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clear stone

In French: pierre nette

Definition

Crushed stone with no fines, roughly 5 to 20 mm. Water moves freely through it, so it goes behind walls, inside hollow blocks and around drains.

Also called

  • clean stone
  • 3/4 in clear

Other names in French

  • pierre nette 3/4
  • pierre concassée nette 20 mm

Sources

  1. The City of Toronto publishes the gradation of a 19 mm clear stone with almost no fines. (Table 4)

    TS 3.80, Construction Specification for Concrete Unit Pavers · City of Toronto