Patio Laying in Southampton

Patio installers who start with the ground

Patios are the main part of Ashley's work, and as patio installers we spend more time on what you will never see than on the slabs themselves. The digout depth, the compacted sub-base and the fall away from the house decide whether a patio stays flat and dry for years or starts rocking and puddling after the first winter. Our patio sub-base guide explains each layer and why it matters.

You deal with Ashley directly from the site visit to the final sweep, so the person who measured your garden is the person checking the levels on the day.

Already have a patio that needs work?

Not every patio needs replacing. If yours is green, patchy or losing its joints, cleaning and repointing can bring it back. If slabs have sunk or rock across a wider area, relaying on a renewed base is usually the answer. We will tell you honestly which one your patio needs.

Patio slabs laying, step by step

A new patio is set out with string lines from the house, then the ground is dug out and a stone sub-base compacted in layers. The slabs go down on a bed that suits the stone, cut neatly at edges and steps, and the joints are filled once everything is level and set with a slight fall away from the walls. Patio installation on that kind of base is slower than slabs laid onto sand, but it is the reason the surface stays flat.

Paving in Southampton gardens often has to work around narrow access, so slabs may be carried through a side passage or the house. That is planned on the visit. Slabbing for sheds, bins and side returns uses the same groundwork principles on a smaller scale, and has its own page.

Patio installers across the area

Patio laying is carried out across Southampton and the surrounding towns. The Eastleigh patio page looks at estate subsoil, Chandlers Ford plots and extending the small patio many newer homes come with.

Levels and rainwater in a new patio plan

If your sitting area needs to be raised, start with the supporting edges and the route down into the garden. Where rain collects, a separate drainage discussion establishes the possible work and its limits before the paving layout is fixed.