Patios for homes in Barlborough
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 Barlborough
Barlborough is a village on the Derbyshire–South Yorkshire border that has grown considerably around an old stone core, and the two halves need quite different treatment. The historic centre near the hall and church has stone properties, mature boundary walls and established gardens where natural stone paving and matched walling are usually the right call. The newer development that has expanded the village, much of it built from the 1990s onward around the nearby business parks and motorway links, gives you modern brick housing with regular plots, block paved or tarmac builder-standard drives ready for upgrading, and small rectangular rear gardens that suit a clean porcelain patio with artificial grass. Being right on the county boundary, the village looks equally toward Chesterfield and Worksop.
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