Bulk Aggregates for Patios in Penasco, NM

New Mexico Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Penasco, NM, from base course to bedding sand. Penasco sits in Taos County, where yards name material the way the trade does here.

You order online, pick a quantity by the ton or the yard, and a dump truck tips the load on your site.

Ground and Conditions in Penasco

Across the Sangre de Cristo, Jemez and the northern high country, soils run to Stone Screenings and stony mountain ground, with sandy clay alluvium and caliche in the basins below. A thin base laid on that ground shows its failure fast.

Water arrives faster than Stone Screenings and tuff will take it once the surface has crusted. Snowmelt off the high country in spring and monsoon cloudbursts on steep slopes both send runoff downhill hard.

That runoff scours arroyo and acequia banks after storms, and burn scars in the Sangre de Cristo and the Jemez shed severe post fire flow. The working season runs roughly late spring through October, because frozen ground stops compaction all winter.

Taos sits in the highest air freezing index band in the state, and the local building official sets footing depth. Plan your pour and your compaction around the short season.

Materials for Penasco Projects

Bedding under pavers and flatwork is where a patio in Penasco is won or lost. The bedding layer holds the surface true, so the material under it has to be the right one.

Mason Sand, also called plaster sand, is the standard bedding for pavers and flagstone, and it doubles as joint fill. New Mexico yards usually list it as plaster and masonry sand.

Washed Sand, or concrete sand, beds and levels flatwork and slabs. Stone Screenings also bed pavers and fill joints, though crusher fines are the more common reach here.

Every patio sits on a base, and in New Mexico that base is base course, also called Type I or Type II base course or 3/4 minus.

Crusher Fines pack to a firm walkable crust for paths, patios and courtyards, and they are sold by color. 3/4 Crushed Rock handles drainage beds and drip strips against a foundation.

Drain Rock serves French drains, dry wells and canale and downspout splash runs. RipRap armors arroyo banks and culvert outlets.

Top Soil and Garden Soil rebuild beds over thin alkaline ground and caliche. Fill Dirt raises grade and backfills before a base course lift goes down.

Delivery to Penasco and the Surrounding Area

Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard, and each product page has a calculator. That is the fastest way to size a load before you check out.

Pick a delivery date at checkout and a dump truck tips the material in one pile on your site. New Mexico Rock Supply delivers across Taos County, including Taos, Ranchos de Taos, Questa, Vadito and Chamisal.

Order Base Course and Bedding Sand for Your Penasco Project

Start with the calculator on the product page to size your load, then choose your quantity by the ton or the yard. New Mexico Rock Supply delivers bulk aggregate across Penasco and Taos County.

Place your order online and a truck brings it to your site.