Block Paving Driveways for homes in Worksop
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 Worksop
Worksop sits at the northern end of Nottinghamshire on the edge of Sherwood Forest and the Dukeries, and its housing runs the full range — Victorian and Edwardian terraces near the town centre with narrow frontages and rear yards, substantial inter-war semis along the main roads out, and a large amount of later estate housing spreading toward Gateford, Kilton and Manton. That mix matters, because the right approach to a frontage on a tight terraced street is nothing like the approach on a wide post-war semi with a long side return. Older Worksop properties often have original stone kerbs, boundary walls and level changes worth working with rather than tearing out, while the newer estates tend to have generous but plain frontages that respond well to a resin or block paved drive with a defined border. Local ground conditions around the town vary between the sandstone the area is known for and heavier clay further out, which changes how deep we excavate and how the drainage is set out.
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