Block Paving Rotherham

We try to steer away from making any one particular recommendation as each different type of driveway may have particular merits for you. Often budget is one of the most important criteria and sometimes you may have initially thought you wanted one particular driveway type but realised that it may not provide all the other practical benefits you wanted. We will try to get a good understanding of how you intend to use your driveway and what you really want to achieve and then provide balanced points to help you make a decision that is best for your particular circumstances and budget.

A permeable driveway is one will which allows water to 'permeate' through it i.e. soak through and down rather than run across the surface.

From an environmental and practical perspective, most councils don't want to see large amounts of water running down roads and towards drains, which can clog and cause localised flooding. As a result, councils will favour the installation of more permeable driveways such as block paving, cobbled and resin-bound.

For tarmac and both standard concrete and patterned concrete, the requirement to install drains or 'soaks' to prevent this water from getting to public locations may end up adding to your installation costs. 

The maintenance a driveway will require will depend on how much you personally take pride in the visual appearance of your drive and the local of your driveway relative to other factors which can either speed up or slow down the rate at which your driveway needs reviving. 

If your drive is in an open environment with few trees around and not next to a lawn or flower beds it will be less likely to be subjected to bird droppings, wet and rotting leaves and seeds falling on it which can take root or allow moss and algae to form. When new most driveways are low maintenance but after a year or two of being exposed to the elements you will notice a build-up of dirt and algae. A more regular maintenance routine can prevent major clean up but tarmac, resin and patterned concrete will be the easiest to keep clean. As long as block paving or cobbled driveways have a regular clean with an appropriate cleaner you can avoid pressure washer cleaning which can often accelerate the degradation of a driveway by dislodging jointing compounds and thereby creating environments for most and seeds to take hold.

This will depend on the state and quality of your base and how previous blocks have been fixed to the base. Generally, if you are looking to remove an existing block paving driveway the removal process will take an amount of the sub-base with it. At Driveways Rotherham we will inspect the state of the sub-base and more often than not a topping up and re-setting of the base will enable new block paving to be laid without too much effort. This approach will end up saving you some money however if during the removal of your existing block paving we discover that a poor or in some cases, no sub base has been laid this will require the same approach as installing brand new block paving where the ground needs to be dug to a required level, a proper base is installed before finally laying your paving.

Yes, we can. Clearly, we will need to agree on the design before work commences so we know the exact position and size of the pattern. It's not that unusual for patterns such as squares within squares of different coloured blocks to be laid to create a more interesting block paving design

A resin driveway - more specifically a resin bound driveway will be a very low maintenance option as weeds and algae will find it difficult to take hold whereas block paving will need more regular cleaning with weed killer applied to prevent weeds and moss from forming in between brick. This isn't a big task is done regularly taking the approach of prevention rather than cure.

Block paving can be laid exactly as you want so you can create a unique design and mix bricks of different colours and should damage occur replacing bricks is much simpler than trying to patch prepare a resin driveway.