Gill M.
Limestone patio, Burneside
“They were the only ones of four who told me what was going under it. Two of the others would not even put the depth in writing when I asked.”
What people said afterwards
On platforms we cannot edit. The four-star one about the mess in week two is still up, and so is our reply.
In their words
Reviews from the people we've worked with.
Andrew P.
Granite drive, Kendal
“Three winters on and it has not moved a millimetre. The drive it replaced was four years old and had sunk at the gate.”
Rhona D.
Setts and walling, Staveley
“I went to the yard and stood on the samples in the rain, which is the only sensible way to choose. Nobody else offered that.”
How it ages
Nobody photographs a patio after four winters
Every paving website shows you the afternoon it was finished. This is the same buff limestone at three ages, which is the thing you are actually buying.
Sharp, even, and slightly darker than the sample — every stone is wet from cutting.
Lightened by about a shade, joints settled, and the first lichen on the north edge.
Fully weathered and, on limestone and slate, better than the day it went down.
Worn where it is walked. Individual stones can be lifted and turned rather than replaced.
A written quotation with the depths in it
Measured on site, priced by the square metre, and itemised down to the sub-base depth so you can put it next to anybody else’s and compare like with like.
- Buff limestone, 22mm
- 40m² · £2,160
- Type 1 sub-base, 150mm
- 9 tonnes · £486
- Laying, jointing, disposal
- £3,240
- Total, inc. VAT
- £7,062
Priced from a site measureNorthstone Paving · Kendal · Checkatrade 8814402