Services
Everything we lay, and what goes underneath it
We work across four areas: driveways, patios and paving, landscaping, and surfacing for larger or rural sites. Each page covers the materials, how the job is done, and what moves the price.
The driveway is the first thing anyone sees, and it takes more punishment than any other surface on the property. We lay new driveways in block paving, resin bound, tarmac and gravel, and we clean and repair existing ones.
New Driveways
A new driveway laid from the ground up, whether you are replacing a tired surface or turning a front garden into off-street parking.
Read moreBlock Paving
Block paving gives you colour, pattern, and the one repair advantage no other surface has: a damaged area can be lifted and relaid without a patch showing.
Read moreResin Bound Driveways
Resin bound gives a smooth surface with no joints and no loose stone, and water passes straight through it, which usually keeps a new driveway inside permitted development.
Read moreTarmac Driveways
Tarmac covers a large area quickly and at a lower cost per square metre than most finishes, which makes it the practical choice for long drives, farm entrances and yards.
Read moreGravel Driveways
Gravel is the least expensive way to surface a drive, it is permeable by nature, and it suits a period or rural frontage where a modern finish would look wrong.
Read moreDriveway Cleaning
Plenty of driveways that look finished are simply dirty. Cleaning, re-sanding and sealing costs a fraction of replacement, and it often gets you the change you were expecting a new drive to deliver.
Read moreDriveway Repairs
A sunken patch or a crumbling edge does not mean the whole drive has failed. We repair the section that has gone, and we find out why it went.
Read moreCommercial Works
Surfacing for business premises, where the real constraints are usually access, phasing, and keeping the site usable while the work goes on.
Read moreA patio is the part of the garden you actually use. We lay new patios in porcelain, natural stone and concrete paving, build the paths, steps and walls that connect them to the rest of the garden, and clean up paving that has gone green.
New Patios
A new patio built from the base up, sized and positioned around how you actually use the garden rather than simply squared off against the back wall.
Read morePatio Cleaning
A green, slippery patio is usually a cleaning job rather than a replacement job. Cleaning and re-pointing brings most paving back a long way.
Read morePaths and Steps
Paths and steps are where a garden either works or catches people out. The dimensions matter more than the materials, and consistency matters most of all.
Read moreRetaining Walls
A retaining wall holds back ground, which makes it a structural job. What decides whether it lasts is the foundation and the drainage behind it, neither of which you can see afterwards.
Read moreHard landscaping is the structure of a garden: the levels, the surfaces, the boundaries and the drainage. We build all of it, and we would rather do the whole scheme in one go than have three trades tripping over each other.
Fencing
Fences blow down because the posts were too shallow or already rotten, not because the panels failed. We put the work into the posts.
Read moreGroundworks and Drainage
Groundworks and drainage are the parts nobody sees and everything else depends on. A garden that holds water will ruin whatever you lay on top of it.
Read moreWooden Decking
Timber decking looks and feels better than anything synthetic. It asks for maintenance in return, and the frame underneath decides how long it lasts.
Read moreComposite Decking
Composite costs more to install and asks almost nothing of you afterwards. The catch is that it expands and contracts more than timber, so the fitting details matter.
Read moreArtificial Grass
Artificial grass is laid on a base much like a driveway sub-base. Get that wrong and it goes lumpy, holds water and shows every seam.
Read moreSurface dressing seals and re-textures an existing road or yard for a fraction of what resurfacing costs. It is the right answer when the base is still sound and the surface has simply worn out.
Pothole Repairs
A pothole shovelled full of cold tarmac is back by the spring. Cut out square, reinstated properly and compacted, it stays gone.
Read moreFarm Roads
A farm track has to carry a loaded trailer in February. That is a different construction problem from a driveway, and the answer is depth and drainage.
Read moreCar Parks
A car park is a large impermeable area, which makes drainage the first design question rather than an afterthought.
Read moreLine Marking
Line marking is mostly setting out. Applying the paint is quick; getting the bays square, evenly spaced and the right size is the part that takes the time.
Read moreSchool Playgrounds
Playground work is scheduled as much as it is built. The surfacing is straightforward; doing it without disrupting a school is the part that takes planning.
Read moreNot sure which you need?
Tell us what you have got now and what you want instead. We will tell you what suits the site, even when it is the cheaper option.