Screened and Washed Sand
Our sand and gravel pit features well-sorted layers of clean glacial deposits ranging from coarse sand to cobbles. Our sand is medium to coarse-grained, well-sorted, and loose. We sell two types of sand, screened and washed, appropriate for construction or home landscape projects available by the ton.
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Screened Sand
Our screened, but not washed, sand is the operative description for our biggest-selling sand product. Screened Sand is smaller in size than Arena or Granulithic Sand. It does not have the big particles like Arena Sand, but does have some of the clay fines (less than 5% as measured on the #200 sieve screen) that are typically cleansed from the Washed Sand. Screened Sand is used to bed pipe and has a wide range of other uses in the construction and landscaping industries. Screened Sand is sometimes used in landscaping as a layer below topsoil.
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Washed Sand
Our Washed Sand is similar to our Screened Sand, but this product has gone through a washing process, so most of the very fine clay has been washed out. The sand washing process yields a different product during the dry summer months, than it does during the wet winter months, so there is some variance in the sieve size screen analysis between “summer” Washed Sand and “winter” Washed Sand. Both are medium-sized sand, washed free of most fines. Many customers like washed sand between pavers.