Block Paving in Golborne
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 four miles from our Leigh base.
Block Paving for Golborne Gardens
Block paving does far more than a driveway in Golborne. We use the same blocks for garden paths, step treads, border edging and circle features, so a run of paving can tie a whole plot together from the front gate to the back of a Stone Cross semi. A double-block edge or a soldier course around a lawn gives a garden a finished line that loose gravel never holds.
We cover Golborne and the surrounding area: Bank Heath, Park Road, Stone Cross, Lowton, Lowton Common and beyond (WA3).
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What’s Included
The look comes down to the bond and the blend. Herringbone is the strongest laying pattern and the one we use anywhere a wheel runs, while stretcher and basketweave suit lighter paths and seating squares, and a charcoal or brindle border set against a buff field gives the eye a line to follow. We bring blocks and lay a few dry on site so you can judge the colours against your own brick before we commit.
- 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 Golborne, FAQs
Yes, paths, steps and edging are some of the most common block paving jobs we do around Golborne. The same blocks and the same herringbone or basketweave bonds work for a path down the side of a Bank Heath terrace as for a drive, laid on a compacted MOT Type 1 base with a concrete edge to hold the line.
Usually, yes. Sunken or spreading block paving nearly always means the sub-base or the edge restraint has failed rather than the blocks themselves, so we lift the affected area, sort the base and the concrete edging, then relay the same blocks and brush in fresh kiln-dried sand. You keep the paving you paid for and lose the dip.
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.
Herringbone laid at forty-five degrees interlocks so the blocks brace against each other under turning and braking, which is why we use it on driveways. Stretcher bond and basketweave are a little less load-tolerant but look great on paths and patios where there’s no vehicle weight. All of them need a proper edge restraint to stop the blocks creeping, whatever the pattern.
It depends on the area, the access and what we find when we dig, because the excavation and sub-base are a fair chunk of the price whatever blocks go on top. We price per job rather than a blanket rate per square metre, so you get an exact written figure after a free site visit before anything starts.