Paving Applecross
Applecross holds water near the foreshore rather than losing it, so paving falls matter more here than paving patterns. Large blocks, big old trees and low lying sections are the combination we work around.
- A drain, a fall or a sized soakwell
- Foreshore roots done at base stage
- Blocks with room for access down the side
Get a price for Applecross
A photo of the area and a rough size is enough to price it.
The paving we do in Applecross
Same crew and the same method behind all of it. What changes between these is the base under them, the load they take and how much of the work is cutting.
Pool paving
The surround, laid wet on a full mortar bed so it stays flat and stays put when the ground moves.
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Pool coping and capping
The edge that everyone touches and everyone looks at. Cut to the curve, not forced around it.
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Driveway paving
Large-format porcelain and natural stone, bedded to take a car rather than to look right on day one.
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Alfresco and outdoor living
Inside floor level carried out through the door so the room does not stop at the threshold.
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Replacing failed dry lay
Lifting paving that has sunk, rocked or spread, and relaying it properly. About half of what we do.
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Wet laid, on a full bed
Every paver goes down on a full bed of wet mortar across its whole underside, over a base compacted to carry what will sit on it. No voids under the middle, nothing to rock, nothing for water to get into and sit in.
It is slower than screeding sand and laying onto it, and it costs more on the day. It is also the only version of this that is still flat in ten years, which is why it is the only version we do.
Every paver, every job, on a full bed of mortar.
Ground that will not drain
South and south east
More clay through the profile, which holds water instead of shedding it, so falls decide everything.
Applecross runs from the river up the hill, and those are two different jobs. Up the slope it behaves like any established central suburb, sand with limestone under it and good drainage.
Down near the foreshore the water table is close and the profile carries more clay through it. Ground that will not soak turns any flat paved area into a shallow pond after a real downpour.
So the fall gets set first and the surface gets designed around it. A minimum fall away from the house, a defined low point, and somewhere for the water to actually go. Everything else on the job is easier than that.
Three things that change a job in Applecross
01
Blocks with room
Applecross blocks are generally large enough for real access down the side, which keeps the labour sensible compared with the tight riverside suburbs across the water.
02
Mature trees near the river
The old gardens along the foreshore carry the same root problem as Nedlands. Roots come up at lift and get dealt with at base stage.
03
Drainage is the design
Where the ground will not take water, the paving needs a drain, a fall to a garden bed, or a soakwell that has been sized for the area. That gets decided before the base is built.
Frequently asked questions about our paving services
Where Applecross sits
Applecross and everything around it. If your street is on the edge of the boundary, it makes no difference to us: ask anyway.
We also pave nearby
Every area we cover
Tell us the street in Applecross and send a photo
The suburb tells us the ground and the likely access. The photo tells us the job. Together they are usually enough to talk about a real number rather than a range.