Block Paved Driveways for your home
Block paving is one of the most popular materials for drives and paths.
It is cost effective, durable and can be laid in many patterns, colours, styles and finishes. It can also be easily maintained, and in cases of stains and damage, individual blocks replaced.
We use high quality paving blocks as standard from the leading manufactures such as Marshalls, Stonemarket, Brett, Hanson, Bradstone and Natural Stone Paving. These products are constructed to the highest industry standards and will look stunning for years to come. All Design Driveways Ltd install blocks, or paving sets, and have the creativity to ensure you have a driveway, patio or path that is the envy of your whole neighbourhood.
Stretcher bond and stack
Replicating the layout of brick-laid walls, patterns like stack and stretcher bonds are simple and traditional block paving patterns. As you use predominantly whole bricks, you can plan the number of bricks almost to perfection and repeating patterns allow for quick laying.
What is stretcher bond paving?
Sometimes known as ‘running bond’ or ‘half bond’, this pattern is created by laying a row of bricks, with the longest side sitting longitudinally. This is followed by a second row of bricks laid almost identically, offset by a measurement of half a brick. You continue this process, alternating the offset bricks every second row, until your paving project is complete.
Stretcher bond can either be laid as a single size or as a 'random stretcher bond' using several sizes.
Herringbone block paving
The attractive interlocking design of herringbone block paving ensures that the pattern doesn’t shift out of alignment, even under heavy loads. As such, it is an ideal paving option for driveway paving.
On top of the practical benefits, a herringbone block paving pattern earns you some serious style points, too. The intricate, chevron-like pattern imbues paving projects with an elegant aesthetic, so eye-catching that passing neighbours will almost certainly take note of your new paving.
Typically, herringbone patterns come in 90-degree and 45-degree patterns.
What is basketweave block paving?
Just like the criss-cross of a woven basket, you can create a striking basketweave block paving pattern just by alternating pairs of vertical and horizontal blocks.
This uncomplicated design also makes it easy to experiment with different combinations of colour from block to block.
Just bear in mind, however, that basketweave patterns are much like stack and stretcher bond patterns, in that they are likely to slip out of alignment under heavy loads. As such, basketweave is usually best for patios, rather than driveways.