveways, parking pads and shed bases.

Bank run gravel is different: it is screened from a pit or bank rather than crushed, which is why town road standards ask for a foot or more of it as subbase under a thinner crushed top course. Order bank run gravel for bulk fill and staymat for the running surface.

Washed stone handles water. 3/4 inch crushed stone suits drainage beds, curtain drains and pipe surround, and Vermont buys washed stone by the inch far more often than by a number.

Drain rock covers curtain drains, footing drains and dry wells.

For bedding under pavers, flagstone and bluestone, stone dust is the New England default. It also makes a dust-binding topping on paths.

Pea stone works for walkways, dog runs and play areas, and pea stone is what Vermont yards say rather than Natural Pea Gravel.

Sand and decorative stone round out a job. Mason sand goes into brick and block work, paver joints and sandboxes.

Washed sand, also called concrete sand, beds and levels under slabs and flatwork. For beds and borders, river rock and large river rock build dry creek beds that carry roof and drive runoff.

Ground and Conditions in Colchester

Across the Champlain Valley the ground is heavy marine clay, silt and fine sand, with sand deltas and gravel terraces where rivers once came in. Clay drains slowly and stays wet, so water sits on the surface through snowmelt and after summer storms.

That is the practical problem on any drive or pad here: the water has to have somewhere to go before the base can do its job. A drainage course under the stone matters as much as the stone itself.

Erosion follows the same pattern. Bare clay washes in sheets and gullies, streams cut into the clay plain, and high water works at the shoreline.

Loose ground left open through a wet spring loses material fast.

The working season starts earlier here than anywhere else in Vermont because the valley dries first. The clay still stays soft for weeks through mud season and will rut under a loaded truck, so timing a delivery matters.

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

Frost depth is set by the town, so confirm footing depth with the Colchester town office.

Delivery to Colchester and the Surrounding Area

Bulk material arrives by dump truck and tips in one pile. Have the drop spot clear and reachable, with room for the truck to back in and pull out.

The driver tips the load where the truck can safely stand.

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

Vermont Rock Supply delivers across Colchester and the rest of Chittenden County, including Burlington, South Burlington, Essex Junction, Milton and Williston. If your site is in one of those towns, the same material list applies.

Order Gravel, Soil and Stone in Colchester

Vermont Rock Supply serves driveways, parking pads, shed bases, drainage runs, patios and lawn and bed prep in Colchester, with staymat, bank run gravel, washed stone, sand, screened loam, garden soil and fill dirt. Order online by the ton or the yard, size the load with the calculator, and pick your delivery date at checkout.