We lay four materials around Perth pools, alfrescos and courtyards, and the choice between them changes how the surface behaves rather than just how it looks. Here is what each one is good at, what it is bad at, and what it costs.
Cut and fitted on site, piece to piece. The surface for a freeform pool or an awkward courtyard.
Watch out for: not on a driveway.
The default Perth pool stone. Cool underfoot, grippy wet, and sealed before we leave.
Watch out for: not where it gets no sun and stays wet.
Pale, local and soft. Right against a limestone wall or under an alfresco, wrong on a driveway.
Watch out for: not on a driveway, and think hard about a pool.
Near zero absorption, exact sizing, never needs sealing. The low maintenance answer.
Watch out for: watch the colour around a pool.
The method underneath is identical on all four. Everything above it is not. Crazy paving is cut and fitted piece by piece and the labour is most of the job. Large format porcelain is a two person lift with a primer on every paver. Reconstituted limestone is quick to lay and inexpensive to buy.
So the material you choose moves the number, and it moves it in both directions. Each page above says what drives the price on that surface, and if you send us a photo and a rough size we will price the actual job rather than quote you a rate that fits none of them.
Not sure which suits your job? Send a photo of the area and we will tell you what we would put down and why.