Granite Rip Rap

Kafka granite offers exceptional quartzite and granite rip rap in a vast spectrum of colors.

Granite rip rap.

4 21 12 average covers 17 square feet. 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. 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. These hard stones can handle whatever mother nature throws their way.

Rip rap is a large granite rock. Limestone trap rock granite can be considered riprap it s inherently so jagged that we steer away from it in favor of fieldstone. Our rip rap is a large granite rock that can be used for drainage. In addition to considering the stones used to manufacture rip rap you should also take a look at the supplier s inventory.

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. Also used for erosion control around culverts. Wilson boulders or rip rap are clean crushed granite. 2 410 lb yd or 1 21 t yd or 0 8 yd t.

These boulders can be used as part of a landscape theme or in engineering projects such as bank river or coastline stabilization. All sizes of cal trans specification rip rap up to 10 tons are available daily. Kafka granite s decorative rip rap however is made up of naturally raw fractured boulders. It offers slope protection in creeks rivers ditched shorelines from erosion.

Although crushed rock e g. Riprap is commonly used to protect soil from erosion in areas of concentrated runoff. Sizes run from 1 to 5 in diameter. It can be used for drainage creeks rivers ditches shorelines and slope protection.

Consult a registered engineer if in doubt. The best rip rap is comprised of granite gneiss sandstone or trap rock. The density of rip rap 3 8 small boulders. Our rip rap also comes in more than one naturally occurring color.