Pulled up a cracked old slab last spring. Underneath, pure clay. That garden had been retaining water for years without the owner knowing, and no amount of pretty paving on top would have fixed it. That is the kind of thing you only catch when you know what you are doing.
We have been laying patios in and around Daventry for years. We work with materials that last, and we prepare the ground properly before a single slab goes down.
Right, the DIY question. On a flat garden with decent topsoil, a confident homeowner might get away with laying their own paving. However, on a sloping plot or anywhere with clay-bound ground, which covers a fair chunk of Northamptonshire, the risk is real. Poor falls mean standing water, frost heave lifts slabs, and beds mixed without proper 4:1 sharp sand cement bedding mortar fail inside a season, leaving you with a sunken, uneven mess that costs more to fix than it would have to install correctly from the start.
We cover Daventry and the surrounding villages, and we have worked on gardens not far from Daventry's own parks, out toward areas similar to Coombe Abbey country, so we know the ground conditions here. Clay, slope, tree roots near old boundaries, we deal with all of it.
So if your garden is looking tired, or you want a proper hard-wearing surface laid to drain correctly, give us a shout. We are straight with people about timescales and costs.
We are not the crowd who'll leave you waiting six months with no word. Call us on 01327 610215 or Head over to Daventry Patios to see our work and get in touch.
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