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Gravel Delivery in New Haven, CT

Simple Gravel supplies base gravel, drainage stone, mulch, and bulk landscape material throughout New Haven, CT. A mix of historic housing stock, university-area rentals, and coastal drainage concerns shapes most of the work here, sourced through suppliers serving the New Haven County area.

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New Haven’s older neighborhoods, many built well before modern drainage or foundation standards, carry their own particular set of problems. Basements and foundations on these century-old homes were rarely built with the kind of perimeter drainage a modern house gets as standard, and retrofitting a trench filled with 3/4" clean gravel along the foundation is a common fix for water finding its way into an older basement during heavy rain.

Yale drives a substantial rental market in the neighborhoods surrounding campus, and landlords there tend to favor low-maintenance surfaces over lawns that need constant attention between tenants. Pea gravel covers side yards and small courtyard spaces well in that setting. Elsewhere across the city, driveways and parking areas need a compacted base of crushed run base material to hold up against New England’s rocky, uneven glacial soil. We deliver to homes, rental properties, and commercial sites throughout the city.

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Volume 1.85 cu yds
Weight 2.50 tons

Estimate only. Add 10–15% for compaction and waste.

Where we deliver in New Haven, CT

We deliver across New Haven and the surrounding communities. Within the city we serve East Rock, Westville, and the neighborhoods around the Yale campus. We also reach Hamden, West Haven, and East Haven. Coverage extends toward the shoreline communities along the I-95 corridor. Send us your delivery address and we will confirm whether your property is within our current coverage.

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My basement takes on water during heavy rain. Will gravel help?
It can, particularly on older homes that were never built with proper perimeter drainage. A trench filled with clean, open-graded stone along the foundation gives water an intentional path away from the basement wall instead of letting it collect against it, which is a common retrofit on New Haven’s older housing stock.
Pea gravel is a common choice for rental properties around Yale, since it holds up to tenant turnover without needing the ongoing care a lawn requires. It also drains well through a New England winter, which matters given how much freeze-thaw cycling the ground goes through each year.
New England’s native soil is glacial till, a mixed and often rocky material left behind by the last ice age, and it does not compact predictably on its own. A crushed base layer gives the surface something consistent to bear on regardless of what is underneath a specific lot.
Yes, along with East Haven and the surrounding shoreline towns. Contact us with your address and coverage for your site can be checked.
The standard minimum is 2 cubic yards. Small bed and drainage projects usually land near that figure, while driveway base work typically calls for considerably more once depth is factored in.
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