As a local family run business, we care greatly about the quality of the installation and service people are receiving.
For 24 years we have specialised in the installation of driveways and dropped kerbs in and around Exeter. We keep all of our work and haulage in house which ensures you receive our consistent quality of workmanship. We have installed hundreds of driveways and dropped kerbs around Exeter, Torbay and surrounding areas over the years.
We own our own grab lorries and tarmac hot box which are stored at our Exeter yard. This allows us to transport materials to and from your driveway installation quickly and effectively without having to do an excessive number of trips to and from site on small vans, or wait for outside companies to arrive. We often see this done by other contractors and usually the customer ends up with an un-satisfactory dig out depth and a limited amount of hard core put back in which is critical for a good driveway structure.
The main materials for driveways we install are:
We can install any type of block paver you would like. Brochures can be picked up in most builders merchants or on request from ourselves.
The key to getting the best structure for a block paved driveway is to ensure the correct hard core sub base and correct sand is used. We always make sure a course sand is used, which allows surface water to drain away quickly and not be retained. When finer sands are used, you end up with the blocks sitting on a sponge of water and allows movement in the blocks or at worst, for the sand to wash out from various areas below the blocks, leading to classic sinkage.
Using a correct depth of the right grade of hard-core material is very important to a long lasting driveway installation. Settlement or sinking can occur when people have dug out the area to uneven depths, and covered the area with new hardcore where it is deeper in some areas than others. When we dig out a driveway, we make sure we are digging to a nice even depth across the whole area. This allows the new hard-core to be laid and and well compacted at a nice even depth across the whole area. This means that all areas have been installed evenly, such that you don't get uneven settlement. In 22 years we have never had to go back to a driveway that has sunk or settled.
We have been installing tarmac driveways for around 10 years now. We tend to use a hard stone surface as opposed to limestone. This gives you better grip and a material that doesn't fade to a grey colour in the same way. We also usually use a 6mm stone size in the tarmac as opposed to 10mm, as it gives a smoother more homely looking finish.
A gravel driveway can be a much more affordable way to get a driveway installed. We still dig it out and build up the hard-core level in the same way, but instead of tarmac or paving, gravel goes on the top. This can help people get a driveway installed sooner rather than later, then in the future you can change to a hard surface, without having to dig all the base layer out again. There are many gravel colours we can supply for a driveway. We collect your gravel on our own lorries direct from quarries and suppliers.
Call us today and we will personally explain in details anything you need to know about driveway installations. We don't use sales people or have pushy reps.