Order Gravel, Stone and Soil in Falmouth, ME

Looking at gravel and aggregate delivery in Falmouth, ME for a pad that has to sit above wet ground? Maine Rock Supply delivers Type A gravel, washed stone, sand and soil in bulk.

The low ground here sits on marine clay that takes water slowly.

Order online by the ton or the yard, and a dump truck tips the load on your site.

Delivery to Falmouth and the Surrounding Area

Delivery is set up online. You pick the material, choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard, and select a delivery date at checkout.

Each product page carries a calculator if you want to size the load before you order. The truck arrives and tips the material in one pile on your site.

Falmouth sits in Cumberland County, and delivery covers the town and the surrounding area, including Portland, South Portland, Scarborough, Brunswick and Westbrook.

Have the drop spot clear and reachable before the truck arrives. A pile of fill or base gravel is heavy, so the ground under it needs to hold.

Materials for Falmouth Projects

Raising grade and building pads is the work this ground asks for. When a yard or a pad has to come up above wet clay, the material under the finished surface does the real work.

Start with bulk fill. Fill Dirt, also called common borrow, is unprocessed bulk fill for raising grade, backfilling and building up a pad under a gravel course.

Bank Run Gravel is pit run gravel, straight out of the pit as it lies. It is a filler and rough subbase course, not a finished driving surface.

On top of that goes the base.

For a driveway, a parking pad or a camp road, Driveway Gravel is the 3/4 inch crushed gravel that goes on as the running surface.

For a patio or a walkway, bedding comes first. Stone Dust, also called screenings, is the fine setting bed under pavers, flagstone and walkway stone.

Where water has to move instead of sit, Drain Rock is washed drainage stone for foundation drains, curtain drains and french drains.

Ground and Conditions in Falmouth

Across the Southern coast and Presumpscot clay lowland, marine silt and clay sits under the topsoil. That clay takes water very slowly, so yards and drives sit wet through mud season.

Low ground near tidal water backs up in coastal storms and high tides. A pad built straight on that clay holds the water against the fill above it.

This is why sub-base matters more than surface here. Fill dirt and bank run gravel raise the grade so the base course sits above the wet layer, not in it.

On the higher terraces the ground is sand and gravel outwash, which drains far better. Stony till and granite ledge show up on the hills.

The working season here is the longest in the state. Base, driveway and paver work runs from the end of mud season into late fall.

Winter still freezes the ground hard and thaws it repeatedly. Gravel drives and walks heave every spring as the frost comes out, so a base that drains matters after the thaw.

Questions Falmouth Buyers Ask

What is the best base under pavers in Falmouth?

Stone dust, also called screenings, is the setting bed that goes directly under pavers, flagstone and walkway stone. Below it, Type A gravel is the compacted base course for the pad.

On this ground the base has to sit above the marine clay, because that clay takes water very slowly and holds it. Order both and build the layers in the right order.

Do you supply contractors working in Falmouth?

Yes. Contractors and homeowners order the same way, online, with the quantity chosen by the ton or by the yard.

Each product page has a calculator if you want to size the load first. Pick a delivery date at checkout and a dump truck tips the material in one pile on the site in Falmouth or the surrounding Cumberland County area.

Order Type A Gravel for Your Falmouth Job

Type A gravel is the Maine base course, and it is what carries a drive, a parking pad or a shed base once the grade is raised. Maine Rock Supply delivers bulk gravel, stone, sand and soil across Falmouth.

Choose your material and quantity online and set a delivery date at checkout.