Block Paving Driveways for homes in Ordsall
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 Ordsall
Ordsall sits on the southern side of Retford and combines an older village core around the church with extensive twentieth-century suburban development that has joined it to the town. The suburban housing is the bulk of it — inter-war and post-war semis and detached properties on regular plots, with frontages that were laid out as front gardens and rear gardens of a workable length. Those frontages convert well into proper driveways once the original narrow strip is lifted and a full-width base is built. The ground here is level, as it is across most of Retford, which means falls and drainage have to be set out deliberately: permeable resin surfacing and properly planned soakaways or channels do real work on flat sites like these.
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