Services / Block Paving
A block-paved driveway is only as good as what sits underneath it. We excavate to the right depth, lay a compacted MOT Type 1 sub-base, and screed a true bed before a single block goes down — so your driveway stays flat, drains properly, and lasts for decades.
Survey and design
We measure up, check levels and drainage, and help you choose blocks, colours and a laying pattern.
Excavation
The area is dug out to depth and the spoil taken away.
Sub-base and edging
MOT Type 1 is laid and compacted in layers, and edge courses are bedded and haunched in concrete.
Laying and cutting
Blocks go down on a screeded sand bed, with cuts made cleanly around edges, drains and covers.
Jointing and compacting
Kiln-dried sand is brushed into the joints and the surface is compacted to lock everything together.
We work with concrete and clay pavers from trusted UK manufacturers, in a full range of colours, textures and laying patterns — herringbone, basketweave, stretcher bond and contrasting borders. Every edge is haunched in concrete so the surface can't creep or spread under vehicle weight.
Drainage is designed in from the start. Where a new driveway meets the highway or drains toward the house, we install ACO channels and soakaways to keep you compliant with SUDS rules and free of standing water.
150mm+ compacted sub-base and concrete-haunched edges as standard on every driveway.
Individual blocks can be lifted and relaid — a stain or utility dig never means replacing the whole drive.
Dozens of colours and patterns, with borders and aprons to match your property.
We don't publish a price list because no two jobs are the same. We come out, measure up and look at the ground, then send a fixed written quote — free and with no obligation.
Block paving prices depend on the area, the block you choose (concrete or clay, standard or premium ranges), the laying pattern — herringbone needs more cutting than stretcher bond — and how much excavation and drainage the site needs.
It depends on the size of the area, the blocks and pattern you choose, and how much digging and drainage is needed. We give you a fixed written price after a free site visit.
A typical two-car driveway takes 5–8 working days depending on excavation, drainage and access. We confirm a schedule in your written quote.
Usually not. Permeable block paving, or paving drained to a soakaway within your boundary, falls under permitted development for most homes. We advise on this at the survey.
An occasional sweep and re-sand of the joints, plus a pressure wash once a year, keeps block paving looking new.
Where we work
We're based in Trowbridge and do block paving across west Wiltshire, Bath and north-east Somerset. Each area page covers what's particular about working there.
Recent block paving
Dug out from bare ground, built on a compacted sub-base, and laid in brindle block paving with a charcoal border and matching fence.
The groundwork
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