Granite Rip Rap

Kafka granite s decorative rip rap however is made up of naturally raw fractured boulders.

Granite rip rap.

The density of rip rap 3 8 small boulders. This means that our rip rap can have jagged or pointed edges as opposed to our granite boulders smooth round edges. Kafka granite offers exceptional quartzite and granite rip rap in a vast spectrum of colors. All sizes of cal trans specification rip rap up to 10 tons are available daily.

Rip rap sometimes seen as riprap rip rap or stone armor comes from the nautical word rip rap which in 1822 meant stretch of rippling water rip rap can be classified as either graded or uniform. Wilson boulders or rip rap are clean crushed granite. These boulders can be used as part of a landscape theme or in engineering projects such as bank river or coastline stabilization. 4 21 12 average covers 17 square feet.

Our rip rap is a large granite rock that can be used for drainage. Although crushed rock e g. Rip rap is a large granite rock. Riprap is commonly used to protect soil from erosion in areas of concentrated runoff.

Our rip rap also comes in more than one naturally occurring color. Mountain granite rip rap works well in a wide variety of applications it is used for retaining walls around culvert openings on steep slopes to slow erosion around the base of trees and many other uses. The best rip rap is comprised of granite gneiss sandstone or trap rock. It offers slope protection in creeks rivers ditched shorelines from erosion.

Building a shoreline out of crushed rock may cause puncturing in the protective barrier of filter fabric the layer of fabric between the earth and the rocks. 2 410 lb yd or 1 21 t yd or 0 8 yd t. It consists of a layer of very large stones interlocked together and acts as a barrier on slopes that are unstable because of seepage problems or in areas that are receiving a large concentrated flow. These hard stones can handle whatever mother nature throws their way.

Limestone trap rock granite can be considered riprap it s inherently so jagged that we steer away from it in favor of fieldstone. Consult a registered engineer if in doubt. Also used for erosion control around culverts. Sizes run from 1 to 5 in diameter.