Order Staymat and Crushed Stone in Orleans County, VT

Vermont Rock Supply sells gravel, stone and aggregate delivery in Orleans County, VT. Spring runoff scours long gravel road grades and cuts stream banks after a fast thaw.

Staymat is the answer most Orleans County yards reach for: a dense graded crushed base that locks up tight under a roller.

Order online by the ton or the yard, size the load with the calculator on each product page, and a dump truck tips it on site.

Delivery across Orleans County

Order online and pick a quantity by the ton or by the yard. Each product page carries a calculator so you can size the load before you check out.

Choose a delivery date at checkout and a dump truck tips the material on site in one pile.

Vermont Rock Supply delivers to Derby, Newport, Barton, Troy, Craftsbury, Irasburg, Glover, Orleans, Albany, Lowell, Greensboro, Derby Line, Morgan and North Troy. The truck tips the load and leaves it in a single pile for you to work from.

Materials delivered in Orleans County

Lead with the job. A driveway wants staymat.

A patio wants stone dust and washed sand under it. A drain wants clean washed stone.

Below is what each material is and what it is for here.

Staymat carries the most weight in local work. It is what Vermont yards call a dense graded crushed base, running from about 3/4 inch or 1 inch down to dust, so it locks up tight under a roller.

Base and subbase work in Vermont is specified through VTrans Standard Specifications for Construction Section 301, Subbase, which draws its materials from Section 704: Gravel for Subbase (704.04), Crushed Gravel for Subbase (704.05) and Dense Graded Crushed Stone for Subbase (704.06).

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

Dense graded crushed stone is the spec name for a crushed stone base graded from 3 inches down to fines.

For drainage, 3/4 inch crushed stone goes into drainage beds, curtain drains and pipe surround. Pea stone suits walkways, dog runs, play areas and dry wells.

Stone fill lines steep ditches and holds stream banks, with Type I running about 1 inch to 12 inches. For beds, screened loam and shredded mulch cover the planting side.

Ground conditions across Orleans County

Orleans County spans more than one ground region. Around Derby, Newport, Barton and Troy the ground is stony glacial till over granite and schist across the uplands, with ledge near the surface on the hills and peat and wet organic ground in the basins.

Sand and gravel sit along the Passumpsic, Barton, Clyde and upper Connecticut valleys.

Around Lowell and Westfield the ground turns to thin, stony glacial till over schist and gneiss on the slopes, with boulders and ledge close to the surface and sand and gravel outwash on the valley floors.

Water drives the base choice. In the Northeast Kingdom, snowpack lasts, the thaw runs long over ground still frozen underneath, and dense hardpan till holds water rather than letting it through.

In the Green Mountains, rain and snowmelt run off steep, shallow soils fast, so brooks rise quickly.

Spring runoff scours ditches and culverts on long gravel road grades and cuts stream banks after heavy rain or a fast thaw. On the mountain side, steep-gradient streams scour banks, ditches and culvert outlets in heavy rain.

The build window is short. In the Northeast Kingdom, mud season runs late and the ground freezes early.

Up in the Green Mountains, mud season arrives later and lasts longer, and the ground freezes again sooner. Frost goes deep and comes out late.

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

Choosing the right material

Caledonia County and Essex County share Orleans County's ground region in the Northeast Kingdom: stony glacial till over granite and schist across the uplands, ledge near the surface on the hills, peat and wet organic ground in the basins, and sand and gravel along the Passumpsic, Barton, Clyde and upper Connecticut valleys.

The ground is the same, so the base and drainage choices are the same.

Franklin County spans more than one zone, with ground in the Champlain Valley and the Green Mountains. That is a different setting from Orleans County's uplands and basins, and it changes what the ground under a base does with water.

Pick by job. A driveway or parking pad takes staymat over a bank run gravel subbase.

A patio takes stone dust bedding over washed sand. A drain takes 3/4 inch crushed stone or drain rock.

A steep ditch takes stone fill. For lawns and beds, screened loam and garden soil finish the work.

Order staymat and crushed stone for your Orleans County job

Staymat is the base that carries most Orleans County drives and pads, and Vermont Rock Supply delivers it across the county. Add gravel, stone, sand or loam to the same order.

Pick your quantity by the ton or the yard, size the load with the calculator on the product page, and choose a delivery date at checkout.