Patios for homes in Worksop
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 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
- 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