Block Paving in Boothstown
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 six miles from our Leigh base.
Block Paving for Boothstown Gardens
Block paving does far more than surface a drive, and on Boothstown’s estates we lay it for garden paths, edging, steps and circle features as often as anything. Around Boothsbank and down towards the marina it’s the neat way to link a patio to a side gate, edge a border crisply or set a paved circle as a feature in a lawn. The small units cut and curve cleanly, so they suit shapes a big paving flag simply can’t follow.
We cover Boothstown and the surrounding area: Ellenbrook, Boothsbank, Vicars Hall, Mosley Common, Worsley and beyond (M28).
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What’s Included
What lifts a block paved feature is the colour blend and the bond. We dry-lay buff, brindle and charcoal samples on site so you can judge them against the estate brick before we commit, then set paths in stretcher or basketweave and reserve herringbone for anything a wheel touches. Under all of it goes a compacted MOT Type 1 sub-base and concrete-set edge courses, the parts you never see that keep the pattern tight for years.
- 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 Boothstown, FAQs
Yes, circle kits and fanned setts make a good centrepiece in a lawn or at the turn of a path, and Boothstown’s bigger estate gardens have the room for them. We set the circle on the same compacted base and firm edge as any drive, so it stays true rather than drifting apart.
It’s worth sorting before the blocks start to shift. Empty joints let the blocks rock and let weeds in, so we brush fresh kiln-dried sand back into the whole area, and where any blocks have already dropped we lift and relay them first.
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.