Paving Baldivis
Baldivis homes are mostly under fifteen years old and mostly on their second lot of paving already. Filled estate blocks with clay underneath make a hard combination for anything laid loose on sand.
- Fill over clay, so the base carries both
- Clay under fill will not soak, so it sheds
- Most are already on their second surface
Get a price for Baldivis
A photo of the area and a rough size is enough to price it.
The paving we do in Baldivis
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.
Fill over reactive clay
South and south east
More clay through the profile, which holds water instead of shedding it, so falls decide everything.
Baldivis grew fast, and it grew on ground that was cut, filled and levelled to make estates. Under the fill there is clay, and clay is reactive.
Filled ground that was never properly consolidated settles on its own. Reactive clay underneath it swells and shrinks with the seasons. Between them there is more movement in a Baldivis backyard than in almost anywhere else on this list.
On top of that sits paving that came with the house as part of a build package, laid on sand to a price. It is not a criticism of anyone in particular, it is just what a builder's allowance buys, and it is why so much of it is being lifted at ten years old.
Three things that change a job in Baldivis
01
Estate access, generally fine
Newer estate blocks usually have a side gate wide enough to work through, which keeps the labour sensible.
02
Find the fill first
Before anything is laid, the base gets checked across the area rather than at one point. Fill depth on these blocks is rarely the same twice.
03
Shed the water
Clay under fill will not soak. Falls and a real destination for the water are set at base stage, not corrected afterwards.
Frequently asked questions about our paving services
Where Baldivis sits
Baldivis 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 Baldivis 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.