Porcelain paving needs a full wet-mortar bed and a slurry primer on every flag — shortcuts here are why cheap porcelain patios hollow and rock within a year. Our Bray patios are laid by installers who work with porcelain weekly, at the 20mm exterior grade the surface demands.
Why Bray homes choose us for patio and garden paving
A patio is also the place to think about the next ten years of the garden: wiring ducts for lighting, a level spur for a barbecue area or garden room base, steps that match the paving. Building these in during the groundworks costs a fraction of retrofitting them.
Falls matter more on patios than anywhere else: water must run away from the house at roughly 1:80, without ponding against a wall or step. Where garden levels trap water we build in ACO channels or a soakaway, stated on the quote, so the patio drains in the wettest month of the year.
Local knowledge: working in Bray
Bray's geology is varied and it matters for driveway construction. The seafront roads and lower town sit on relatively soft ground with a high water table in places — we always check drainage carefully before specifying a base depth, and on the lower-lying roads we often recommend a deeper build-up or a French drain to the rear of the driveway. The hillside estates off Killarney Road and Boghall Road sit on firmer ground but have steeper gradients that require careful fall design to prevent water sheeting towards the house.
How the job runs
A typical 25–35 m² patio in Bray takes four to six working days: excavation, base and levels first, then bedding and laying, then jointing with a brush-in resin compound or traditional pointing depending on the flag. We protect lawns and access routes and leave the garden tidy every evening.
Every patio quote states the flag, the bed, the joint and the drainage — plus the falls in millimetres. It is the same written-specification habit we bring from driveway work, and it is why our patios still sit true years later.