Driveways in Leigh
Block paving driveways dug out to the depth a car actually needs, laid on a compacted sub-base with edge courses that lock under turning wheels, and drained within your own boundary so you stay inside permitted development. Our home base.
Driveways for Leigh Gardens
Most of our Leigh driveway work is block paving, laid in a herringbone pattern with a contrasting border to frame the front of the house. Herringbone locks together under the weight of a car far better than a straight stretcher bond, which is why we use it on any surface that takes vehicles rather than feet.
We cover Leigh and the surrounding area: Pennington, Westleigh, Higher Folds, Plank Lane, Bedford and beyond (WN7).
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What’s Included
A drive carries a lot more load than a path, so we dig deeper and lay a thicker compacted sub-base underneath, then set the blocks on a screeded sharp sand bed. On the clay round Pennington and Higher Folds that holds water, getting the depth right first time is what keeps the surface from rutting where the wheels sit.
- Block paving and paved driveways, laid to pattern
- Dug out to the depth a driveway needs for vehicle weight
- Compacted MOT Type 1 sub-base built up in layers
- Herringbone and edge courses that lock under turning wheels
- Drainage kept within your boundary, no planning headache
- Old drives broken out and carted away
How It Works
Driveways in Leigh, FAQs
Not if the rainwater stays on your own land. We fall the paving to a border, a soakaway or a drainage channel within the boundary so nothing runs onto the road, which keeps a new front drive inside permitted development. If you also need the kerb dropped, that part goes through Wigan Council and we’ll point you at it.
Herringbone spreads the load of a car across the whole surface so individual blocks can’t creep or sink under the tyres. The border, or edge course, is bedded in concrete to hold the whole field of paving tight, and a contrasting colour smartens up the front of the house at the same time.
Deeper than a patio, because it carries cars rather than a table and chairs. We dig out past the topsoil into firm ground, then build back up with a compacted MOT Type 1 sub-base thick enough for the load, laid and whacked in layers rather than in one go. The exact depth depends on the ground we uncover, which is why we check it on the site visit.
Yes. We break out and cart away an old, tired or sinking drive and lay a new one properly, or tie a new section neatly into what’s there. Matching an existing block is usually possible if it’s still a current range, and where it isn’t we’ll suggest a border or banding that makes the join look deliberate rather than patched.