In this example the customer had a large area of land in excess of 100sqm at the front of the house, to be used as a driveway. Unfortunately the land was very rough and made it very difficult to use as a driveway with anything less than a 4×4 car.

The job involved,

• preparing the ground to create the correct contours to give proper drainage
• building a retaining wall to contain a lot of the backfill, to make the driveway less steep
• creating the edges by using ‘found rocks’ and concrete
• creating proper steps for an entrance to the house
• creating proper steps to access the side of the house
• using nearly 10 tons of sand to create the base for putting the paving stones on
• using a Terram semi permeable weed proof membrane to give drainage through the stones, but preventing weed growth.
• using further sand to give the final contour
• wacking the whole lot down using a ‘wacker plate’
• laying the paving blocks
• wacking down the blocks
• brushing in ‘02′ sand to finish the job
• cutting the odd blocks around the edge and concreting them in

This was my major job of the summer of 2009 and both I and the customer are absolutely delighted with the job.  The driveway is the envy of most passers by and the result is a usable easy to  use area.  The driveway is very easy to clear of snow and gives superb access to the house and road.