Patios in Westhoughton
Patios built from the ground up in porcelain, Indian stone or traditional flagging, set on a full mortar bed over a compacted sub-base, with falls that carry rainwater away from your house and finish below the damp course. Around six miles from our Leigh base.
Patios for Westhoughton Gardens
Out on the bigger plots towards Wingates and Chequerbent there’s room for a proper patio, somewhere to put a table and sit out when the sun comes round. Where it goes matters as much as what it’s made of, so we work out which corner of your garden catches the late afternoon and evening sun before we settle the layout.
We cover Westhoughton and the surrounding area: Wingates, Daisy Hill, Chequerbent, Chew Moor, Hart Common and beyond (BL5).
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What’s Included
For the surface you’re choosing between porcelain, Indian stone and traditional flagging, and each has an honest trade-off. Porcelain stays cleanest and barely holds moss, Indian stone is warmer to look at and costs less, and riven flagging suits an older Westhoughton house. Whichever you pick, every flag goes down on a full mortar bed, not on dabs, so nothing rocks or hollows out underfoot.
- Porcelain, Indian stone and traditional flagging
- Full dig-out and compacted MOT Type 1 sub-base
- Every flag on a full mortar bed, not five dabs
- Falls set so water runs away from the house
- Finished below the damp proof course as standard
- Joints filled with mortar or resin against weeds
- Sunken or rocking flags lifted and relaid
How It Works
Patios in Westhoughton, FAQs
Almost always because it was spot-bedded on five blobs of mortar with gaps left underneath. Water gets into those voids, freezes and lifts the flags. We lay on a full bed so each flag is fully supported, and set the falls to run water off the surface instead of letting it pond.
Yes, that isn’t negotiable. The finished paving has to sit at least 150mm below the damp proof course and fall away from the house, otherwise rain can bridge up into the brickwork. We set the levels so water always runs away from the wall, and joint the flags tight so weeds can’t get a hold in the gaps.
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 you’re working to.
A typical patio runs three to five days: dig-out and sub-base first, then the laying, then jointing once the beds have firmed up. Wet weather can stretch things slightly because mortar and jointing compounds need time to cure, and we’d rather wait a day than joint onto a bed that isn’t ready.
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, because patching a bad base only moves the problem along.