Fine washed bedding material
Set your pavers on a smooth, even bedding layer.
Fine blue-grey shale sand for screeding beneath patio pavers, walkway pavers, blocks, artificial turf, and approved above-ground pool projects.
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- Size
- Finer than 1/8 inch
- Colour
- Blue-grey
- Recommended depth
- 1 inches
- Weight
- Approx. 2,700 lb per cubic yard
- Priced by
- The cubic yard
- Pickup minimum
- ¼ cubic yard
Is it right for your project
Right material, right place.
Works well for
- Bedding beneath patio pavers
- Bedding beneath walkway pavers
- Levelling patio stones and landscape blocks
- Artificial turf bedding and final levelling
- Above-ground pool projects where a fine sand layer is permitted
Choose something else for
- Bedding beneath patio pavers
- Bedding beneath walkway pavers
- Levelling patio stones and landscape blocks
- Artificial turf bedding and final levelling
- Above-ground pool projects where a fine sand layer is permitted
Why this material
The details that make it worth choosing.
Fine particles are easy to spread and screed to a consistent depth.
Use it above the compacted base to make small height adjustments before placing pavers.
Also suited to selected artificial turf, pool, block, and patio-stone projects.
Order it
Choose how your load gets home.
Loaded clean here, or delivered and placed right where you want it.
The fine bedding layer that helps pavers sit evenly.
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Only need a bucket or two? Get it self-serve — bring your own container and fill what you need.
The details
Product details.
Where it comes from
Rolling Mix Concrete
Shale Sand is made by Rolling Mix Concrete. The shale is crushed, screened, and washed into a fine blue-grey material used primarily as the bedding layer beneath pavers.
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