Block Paving Driveways for homes in Ravenshead
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 Ravenshead
Ravenshead sits between Mansfield and Nottingham on the edge of the old Sherwood estates near Newstead Abbey, and it is noticeably different in character from the former mining towns around it — largely twentieth-century private housing, much of it detached and set on generous, well-treed plots. Larger plots with mature trees change the work in specific ways: driveways tend to be longer approaches with turning areas rather than short frontages, established root systems need to be respected during excavation, and rear gardens are big enough to justify a properly designed layout with terraces, steps, paths and defined planting areas. The wooded setting also makes surface choice worth thinking about, since dense porcelain and resin surfaces handle heavy autumn leaf fall far better than open-textured ones.
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