Patios & Driveways in Hindley
Patios and driveways built from the ground up: proper excavation, a compacted sub-base and falls that carry water away from your house, in porcelain, Indian stone, flags or block paving. Around four miles from our Leigh base.
Patios & Driveways for Hindley Gardens
On-street parking is tight on Hindley’s older streets, so converting a front garden into a driveway is one of the jobs we’re asked about most in WN2. We handle the excavation, sub-base, edging and surfacing, and we build drainage in so the finished drive doesn’t send rainwater at the house or the pavement.
We cover Hindley and the surrounding area: Hindley Green, Castle Hill, Amberswood, Lowe Mill, Ladies Lane and beyond (WN2).
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What’s Included
Round the back, we replace a lot of tired flagged yards with porcelain or Indian stone patios, bedded on full mortar over a compacted base, with falls that actually work. A well-built patio in a compact yard makes the whole space usable again.
- Porcelain, Indian stone, flagging and block paving
- Full dig-out and compacted MOT Type 1 sub-base
- Correct falls so water runs away from the house
- Driveways designed to drain within your boundary
- Old patios and drives broken out and carted away
- Sunken or rocking flags relaid on fresh full beds
How It Works
Patios & Driveways in Hindley, FAQs
The surface itself is usually permitted development if it drains properly, but a dropped kerb needs approval through Wigan Council and an approved contractor. We’ll point you at the right process when we quote.
Yes, small yards are precision jobs, not lesser ones. Tight access just means more barrowing; the finished standard is exactly the same.
It depends on the size, the material and what we find when we dig. Porcelain costs more than Indian stone, with block paving somewhere between, but the excavation and sub-base are a fair chunk of the price whatever you lay on top. We price per job rather than a blanket rate per square metre, because a small fiddly patio costs more per metre to lay than a big open one, so you get an exact written figure after a free site visit before anything starts.
Porcelain is dense, colour-consistent and barely stains, so a porcelain patio stays looking new with almost no upkeep, but it costs more and needs a skilled lay. Indian stone is natural, so every flag varies, and it weathers into the garden nicely at a lower price, though it benefits from an occasional clean and seal. Neither is wrong; it comes down to the look you want and the budget.
A typical patio runs three to five days: dig-out and sub-base first, then the patio laying, then jointing once the beds have firmed up. Driveways are similar, sometimes a day or two longer for the extra depth of dig. Wet weather can stretch things slightly because mortar and jointing compounds need time to cure.