FROM OUR WORK

Advice from the ground up.

We explain the choices beneath a good finish, using the questions customers bring to us and what we see in gardens.

Preparing the ground for our new porcelain patio

Geotextile, compacted Type 1 and a perimeter soakaway: groundwork ready for paving.

Floor protection is down and we’re digging out to lower the patio levels where the old paving bridged the damp-proof course.

We’re at the finishing stage of this porcelain patio, filling the joints with Mapei Ultracolor Plus and cleaning the paving as we work.

Why the work you cannot see affects the paving above it. Our approach to the ground, sub-base, compaction, primer and joints.

What each material looks like after years outside, how much care it needs and why a low-maintenance patio is never a no-maintenance patio.

Two prices can promise the same finished patio but include very different work beneath the slabs and around the edges. Here is what to ask.

Why we start with the house, the damp course and the destination for water—and why a soakaway is more than a hole in the ground.

LET’S TALK ABOUT YOUR GARDEN

Tell us what you have in mind. We’ll discuss your garden, the options and a sensible next step.