Granite Rip Rap

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.

Granite rip rap.

In addition to considering the stones used to manufacture rip rap you should also take a look at the supplier s inventory. It can be used for drainage creeks rivers ditches shorelines and slope protection. Although crushed rock e g. Wilson boulders or rip rap are clean crushed granite.

4 21 12 average covers 17 square feet. The best rip rap is comprised of granite gneiss sandstone or trap rock. Type in inches and feet of your project and calculate the estimated amount of rip rap boulders in cubic yards cubic feet and tons that your need for your project. Limestone trap rock granite can be considered riprap it s inherently so jagged that we steer away from it in favor of fieldstone.

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. All sizes of cal trans specification rip rap up to 10 tons are available daily. Our rip rap also comes in more than one naturally occurring color.

Kafka granite offers exceptional quartzite and granite rip rap in a vast spectrum of colors. 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. Rip rap is a large granite rock. Sizes run from 1 to 5 in diameter.

The density of rip rap 3 8 small boulders. Riprap is commonly used to protect soil from erosion in areas of concentrated runoff. Also used for erosion control around culverts. 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.

It offers slope protection in creeks rivers ditched shorelines from erosion. Kafka granite s decorative rip rap however is made up of naturally raw fractured boulders. Consult a registered engineer if in doubt. This means that our rip rap can have jagged or pointed edges as opposed to our granite boulders smooth round edges.