Why do we show work in progress, not just finished paving?
A finished paved surface looks much the same whether the base under it is deep and well compacted or thin and rushed. The photos that really tell you something are the ones taken before the blocks go down: kerbs set on concrete, a screeded bed, a compacted base. That is why many of the images below show stages rather than only the final result.
We do the same for clients during their own jobs. Owners who live abroad receive photos at the key stages, so they can see what goes into the ground before it is covered. If you would like to understand those stages in more detail, the guide to layers and base explains each layer of the build-up.
What information is left out, and why?
We do not publish addresses, dates, client names or measurements with these photos. Privacy matters to the owners we work for, and many properties on the coast are second homes that should not be identified online. The descriptions therefore stick to what can be seen: the material, the format, the stage of work and the tools in use.
If you want to know whether we have worked with a particular material or detail similar to yours, ask when you send your photos. We can then talk through the method that would suit your property, which is more useful than a long list of locations.
How can these photos help you plan your own project?
Use them as a visual vocabulary. If you like the blended rectangular blocks at the front door, the large dark grey format in the yard or the mixed-size path, mention it when you get in touch and we will know immediately what you mean. The same applies to grass grids for parking or curved kerbs for a turning area.
For a wider choice of materials, see our pages on concrete block paving, natural stone and permeable paving and grass grids. Tell us which photo comes closest to what you have in mind. Send us a photo and the approximate m² – free, no-obligation quote.
Blended rectangular pavers at a front entrance
Rectangular concrete pavers in a blended shade laid in front of the entrance steps of a house. The second photo shows a worker laying the same type of blended rectangular paver and setting it with a rubber mallet.
Grey-brown rectangular paving: laying and finished drive
A footpath of rectangular pavers in blended grey and brown tones photographed during laying, with a pallet truck and pallet of blocks on site. The second image shows a finished driveway in rectangular blended grey-brown pavers.
Large-format dark grey yard
A yard beside a family house paved with large-format pavers in a dark grey blended shade.
Double-T pavers with sanded joints
Close view of finished grey double-T interlocking pavers, with jointing sand in the joints.
Multi-format grey path with edging
A path of mixed-size pavers in blended grey tones, finished with an edging along its border. The second photo is a detail of the same type of paver.
Concrete grass grids in driveway wheel tracks
Concrete grass grid blocks being laid in a wheel-track strip on a crushed stone bed, with grid units, a rubber mallet and kerb in view. Further photos show a grid on its grit bed beside a bucket, and a worker setting the grids with a rubber mallet.
Kerbs and edgings
A curved raised kerb set alongside a road, with a sandy bed and a pile of crushed stone nearby; a raised kerb and a single-row edging checked with a spirit level beside a street; and a curved kerb with a screeded bed beside an industrial building.
Concrete base work between kerbs
A freshly finished concrete surface next to a curved raised kerb, with black sheeting and a worker in orange high-visibility clothing; a freshly poured concrete strip between kerbs on a building site with sheeting; and a worker screeding fresh concrete inside timber formwork.
Base preparation beside a house and in a historic courtyard
A strip along a house where the bed is ready on one half and old concrete slab paving remains on the other, with edging and a measuring staff. The second photo shows the inner courtyard of a historic building with the bed prepared and pavers waiting on a pallet.
Natural stone crazy paving
A finished floor of irregular natural stone laid as crazy paving.
