Buy 3/4 Clean in Port Ludlow, WA

Washington Rock Supply brings gravel and aggregate delivery in Port Ludlow, WA, with 5/8 minus leading the way. That is the crushed surfacing top course, CSTC for short, and it is the surfacing layer a drive, parking pad or shed slab starts from.

The ground here sits on the Olympic Peninsula and the Pacific coast, where thin stony soil and deep organic forest soil both show up. Water is the driver, so the material under your surface matters as much as the surface itself.

Materials for Port Ludlow Projects

Base and driveway surfacing is where a project here begins. 5/8 minus, also called crushed surfacing top course, keeps its crusher fines, so it packs hard and sheds water instead of soaking it up.

Use it for driveways, parking pads and shed or shop slabs.

Under that goes 1 1/4 minus, or crushed surfacing base course. It has a larger top size and fewer fines than 5/8 minus, so it carries load and stays workable on soft wet ground.

Place it below a 5/8 minus top course.

Where water needs to move instead of sit, order washed stone. Drain rock, also called 7/8 clean, has no fines, so it keeps its voids in footing drains, French drains and infiltration trenches.

3/4 clean does the same job in trench backfill, pipe surround and under-slab drainage.

Sand and soil finish the list. Washed sand goes into concrete mixes, paver setting beds and pipe bedding, washed so silt is out before the wet season.

Screened topsoil handles lawn repair and new turf, and fill dirt raises grade or backfills over-excavations before a granular course goes down.

For paths and paver work, 1/4 minus, or quarter minus, packs down tight underfoot on garden paths and side yards. Crusher dust, also called 3/8 minus, beds pavers and flagstone and fills joints, since it compacts rather than drains.

Rounded stone belongs in beds and splash zones. Natural Pea Gravel, or washed Natural Pea Gravel, suits play areas, dog runs and planting beds, and round rock, or river rock, armours dry creek beds and downspout splash pads.

Ground and Conditions in Port Ludlow

Across the Olympic Peninsula and the Pacific coast, the coast and the west-facing valleys take 100 to 170 inches of rain a year. The question is never whether water arrives but where it goes once it does.

Ground that is already saturated will not hold a base course without a drainage layer under it. That is why drain rock or 3/4 clean sits below the structural course on a wet site, so water has somewhere to travel instead of pushing up through the base.

Erosion follows sheer rainfall on steep, thin-soiled slopes, plus surf, drift and storm surge working the bay shorelines. Riprap protects shoreline, streambank and culvert outfall edges.

The working season is a short reliable dry window in mid to late summer, with a long wet season either side. The two-day soil stabilization rule for western Washington runs from October 1 through April 30, which is the practical limit on open grade here.

Winters stay mild, so temperature rarely stops work. Frost depth is set by the county or city building department, with published western Washington figures running 12 to 18 inches.

Delivery to Port Ludlow and the Surrounding Area

Bulk material arrives by dump truck and tips in one pile at the delivery point you set. Have the drop area clear and reachable before the truck arrives, since the driver tips the load and moves on.

Order online, choose your quantity by the ton or by the yard, and pick a delivery date at checkout. Each product page has a calculator if you want to size the load before you order.

Port Ludlow sits in Jefferson County, and delivery covers Port Townsend, Brinnon, Quilcene, Chimacum and Nordland as well.

Questions About Ordering in Port Ludlow

Do you supply contractors working in Port Ludlow?

Yes. Washington Rock Supply serves contractors and homeowners ordering material in Port Ludlow and across Jefferson County.

You order online, choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard, and pick a delivery date at checkout. The same catalog covers base courses, washed stone, sand, soil and decorative rock, so a single order can cover several parts of a job.

Do you deliver 5/8 minus to Port Ludlow, WA?

Yes. 5/8 minus, also called crushed surfacing top course, is delivered to Port Ludlow and the surrounding area.

It is the crushed rock with fines left in, so it packs hard and sheds water, which suits driveways, parking pads and shed or shop slabs. Order it online by the ton or the yard and pick your delivery date at checkout.

Order Base and Driveway Material for Your Port Ludlow Project

Washington Rock Supply delivers 5/8 minus, 1 1/4 minus, drain rock, sand, topsoil and decorative stone to driveways, parking pads, drainage runs and garden beds around Port Ludlow. Size your load on the product page, choose your quantity, and set a delivery date at checkout.