Paving Nedlands
Nedlands gardens are old, and their roots are the reason most paving here eventually moves. It is an established riverside suburb of large blocks and very mature trees, and that is the job rather than a complication in it.
- Roots exposed and assessed before any bed
- Large blocks, so a truck gets down the side
- Built to shed water near the foreshore
Get a price for Nedlands
A photo of the area and a rough size is enough to price it.
The paving we do in Nedlands
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.
The roots win, every time
Central suburbs
Limestone closer to the surface, older housing stock, mature trees and access measured in centimetres.
The ground itself is sand with limestone below, and near the river the water table is closer than people expect. Neither is the reason paving fails here.
Trees are. A jacaranda or a fig that has been in a Nedlands garden for fifty years has a root plate wider than its canopy, and the moisture under an old paved area draws roots straight to it.
Once a root is under paving it lifts it, and no amount of relaying the surface fixes that. The root gets dealt with at base stage or the same lump comes back, which is why so many of these yards are on their second or third surface.
Three things that change a job in Nedlands
01
Root work is the job
On a Nedlands relay, exposing and assessing roots is the part that decides whether the new surface lasts. It happens before a bed goes down, not after a lump appears.
02
Large blocks, real access
Most blocks here take a truck down the side, which is a genuine saving compared with the tight suburbs either side of it.
03
Water table near the river
Close to the foreshore the ground can be wet at base depth. Where it is, the base is built for a surface that sheds water rather than one that expects the ground to take it.
Frequently asked questions about our paving services
Where Nedlands sits
Nedlands 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 Nedlands 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.