Material glossary
Sand products
Sand is fine crushed rock, small enough to pass through a #4 screen (about 3/16 of an inch). What sets one sand apart from another is what's mixed in (fines vs. clean), how coarse the grains are, and what the pit or plant screened it for. Play sand, mason sand, and concrete sand aren't interchangeable.
Every sand family we track is below. Pick by the job (under pavers, over a pipe, in a sandbox), not by the price per ton. We deliver the ones with a green pill; the rest are here for reference.
Families in sand products
Sand Products Sand
We deliverSand is small, loose grains of rock, usually between about 1/16 mm and 2 mm across.
Mason Sand
We deliverMason sand is finely screened natural sand with small, smooth, uniform grains.
Sand Products Sand Blend
ReferenceSand blend is a washed, coarse sand screened to about 3/16 inch and down to the fines.
Pond Sand
ReferencePond sand is fine, clean sand you spread under a pond liner or use as a soft bottom in a small pond.
Sand Products Sand Gravel
ReferenceSand and gravel is a natural mix of sand and small stones, dug straight from a pit or riverbed.
2 we deliver today · 3 listed for reference
How to choose within sand products
Under pavers or a slab
Concrete sand or mason sand. Coarse enough to lock, fine enough to level.
Play area
Play sand — screened and washed, safe for kids.
Bedding a pipe
Fill sand or a coarse washed sand. Skip anything with fines.
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Other material categories
Crushed stone
Crushed stone is rock that's been broken and screened into sizes.
Decorative stone and rock
Decorative stone and rock is what you see, not what you sit on.
Base materials
Base materials go under a driveway, patio, or slab — not on top.
Rip rap and armor stone
Rip rap and armor stone are the big pieces that hold a shoreline, a slope, or a culvert together.
Mulch and organics
Mulch and organics are the top layer that goes over the soil — bark, wood chips, compost, or a dyed blend.
Gravel
Gravel is loose stone in the size range you'd actually notice — pea-sized up to a few inches.
Fill materials
Fill is what goes in the hole before anything else does.
Concrete aggregate
Concrete aggregate is the stone and sand that go into a concrete mix.
Screenings and stone dust
Screenings and stone dust are the fines a crusher makes on the way to sizing bigger stone.
Recycled materials
Recycled materials are crushed concrete, crushed asphalt, and reclaimed base — old road and slab work run back through a crusher.
Drainage materials
Drainage materials are clean, angular stone that moves water without holding it.
Asphalt aggregate
Asphalt aggregate is the stone side of asphalt — the sizes that get blended into a hot-mix or cold-patch recipe at the plant.
Specialty products
Specialty products are the odds and ends that don't fit the usual categories — flagstone, boulders, ballast, glass gravel, unusual sizes …
Bedding materials
Bedding materials are the clean, washed layer that goes around a pipe, under a paver, or behind a wall before backfill goes in.
Landscape
Landscape covers the loose stone and rock that go into a yard for looks — around a bed, along a border, or across a bare spot.