Block Paving in Atherton
Block paving for driveways, paths, steps and patios, laid to pattern in your choice of colour and finish on a compacted sub-base, with kiln-dried sand locked into every joint and sunken paving lifted and relaid. Around three miles from our Leigh base.
Block Paving for Atherton Gardens
Block paving earns its keep well beyond the drive. We use it for front paths, garden steps, mowing edges along borders and circular feature kits set into a lawn or patio, and around the older Hindsford and Chowbent streets a neat block path lifts a plain frontage on its own. It is the same material laid to suit whatever it has to do.
We cover Atherton and the surrounding area: Hag Fold, Hindsford, Howe Bridge, Gibfield, Chanters and beyond (M46).
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What’s Included
A lot of the Atherton work is putting old block paving right rather than laying it new. Blocks that have spread at the edges, lost their jointing sand or lifted where a root got underneath can be taken up, the base and the concrete edge restraint sorted, and the same blocks relaid true. Fresh kiln-dried sand brushed into the joints locks it all back together.
- Block paving for drives, paths, patios, steps and edging
- Herringbone, stretcher and basketweave bonds
- Full choice of block colour, size and finish
- Dug out and compacted MOT Type 1 sub-base
- Contrasting borders and edge courses set in concrete
- Sunken or spreading block paving lifted and relaid
- Joints locked with kiln-dried sand
How It Works
Block Paving in Atherton, FAQs
Yes, that is one of our regular Atherton block paving jobs. It nearly always comes down to a failed edge restraint letting the blocks creep sideways, so we lift them, re-haunch a solid concrete edge, then relay and re-sand so it holds its line.
Yes, circle and fan kits set into a patio or lawn make a proper focal point. We lay them on a compacted base and cut the surrounding blocks in around them so the pattern closes up cleanly with no awkward gaps.
Yes, and it suits patios well because the small units follow curves and let us work borders, banding and even a circle feature into the design. We lay it to a fall the same way we would flags, so water runs off rather than pooling, and the colour blend can be picked to sit with the house and the planting.
Usually, yes. If blocks have dropped or spread it means the base or the edge restraint has failed, so we lift the affected area, put the base and edges right and relay it properly. Where the joints have simply lost their sand and weeds have taken hold, brushing in fresh kiln-dried sand tightens them back up, though if the blocks have actually moved the base is the real fix.