Patios & Driveways in Tyldesley
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 three miles from our Leigh base.
Patios & Driveways for Tyldesley Gardens
Parking is tight on Tyldesley’s terraced streets, so converting a front garden into a driveway is a job we quote regularly, dug out properly, edged neatly and drained so water soaks away instead of running onto the pavement. Round the back, a well-built patio turns a plain yard or lawn into somewhere you actually use.
We cover Tyldesley and the surrounding area: Shakerley, Mosley Common, Gin Pit and beyond (M29).
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What’s Included
We build in porcelain, Indian stone, flags and block paving, and every job starts below the surface: excavation to firm ground, a compacted MOT sub-base and falls set away from the house. That groundwork never shows in the photos, but it’s why the paving stays level.
- 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 Tyldesley, FAQs
The paving itself is usually fine under permitted development as long as it drains properly. We use permeable construction or drain to a border. You will need a dropped kerb though, which needs approval from Wigan Council; we can point you through that process.
Most Tyldesley patios take two to five days depending on size and access. Terraced houses with rear-alley access are usually fine. We’ve worked plenty of them.
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.
Nine times out of ten it was laid on sand or dabs of mortar with no proper sub-base, so the ground underneath has settled. If it’s a few flags, we can lift and relay them on fresh full beds, or repoint where the joints have just washed out. If the base has failed across the whole area, relaying the lot on a compacted sub-base is the honest fix. Patching a bad base just moves the problem.