Potters Bar
Patios & Paving in Potters Bar
Patios, paths and steps laid on a full mortar bed, with the falls set before a slab goes down. Free survey, a fixed written price, and you only pay when you're happy with the work.
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Patios & Paving in Potters Bar, explained
A patio quote is really a quote for three things: the ground under it, the levels across it, and the slab on top. Most people are only thinking about the third one, and most patios that fail do so because of the first two. So the survey is spent on the base, the falls away from the house, and where the water is going to end up once there is a solid surface where soil used to be.
Two things get fixed before a slab is laid and they are not up for discussion, because the house is what pays if they are wrong. We set them at the survey and they shape the design rather than the other way round. Everything after that is yours: porcelain, natural stone, concrete or block, the size and the shape, where the steps go, and whether the levels want a retaining or sleeper wall to make sense of them.
We are based in Hatfield and this area is part of our normal work. The survey and the written price are free, there is no deposit, and you pay when the patio is finished and you have seen it.
We cover the EN6 postcode in Potters Bar, and the rest of Hertfordshire.
What your quote covers
- A free design and survey visit, with materials to look at in daylight
- One fixed price in writing, no deposit, nothing payable up front
- Excavation, a compacted sub-base, and the falls set away from the house
- Slabs laid on a full mortar bed, never on dabs, and cut on a wet saw
- Jointing, clean edges, and matching paths, steps or retaining walls where the design needs them
- The garden cleared and swept, and payment once you are happy with it
Choosing patios & paving in Potters Bar
Patio quotes are hard to compare because so much of the cost is invisible once the job is finished. The slabs are the part you can price up yourself; the excavation, the spoil removal, the compacted sub-base, the falls, the full mortar bed, the cutting, the jointing and the edge details are the rest of it.
A cheaper quote has usually economised somewhere in that list, and the commonest place is the bedding. Slabs laid on dabs instead of a full mortar bed are quicker and use less material, look identical on completion, and crack within a couple of years where they are unsupported.
Ours is written as one fixed figure covering the whole job, after seeing the garden in Potters Bar rather than estimating it. The material choice, porcelain, sandstone, limestone or concrete, is then yours to make with the cost difference set out.
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From first visit to finished job
- Step 1
Design Consultation
We look at the space, talk through materials and layout and agree a design that fits the garden.
- Step 2
Written Quotation
A fixed written price, with nothing to pay up front.
- Step 3
Groundwork
We excavate, sort the levels and lay a solid, well-drained base.
- Step 4
Laying
Slabs or blocks are laid on a full bed, cut in and pointed for a lasting finish.
- Step 5
Finishing
Steps, edges and walls are completed, the site is cleaned, and you sign it off.
What happens on site in Potters Bar
We excavate and lay a compacted sub-base, then set the falls so the patio drains away from the house and finishes at least two courses below the damp proof course. These are fixed before laying and are not negotiable.
Every slab is laid on a full mortar bed, not on dabs, so it is supported across its whole underside with no voids beneath. Cuts are made with a wet saw rather than broken, which gives clean, even edges.
Joints are brushed in or slurried according to material and width, and the transitions are properly detailed with a channel drain or a mowing edge where the paving meets the house, a path or the lawn.
What affects the price in Potters Bar
We do not publish a rate per square metre, because the number would be wrong for most properties. The survey is free and the price you get afterwards is fixed and in writing. These are the things that move it:
- The size of the patio, plus any paths and steps that go with it
- The paving you choose, which is the widest swing in any patio quote
- Changes in level, and whether they need steps or a retaining wall to work
- Ground conditions, and where the water is going once the surface is solid
- Access to the rear garden, since everything in and all the spoil out may have to go by barrow
- The jointing finish, and any edging, lighting or drainage channel built in
Looking after patios & paving
A brush and a wash once or twice a year, with the joints and any drainage channel kept clear, covers the routine. Drainage left to block is behind most patio problems.
Porcelain hardly needs sealing. Sandstone and limestone are more porous and benefit from a sealer every few years against staining from food, drink and leaf fall. Clear spills promptly on anything.
Green growth in shaded corners is normal. A biocide deals with it slowly, without scrubbing. Damaged slabs can be lifted and swapped individually rather than relaying an area.
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Around Potters Bar
As well as Potters Bar itself, we take on patios & paving work in Barnet, South Mimms, Shenley and Borehamwood, and across the rest of Hertfordshire. If you are just outside the towns listed here it is still worth a call, because we cover more ground than any list of names can sensibly show.
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