Baseball Diamonds

Colored Shale Products is able to supply red shale material for a wide assortment of ball diamonds with varying dimensions for all types of play from bantam hardball to men's fastball. Colored Shale Products Inc. have supplied many towns and cities throughout Western Canada.

Size:

  • 1/4" Minus Red Shale
  • 5/16" Minus Red Shale

Installation:

  • 1/4" Minus Dust - minimum of 4 inches over a well compacted clay sand base
  • good drainage from the pitcher's mound required

Benefit:

  • Cut Maintenance costs
  • Better Bounce
  • Safer playing fields
  • No more rain outs
  • Cuts down glare
  • Reduces errors
  • Retains its natural color

Measuring how much you will need:

  • 1 Cubic yard @ 2 inches thick covers 162 sq. ft.

Shale required on a new diamond:

Men's Fastball Diamond: approximately 175 Cubic yards
Softball Diamond: approximately 130 Cubic yards

Shale required on an existing shale baseball diamond:

To top a diamond: approximately 41-44 cubic yards