Paving materials include asphalt, concrete, stones such as flagstone, cobblestone, and setts, artificial stone, bricks, tiles, and sometimes wood. In landscape architecture, pavements are part of the hardscape and are used on sidewalks, road surfaces, patios, courtyards, etc.
- They're extremely durable. Paving stones will never crack, flake, or chip
- Repair is easy
- They're low maintenance
- There are endless options
Bricklaying/Stonework & Repointing Specialists
A bricklayer is done by craftsmen who lay bricks to construct brickwork. The terms also refer to personnel who use blocks to construct blockwork walls and other forms of masonry.
- Walls
- Blockwork
- Other forms of masonry
Brickwork
Blocks of concrete, cement, or similar material in a wall or other structure. Brickwork is usually left exposed for its aesthetic qualities and blockwork is usually rendered, but most bricks and blocks can be used as facing materials or given a render coating.
- Brick veneer
- Reverse brick veneer
- Double brick
- Solid brick
Stonework
With New Build defined as the activity of building new houses and other buildings, extensions relate to increasing the physical ground area covered by the original dwelling. There are usually restrictions when building an extension such as any part of the extension is not higher than the highest part of the roof of the existing house.
- Construction
- Build
- Refurbishment
Pointing
Repointing is the process of renewing the pointing, which is the external part of mortar joints, in masonry construction. Over time, weathering and decay cause voids in the joints between masonry units, usually in bricks, allowing the undesirable entrance of water.
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"Our house needed totally repointing and Archway did an amazing job. Thank you."
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"We wanted to put drainage under our garden and didn't know where to start. Archway did a great job and it's usable all year now."
