Driveways in Tyldesley
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. Around three miles from our Leigh base.
Driveways for Tyldesley Gardens
Tyldesley sits on higher ground, so a fair few driveways here run on a slope, and a slope changes how a drive has to be built. We set the falls and often step the levels or add a channel drain across the bottom so rainwater is caught and taken away on your land rather than sheeting down onto the pavement.
We cover Tyldesley and the surrounding area: Shakerley, Mosley Common, Gin Pit and beyond (M29).
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What’s Included
The surface itself is block paving, laid herringbone with a haunched border to hold everything firm on the gradient. We dig out to solid ground and compact a good depth of sub-base, because a drive on a slope that was skimped underneath will start to creep downhill within a couple of winters.
- 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 Tyldesley, FAQs
Yes, sloped drives are common on the higher streets here and we build for them. We work the falls and levels so the car sits comfortably and the water is directed to a drainage channel or soakaway within the boundary, which keeps the drive both safe underfoot and inside permitted development.
The edge course does the work. We bed and haunch the perimeter blocks in concrete so the whole paved area is held tight, then the herringbone pattern locks each block against its neighbours under the weight of the car. Skip the haunching and the edges spread and the pattern opens up.
Usually not. Under permitted development you can pave a front garden without permission as long as the surface is permeable, or rainwater drains to a lawn, border or soakaway within your own boundary. Permission only comes into it when more than five square metres of impermeable paving drains straight onto the road, and we design driveways so it never does.
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.