Are you looking for driveway ideas for your home?

As well as luxury looks, you’ll benefit from our superior service and quality. With the strength of our block paving and the deep, strong foundations of our driveways and patios, you won’t need to worry about subsidence or cracks.

With a vast range of colours, a variety of styles, a number of sizes and a whole host of laying patterns to choose from, with our block paving range the choice is yours.

Some of our driveway block paving products are pre-treated with our Surface Protection, guarding against everyday contaminants such as oil, moss and bird droppings, to ease cleaning when used on drives and patios. The protection will last 6-10 years in trafficked areas and inhibits efflorescence.

We also offer a specially selected range of block paving sourced from Bradstone to provide you with even more choice. With block thicknesses up to 80mm the range offers durability only usually found in commercial blocks but with the aesthetic finish to compliment even the most challenging domestic application.

During the starting process of your block paving project, our team will confirm and go through the proposed design of your dream drive.

The area for your new driveway will then be marked out leaving a small margin.

We also make sure that all services including water, telecoms, electricity and gas are pointed out during this stage.

We will dig out the proposed area to a specific depth. Here at NB Contracts we use all of our own diggers to carry out the excavation process and use our own grab lorries to take waste to licensed landfill sites for the excess old soil and materials.

We always aim to recycle and re-use materials where we can, meaning there is no need to hire your own skip or worry about machinery as we’ve got it covered.

A porous membrane will be installed between your new driveway sub-base and underlying layers to prevent any future problems occurring underneath your drive.

We then begin laying the foundation of your new driveway by spreading a thick, even layer of sub base material made up of crushed concrete and a hardcore mix.

Our expert team use our sit and drive vibrating rollers to compact your sub base evenly.

After we’ve laid and compacted your sub base, we will begin installing any new drainage and manhole covers that may be required.

Once your sub base has been installed we work on installing the kerbing and edge courses, all being laid on a solid concrete base.

We always make sure that all lines are precise and use backing concrete to support the edge and kerb brickwork.

Prior to the block laying stage we’ll spread a level layer of course sand over your drive sub base, the key to a perfect laying course is to create as smooth and even surface as possible which will allow us to lay your bricks a lot easier and save time, and will be compacted in stages.

Our expert team of bricklayers will lay your blocks in the desired design as discussed with one of our experts in the early preparation stages

After we have laid your block design our team will double check the block alignment before beginning the cutting in process, during this stage attention to detail a high priority to our team, never cutting corners.

Cutting-in is just as important as laying a block style, our team use the up most precision when measuring and cutting your blocks to fit your block paving design.

During the finishing touches we usually fix recess trays and gully covers, if necessary.

When finished the cutting-in stage of your new drive, a dry kiln sand will be swept in and any excess sand will be swept away leaving you with clean finish.

If required, we will use a clear sealant to finish off and protect your new drive from any accidental staining and all of our driveway installations come complete with NB Contracts 5 year guarantee.

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