Crushed Stone, Sand and Gravel in St. Albans, ME

Gravel and aggregate delivery in St. Albans, ME runs on a shorter season than the southern part of the state.

Frost has to be fully out before a base can be compacted, and the window closes earlier in the northern hill towns.

Maine Rock Supply delivers Type A gravel, crushed stone, sand and soil across Somerset County. Order online and a dump truck tips the load on site.

Materials for St. Albans Projects

Grading and bed prep start with soil, not stone. Screened loam is the Maine trade name for topsoil, and it is what goes down for lawn repair, seeding and finish grading.

Unscreened loam is the rougher grade.

Where plain loam alone is too lean, Garden Soil is a blended product for raised beds, vegetable gardens and planting beds. It holds structure better than loam in a bed that gets worked every year.

Below both of those sits Fill Dirt. Bulk fill raises grade and backfills, and Maine yards and plans also call it common borrow.

It is a filler course, not a finished surface.

Once grade is set, the base course is Type A gravel.

Use it for driveways, parking pads, camp roads and shed bases.

Bank run gravel comes out of the pit as it lies, unprocessed. It is bulk fill and rough subbase under a crushed gravel course, not a driving surface.

Order Bank Run Gravel when you are raising grade before the base goes on.

For the running surface on a gravel drive or camp road, Driveway Gravel is 3/4 inch crushed gravel. Under flatwork, Stone Dust is the New England default setting bed for pavers, flagstone and patio work.

Ground and Conditions in St. Albans

Across the Central hills and Penobscot Valley, dense till carries a hardpan layer that sheds water sideways rather than down. Ground stays saturated through snowmelt, while the esker gravels beside it drain freely.

That split decides how you build. On wet till, water has nowhere to go, so a drainage layer matters as much as the base itself.

On the esker ground, water moves and the base dries out on its own.

Snowmelt and rain scour ditches, culverts and stream banks on long hill runs in this part of the state. Exposed till on logging and camp roads gullies, and banks cut along the tributaries.

Riprap armours culvert outlets and ditch checks, and it is sold by range rather than by a single size.

Cold interior winters bring deep frost and a heavy thaw that heaves and softens gravel roads and drives well into spring. Frost depth is about 5 feet in the Bangor area, where the city publishes that figure, and comparable or deeper in the surrounding hill towns.

For foundation drains, curtain drains and french drains, Drain Rock is the washed drainage stone. Maine plans more often say underdrain material or washed stone.

Where a drive has to shed water rather than hold it, 3/4 inch crushed stone is the size to look at.

Delivery to St. Albans and the Surrounding Area

Bulk material arrives by dump truck and is tipped in one pile at the delivery point. Have the drop area clear and reachable before the truck arrives, with room for the bed to raise and pull away.

Order online. Quantities are chosen by the ton or by the yard, and each product page has a calculator if you want to size the load before checkout.

Pick a delivery date at checkout.

St. Albans sits in Somerset County, and delivery covers the surrounding towns, including Skowhegan, Fairfield, Madison, Pittsfield and Norridgewock.

Questions About Stone and Soil in St. Albans

Can I order material by the ton for delivery in St. Albans?

Yes. Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard, and you choose which when you order online.

Each product page has a calculator you can use to size the load before checkout. Pick a delivery date at checkout, and a dump truck tips the material in one pile at the site.

Bulk delivery covers St. Albans and the surrounding Somerset County towns.

What stone should I use for drainage in St. Albans?

Drain Rock is the washed drainage stone for foundation drains, curtain drains and french drains, and Maine plans often call it underdrain material or washed stone. For a drive that has to shed water rather than hold it, 3/4 inch crushed stone is the size to look at.

In tight trenches where 3/4 inch is too coarse, 3/8 inch crushed stone fits.

Order Gravel, Soil and Stone for Your St. Albans Project

Maine Rock Supply delivers Type A gravel, bank run, driveway gravel, stone dust, drainage stone, sand, screened loam, garden soil and fill dirt to St. Albans and the towns around it in Somerset County.

Grading, bed prep, driveways, camp roads and drainage work all start with the right material under them. Order online when you are ready.