Block Paving Driveways for homes in Walesby
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 Walesby
Walesby is a village on the River Maun in the Sherwood area, north of Ollerton, with a quiet rural character — an older core of brick and pantile property around the church, and later housing added around it on generally larger plots than you find in the nearby former colliery towns. Its riverside setting is the practical consideration: ground closer to the Maun can hold water, so on gardens running down toward the river we check conditions and design the drainage properly rather than assuming the free-draining sandy ground found elsewhere across Sherwood. Larger plots mean driveways here are often longer approaches, and rear gardens have the space for a genuine layout with separate areas linked by paths rather than a single paved rectangle.
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