About Florida Rock Supply

The thing this page has to clear up most often is a naming problem. Somebody has been told by a grading contractor to put down four inches of limerock, they search for it, they land on a catalogue that lists Limerock Base among two dozen national product names, and they are not certain the two are the same material. They are. On a peninsula where the base course is fighting soft sand rather than frost, that is the single most ordered product in the range, and it is worth knowing before anything else on this page.

What follows is what ordering bulk aggregate through this storefront actually involves, in the order it happens.

Reading the catalogue when what you asked for was limerock

Product names on this site are the national ones, because the same crushed stone grading sells under different regional names around the country. In Florida the translations that matter are short. Limerock, lime rock and FDOT limerock base are Limerock Base. Screenings and limerock screenings are Stone Screenings. Pea rock is 3/8" Natural Pea Gravel. #57 rock and #57 limestone are #57 Limestone, which in this state is nearly always crushed limestone rather than river gravel.

Florida base material is specified by FDOT by material type and tested with the Limerock Bearing Ratio, and that is how a base course gets written into a local spec. The section numbers and the bearing-ratio threshold that apply to your job sit in the current FDOT standard specifications, not on this page. It is not a certification this storefront holds, so if your job is being built to a written specification, check the size and grading listed on the product page against what the spec asks for before you order.

Measuring a sand lot before you open a calculator

The measurements are yours to take and they are where most orders go wrong. Length and width in feet are easy. Depth is the one people guess after the tape is already back in the pocket, and it is the number that doubles or halves the load.

Two habits help on Florida ground. Walk the area after a heavy rain and note where water sits, because a low corner needs Fill Dirt brought up to grade before any base goes over it, and that is a separate quantity. Then decide whether the job is one layer or two, since a drive or a pad usually wants a compacting material underneath and a surface material on top, each measured on its own. The material calculators split by product for exactly that reason.

What checkout settles, and what it does not

Ordering is done on the product page: choose the quantity your estimate gave you, choose a delivery date from the dates offered, then enter the delivery ZIP code at checkout. The ZIP is what arranges the delivery, and the confirmation email carries the order and delivery details.

Nobody has to be home. What has to be true is that a dump truck can reach the drop spot and tip there: a route about twelve feet wide, nothing low across it, and firm ground at the end of it. Leave a cone, a flag or a stake on the spot you want the pile, and leave your phone on, because the driver may call or text to confirm placement. The material arrives in one pile and stays where it is put, so choose the spot with the wheelbarrow run in mind. Delivery covers the rest of the day.

What this storefront is, and what it is not

It is an online way to buy bulk aggregate, sand, soil and mulch by the load and have it delivered by dump truck. It is not a yard you can drive into with a trailer, and there is no counter to stand at. The catalogue is a fixed range of twenty-four materials chosen around what Florida ground asks for: base rock that compacts over sand, washed stone that keeps its voids open for drainage, armor stone for banks that lose material in a tropical downpour, and soils that give sand something to hold on to.

If you would rather describe the job than work the numbers yourself, the contact page takes a message, and a few lines about the area, the depth and the ZIP code is usually enough to answer it.

Can I bring a trailer and pick up limerock in person?

I asked a contractor for limerock and the catalogue says Limerock Base. Is that the same rock?

Do I need to be at the property when the truck arrives?

Can someone help me pick the material if I just describe the job?