Mason Sand for Patios in Ten Mile, TN

Order gravel and aggregate delivery in Ten Mile, TN by the ton or the yard. Tennessee Rock Supply drops bulk material at your site. Start with crusher run for drives and pads. Add mason sand for patio bedding. The ground here is cherty clay, often red, so what you put under a slab matters as much as the slab.

Shop online, pick your material, and we haul it to Meigs County.

Materials for Ten Mile Projects

In Ten Mile, patios and flatwork rely on a good bedding layer. Mason sand sets the grade under pavers and flagstone. It spreads thin, packs firm, and holds a level plane so units do not rock.

Set pavers on mason sand at a uniform depth. For a slab, use washed sand as bedding and base. It drains and compacts clean under concrete.

For the base course below either one, crusher run does the heavy work. This is crushed stone with the fines left in, so it compacts into a hard, stable surface. Spread it, wet it, and run a plate compactor over it before bedding goes down.

Where a pad carries vehicles or a building, spec the base as mineral aggregate base, Grading D.

Round out the order with the supporting materials:

• Screenings, also called #10 screenings or stone dust, for leveling under patios and path surfacing.
• #57 stone for drainage, French drains and driveway topping.
• Drain rock behind retaining walls and downspout runs.
• Top soil to finish beds and lawns over heavy clay.

Ground and Conditions in Ten Mile

A thin base fails fast here. Cherty clay and red clay move with moisture, so a patio laid on a thin bedding layer over bare ground heaves and dips within a season. More sand will not stop that; a deeper base and good drainage will.

Dig out, then build a compacted base in lifts. A thinner base of crusher run handles a walkway. Go deeper for a patio that takes furniture, grills or foot traffic year round. Compact each lift before the next one goes down.

Water is the other half of the job. Sinkholes and springs in the limestone and dolomite valleys pull runoff underground, while slower clay and shale ground pushes storm water across the surface toward creeks. Grade the patio away from the house and set a drainage layer of #57 stone or drain rock at the low edge.

Time the work around the wet season. Late winter and spring are wettest here, and flash flooding peaks from late spring into summer. Saturated clay and high creeks delay base work more often than frozen ground does. Frost is shallow on the valley floors, with regular freeze-thaw cycles, so footings still go at least 12 inches below grade.

Delivery to Ten Mile and the Surrounding Area

Order online and choose your unit. Sand, stone and topsoil sell by the ton or by the cubic yard, and the two are not the same number. A yard of mason sand weighs more than a yard of mulch. Match the unit to how you measured the job.

Estimate quantity before you order. Multiply length by width by depth in feet, then divide by 27 for cubic yards. For a patio bedding layer, that is the sand figure. Add the base course separately.

Bulk delivery drops material where the truck can reach. Pick a spot close to the work but clear of the slab, and keep the pile off finished grade. We deliver across Ten Mile and Meigs County, including Decatur.

Get Your Ten Mile Patio Order Started

Run your patio dimensions through the calculator and let it convert yards to tons for you. Then place the order online and we will deliver the mason sand, crusher run and drainage stone your project needs. Measure the job, add site access notes when you order, and pick a delivery date at checkout.