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Welcome to Fairfax Underground, a project site designed to improve communication among residents of Fairfax County, VA. Feel free to post anything Northern Virginia residents would find interesting.
Where to get landscaping Rocks
Posted by:
Charlie
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Date: July 10, 2013 11:50AM
Can anyone help me get rocks to use for landscaping for either free or relatively cheap? Maybe a quarry or someplace similar? Thanks in advance.
Re: Where to get landscaping Rocks
Posted by:
WingNut
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Date: July 10, 2013 11:53AM
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/10/2015 08:20AM by WingNut.
Re: Where to get landscaping Rocks
Posted by:
on Rt. 29
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Date: July 10, 2013 12:12PM
Sislers Stone in Falls Church. I got a truckload of pea gravel there a few years ago and it was cheap. Had a good color mix so it could go with anything. They sell a bunch of other types of rocks/pebbles.
Re: Where to get landscaping Rocks
Posted by:
WingNut
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Date: July 10, 2013 12:14PM
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/10/2015 08:20AM by WingNut.
Re: Where to get landscaping Rocks
Posted by:
Details
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Date: July 10, 2013 12:46PM
How much, what kind of rock, how big, etc.?
No sense responding and writing a bunch of stuff if it's N/A.
No sense responding and writing a bunch of stuff if it's N/A.
Re: Where to get landscaping Rocks
Posted by:
Charlie
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Date: July 10, 2013 01:17PM
I would need pebbles for a 10x10 area, small boulders for a 5x10 area and flat stones to be used to put together into a wall.
Re: Where to get landscaping Rocks
Posted by:
on rte. 29
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Date: July 10, 2013 01:19PM
Charlie Wrote:
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> I would need pebbles for a 10x10 area, small
> boulders for a 5x10 area and flat stones to be
> used to put together into a wall.
Sislers has them all.
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> I would need pebbles for a 10x10 area, small
> boulders for a 5x10 area and flat stones to be
> used to put together into a wall.
Sislers has them all.
Re: Where to get landscaping Rocks
Posted by:
SislersRocks
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Date: July 10, 2013 02:16PM
Sislers
Re: Where to get landscaping Rocks
Posted by:
Details
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Date: July 10, 2013 03:35PM
Check Rock Stone and Sand Yard in Lorton too.
http://rssy.com/
I moved about 20 tons of rock and gravel a few years back and they were the cheapest around by quite a bit. At least assuming that you have a good truck and can pick stuff up yourself. If you're having it delivered then that will change the cost completely depending on where, what, and distance.
And if you are picking up yourself then unless it's just a trivial amount, you will need a *good* truck. Don't even try it in a car, SUV, etc. A small amount of rock/gravel weighs a ton (literally) and doesn't go far when you start laying it down on a sq. ft. basis N" deep, layering it when building walls, etc. Even with an F250 or similar, you can overload it with what looks like not much gravel/sand. 1/2 pallet of field or flagstone will be about it to do easily. Depending on what it is a full pallet is somewhere around 1.5 - 2.5 tons and at the high end that's pushing your luck it on public roads for any distance. While you may still be within load limits, that's not counting having idiots stopping short in front of you, etc.
http://rssy.com/
I moved about 20 tons of rock and gravel a few years back and they were the cheapest around by quite a bit. At least assuming that you have a good truck and can pick stuff up yourself. If you're having it delivered then that will change the cost completely depending on where, what, and distance.
And if you are picking up yourself then unless it's just a trivial amount, you will need a *good* truck. Don't even try it in a car, SUV, etc. A small amount of rock/gravel weighs a ton (literally) and doesn't go far when you start laying it down on a sq. ft. basis N" deep, layering it when building walls, etc. Even with an F250 or similar, you can overload it with what looks like not much gravel/sand. 1/2 pallet of field or flagstone will be about it to do easily. Depending on what it is a full pallet is somewhere around 1.5 - 2.5 tons and at the high end that's pushing your luck it on public roads for any distance. While you may still be within load limits, that's not counting having idiots stopping short in front of you, etc.
Re: Where to get landscaping Rocks
Posted by:
Occupy This
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Date: July 10, 2013 04:35PM
A lot of neatly manicured strip malls in the area have unguarded landscaping rocks just waiting for you to pick them up. This is consistent with Obama's Wealth ReDistribution Plan, so he'd approve for sure.
Re: Where to get landscaping Rocks
Posted by:
reality
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Date: July 11, 2013 02:07AM
Agree with Sisler Stone http://www.sislersstone.com/
Re: Where to get landscaping Rocks
Posted by:
Rock Hard
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Date: July 11, 2013 11:32AM
I use Luck Stone, Vulcan Materials, Chantilly Crush Stone, Agg Industries.... I just got 140 tn of crushed stone #2 gray/white for $32/tn (delivered to Alexandria) from AggTrans up near Balt Try www.thestonestore.com
Re: Where to get landscaping Rocks
Posted by:
home depot
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Date: July 11, 2013 11:36AM
Home depot