Block paving driveways
Concrete or clay block in any pattern and colour, with a proper kerb edge and kiln dried sand compacted into every joint.
A driveway is only as good as what is under it.
Block paving, resin and natural stone across Sheffield, laid on a dug out, compacted sub base that will not sink or rut. A fixed written price after a site visit, and a ten year guarantee on everything we lay.
Most driveways fail from below, not on top.
Sunken blocks, ruts and puddles are almost always a thin sub base. We dig down 200mm, lay and compact the stone in layers, and only then put down the surface you picked.
What we lay
Four Surfaces, One Standard Underneath
Whatever goes on top, the base, the edging and the drainage are done the same way.
Resin bound driveways
Smooth, permeable and weed free, laid on an open grade base so rain drains straight through and planning is rarely needed.
Patios and steps
Indian sandstone, porcelain and granite, laid on a full mortar bed with falls away from the house and steps built to proper rises.
Groundwork and drainage
Excavation, sub base, channel drains, soakaways and dropped kerb applications with the council, all handled in house.
How it works
Three Steps, No Surprises
The site visit decides whether the other two go well.
Step 01
Site visit
An hour on site, levels taken, drainage checked
We measure, take levels, check where the water goes and ask about the cars and vans that will use it. You see samples of every surface in daylight at your own house.
Step 02
Design
A drawn layout and a fixed written price
A drawing of the layout, the pattern and the edging, and one fixed price that includes the dig out, the skips and the drainage. Nothing on it is an estimate.
Step 03
The build
Most driveways in five to seven working days
Dig out, sub base compacted in layers, edging set in concrete, then the surface. Your drive is swept, jointed and usable the day we leave, and the guarantee arrives by email.
Driveways
The Driveways We Lay Most
If yours is not on here, it is almost certainly still a yes. Ask.
Block paving
Fan and herringbone patterns
Laid in patterns that lock together under the weight of a car, with a solid kerb edge so nothing creeps. From 95 pounds a square metre.
Porcelain
Porcelain patios
Frost proof, stain proof and almost no upkeep, laid on a full mortar bed with narrow joints. From 120 pounds a square metre.
Resin bound
Resin bound driveways
Permeable, so it meets the planning rules for front gardens without a soakaway, and smooth enough for a pram or a wheelchair. From 85 pounds a square metre.
Natural stone
Granite setts and cobbles
Hard wearing, traditional and right for older Sheffield stone houses. Laid on a proper base so they stay flat for decades.
Edging
Kerbs, borders and steps
Kerb edges, soldier courses, planter borders and steps built to proper rises, so the drive has a finished edge rather than a ragged one.
Drainage
Drainage and dropped kerbs
Channel drains, soakaways and the council application for a dropped kerb, so water goes where it should and you can legally cross the pavement.
Reviews
What Sheffield Says
Three driveways laid this year, all still flat after the winter.
Crookes
They dug out twice as deep as the last lot
Our old drive sank in two places within three years. Stoneway dug the whole thing out, showed us the sub base going in, and four winters on it is still dead level. The price never changed.
Paul HendryCrookes
Ecclesall
Resin drive, finished in six days
The resin drive went in over six days exactly as they said, the council sorted the dropped kerb, and the front of the house looks twice the price.
Anna CleggEcclesall
Dore
The patio is the best thing we have done
Porcelain patio and new steps down to the lawn. The falls are perfect, the rain runs straight off, and they left the garden tidier than they found it.
Mark IbbotsonHomeowner, Dore
Contact
Book a Site Visit
An hour on site with samples of every surface, and a fixed written price within three working days.
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