Order Gravel, Stone and Soil in Montpelier, VT

Gravel and aggregate delivery in Montpelier, VT starts from the ground you are building on. Vermont Rock Supply drops bulk staymat, washed stone, sand and soil at sites across the city and Washington County.

This part of the Vermont Piedmont gives you stony glacial till over schist and phyllite. Water perches on hardpan and on ledge near the hilltops, so a base that was never raised above grade will keep moving.

Delivery to Montpelier and the Surrounding Area

Order online and pick your quantity by the ton or by the yard. Each product page has a calculator if you want to size the load before checkout.

Pick a delivery date at checkout and a dump truck tips the material on site in one pile. The driver does not spread it.

We deliver across Montpelier and out to Barre, Northfield, Waterbury, East Montpelier and Warren. Bulk loads go to driveways, building pads and job sites around the county.

Materials for Montpelier Projects

Raising grade is the first job on most sloped lots here. Fill dirt builds the pad up and shapes the ground away from a foundation before any stone goes on.

Bank run gravel goes over that as subbase. It is screened pit gravel rather than crushed stone, and Vermont road standards call for a foot or more of it under a thinner top course.

Order it at Bank Run Gravel.

For the running surface, staymat is the local answer. It is 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.

Order staymat at Staymat.

Where a harder, more angular base than pit gravel is wanted, dense graded crushed stone is the spec name for the same family of material.

Under pavers, bluestone and flagstone, stone dust is the New England default. It beds the stone and binds the surface on paths.

Order it at Stone Dust.

Curtain drains, footing drains and downspout runs take washed stone that lets water move. Vermont buys 3/4 inch clean stone for drainage beds, pipe surround and mud-season hardstanding, and it is ordered by the inch far more often than by a number.

Order it at 3/4" Crushed Stone.

Where a cut bank or culvert outlet needs armouring, stone fill is the Vermont word. Type I runs about 1 inch to 12 inches and holds a steep ditch.

Order it at Stone Fill.

Ground and Conditions in Montpelier

Start from the soil. Stony till over schist and phyllite drains poorly where hardpan sits close, and hillside seeps keep a cut bank wet all season.

That is why an under-built base fails here. Water perches, the fines soften, and the surface above it starts to move.

Raising grade and using open washed stone in the drainage layer keeps water out of the base.

Steep gravel road grades scour ditches and culvert inlets after heavy rain or snowmelt. Stone fill at the outlet and washed stone behind the pipe take that energy.

Cold winters bring deep frost in the hill towns and frost heaving that shows on gravel roads and on long drives running across a slope. Frost depth is set by the town, so confirm footing depth with the Montpelier town office.

Base and driveway work runs from the end of mud season into late fall. The valley terraces work a week or two before the hill towns, and mud season is when a running surface gets chewed up.

Questions from Montpelier Buyers

What is the best base under pavers in Montpelier?

Stone dust is the bedding layer under pavers, bluestone and flagstone, and it is the New England default under flatwork. Below it you want a compacted base that holds up through frost heave, which in this part of the state means a dense graded crushed base such as staymat over bank run gravel.

Order the bedding at Stone Dust.

Do you supply contractors working in Montpelier?

Yes. Vermont Rock Supply supplies staymat, bank run gravel, washed stone, sand, soil and fill dirt in bulk to contractors and homeowners across Montpelier and Washington County.

You order online, choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard, and pick a delivery date at checkout. A dump truck tips the load on site.

Order Staymat and Fill for Your Montpelier Job

Staymat is the base most Montpelier drives and pads are built on, and it is the material to start with when you raise grade. Vermont Rock Supply delivers bulk staymat, bank run gravel, washed stone, sand and soil across the city and Washington County.

Order online by the ton or the yard and pick your delivery date at checkout.