New Driveways in Whitchurch & North Shropshire
Block paving, resin, tarmac and gravel, laid on a base built for cars rather than feet.
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Quality work that lasts
Many years of experience
Overview
About New Driveways
A driveway carries a couple of tonnes of car onto it several times a day, which is why the part you never see decides how long it lasts. Almost every failed drive we are asked to replace failed underneath: too little excavation, no proper sub-base, or nothing holding the edges in. We dig out to depth, lay and compact a stone sub-base, and restrain the edges before any surface goes down. After that, the choice of surface is about looks, budget and how much upkeep you want.
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Tell us about your new driveways and we will come and take a look, then give you a clear price for the job. No pressure and no hard sell.
The process
How the job runs
- 1
Come and look at the job
We measure up and check the things that actually move a price: access for a digger and a grab lorry, where the water currently drains, and whether the levels work at the threshold.
- 2
Excavate to depth
The old surface and the soft ground beneath it come out and go away. This is the step that gets skipped on a cheap drive, and it is the reason cheap drives sink.
- 3
Sub-base and edgings
A stone sub-base goes in in layers and is compacted, then the edge restraints are bedded in concrete. Without a restrained edge, any surface starts to spread and break up from the outside in.
- 4
Lay the surface
The surface you have chosen goes down onto the prepared base, set out so the falls run away from the house and towards the drainage.
- 5
Walk the finished drive with you
The spoil and offcuts leave with us and the surface is swept off, then we go round the finished drive together, make sure you are happy with it, and talk you through the few simple things that keep it looking its best for years.
The price
New Driveways costs
No two jobs price the same, and anyone quoting over the phone without seeing it is guessing. These are the things that actually move the number, and the visit to work them out is free.
- The area of the drive, and the shape of it
- The depth of excavation, and how much spoil goes away by lorry
- Surface choice, where tarmac is usually the most economical and block or resin cost more
- Drainage requirements and where surface water can legally go
- Access for a digger, a grab lorry and materials
- Whether edgings, kerbs or a dropped kerb are part of the job
New Driveways we take on
Why choose us
Why people call us for this
- 1
Private homes only
We only work on private homes and gardens, so a domestic job is the job, not a gap between contracts.
- 2
The groundwork gets its time
The groundwork gets the time it needs. That is unglamorous, and it is the whole difference between a surface that lasts and one that moves.
- 3
Waste leaves with us
Waste leaves with us, so you are not left disposing of spoil, old slabs or brash.
- 4
One point of contact
You deal with the person doing the work, so nothing gets lost between a salesman and a fitter.
Coverage
Where we work
We are based at Prees, between Whitchurch and Market Drayton, which puts most of north Shropshire within easy reach, along with a good part of Staffordshire and up into Cheshire and Wrexham.
- Whitchurch
- Market Drayton
- Wem
- Ellesmere
- Shrewsbury
- Oswestry
- Telford
- Madeley
- Newport
- Nantwich
- Chester
- Wrexham
- Chirk
- Llangollen
- Stafford
- Stone
- Eccleshall
FAQs
New Driveways: common questions
Which driveway surface lasts longest?
Do I need planning permission for a driveway?
Can you lay a new drive over the old one?
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Get a price for new driveways
Send a couple of details and we will come and take a look.
Thinking about new driveways?
Tell us the rough size and what is there now, and we will take it from there.