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Ardan
Ardan
Services From €6,400

The surface you live on

Patios & Paving

Porcelain, natural stone and clay, laid on a full mortar bed with falls that actually work.

A circular paved terrace enclosed by a curved dry-stone wall and clipped hedging

A patio fails for one of three reasons: the sub-base was thin, the falls were wrong, or the slabs were spot-bedded. We do none of those. Every slab is laid on a full wet bed over a compacted sub-base, with falls set away from the house and a drainage channel where the levels demand one.

How we do it

  1. 01

    Excavate

    Dig to formation, remove arisings, check for services.

  2. 02

    Sub-base

    Compacted hardcore in layers, whacker-plated to a surveyed level.

  3. 03

    Lay

    Full mortar bed, slurry primer on porcelain, consistent joints.

  4. 04

    Point & seal

    Brush-in resin jointing, cleaned down, sealed where the material calls for it.