Patios for homes in Ravenshead
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 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
- 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