Patios for homes in Mansfield
A patio is where the garden actually gets used, so it is worth getting the size and position right before a single slab goes down. We look at where the sun sits through the day, how the space runs off the back door, and whether you want one large area or a couple of smaller ones linked by paths and steps. Then we build it properly — excavated, a compacted base, laid on a full mortar bed rather than dabs, with the falls set so surface water runs away from the house rather than sitting in the middle of the slabs. Sandstone, porcelain, and matching steps, paths and edging so the whole thing reads as one piece of work.
Working in Mansfield
Mansfield is the largest town in the area after Nottingham, built on the sandstone the region is known for and set in a shallow valley, so gradient turns up regularly across the town. Its housing stock is broad: older brick terracing near the centre, a very large stock of inter-war and post-war semis across the surrounding estates, and continuing new development around the fringes. The estate semis are the bread and butter of outdoor work here — frontages that take a full two-car driveway once the old concrete comes up, and rear gardens with enough length to justify a proper patio, a defined lawn or artificial grass area, and a path linking them. Where the ground falls away behind the house, a low retaining wall and a set of steps usually turn an awkward slope into genuinely usable space.
What's included
- Positioned around sun, access and how you use the space
- Laid on a full mortar bed, not spot dabs
- Falls set to run water away from the property
- Matching steps, paths and edging