Block Paving Driveways for homes in Rainworth
Block paving is the traditional choice for a driveway and it is still hard to beat — it takes the weight, individual blocks can be lifted and replaced if something ever gets damaged, and there is a huge range of colours, sizes and laying patterns to work with. Herringbone, stretcher bond, basketweave, a soldier course border in a contrasting colour to frame the drive. We set out the pattern before we start laying so the lines run true against the house and the falls take water where it should go, then edge, compact and joint the whole thing properly so nothing creeps or settles unevenly later.
Working in Rainworth
Rainworth is a village between Mansfield and Southwell that grew substantially around Rufford colliery, giving it a core of planned brick housing on regular plots alongside more recent private development. It sits on the edge of the Sherwood sandstone belt on generally free-draining ground, which is favourable for driveway and patio base construction. The village's plots tend to be regular and reasonably generous — the sort where a driveway can be laid out properly with a defined border and turning area rather than squeezed in, and where a rear garden has enough length to justify separating a patio close to the house from a lawn or artificial grass area further down. Mature hedging and established boundaries are common and usually worth designing around.
What's included
- Herringbone, stretcher bond and basketweave patterns
- Contrasting soldier course borders
- Set out so lines run true against the property
- Individual blocks liftable and replaceable