Patios · Yateley, Hampshire
Patios in Yateley - sandstone and porcelain, properly built.
A Yateley-based team laying sandstone, porcelain and natural stone patios across GU46 - full mortar beds, falls planned around Blackwater drainage, no shortcuts on the bit you'll never see.
Workshop in GU15 - close to Yateley
Same team on site every day
10+ years across Surrey, Berkshire, Hampshire
Typical book-in is four to eight weeks; the build itself one to three weeks on site.
What we mean by patios
The bit beneath the surface.
A patio is the most-used room in most British gardens - and the one most likely to look tired by the third winter. The work that decides how it ages is mostly invisible: the sub-base, the falls, the bedding mortar, the pointing mix.
Full mortar beds, every time
Slabs bedded fully on a wet mortar mix - no dot-and-dab, no rocking, no failed joints two winters in. The slowest part of the job and the bit that decides everything.
Falls and drainage thought through
Levels set away from the house at 1:80, soakaways where the ground needs them, joints pointed in colour-matched mortar that doesn't crack out.
Materials chosen to suit the house
Indian sandstone, honed porcelain, clay paver - picked with the property in mind. Samples brought to you, not selected from a brochure.
Why this works in Yateley
Locally tuned, not location-swapped.
Most Yateley patios we lay are replacing something tired - the original 1970s concrete off a Reading Road extension, a riven sandstone that was dot-and-dabbed and is now rocking, or a developer slab near Darby Green that never had falls in the first place.
A lot of GU46 sits on Blackwater silt - plots backing onto the river or the meadows hold water for weeks after a wet November. We plan falls, sub-base depth and edge drainage around that, not against it. Where we're up on the Bagshot sand towards the Common, the conversation is different: better natural drainage, but the sub-base still has to be cut and compacted properly or it'll move under a porcelain joint within two winters.
- Blackwater-side wet ground - Plots low off Vigo Lane or backing onto the meadows hold water through winter. Patios get lifted falls, sub-bases get an extra 50mm of Type 1, and drainage is sized properly rather than relying on the ground to soak it away.
- Bagshot sand around the Common - Free-draining ground is friendly to patio sub-bases but unfriendly to lawns and most planting unless the topsoil is improved. We import compost and condition before we turf or plant.
- Mature oaks, pines & leaf load - Common-side gardens carry serious leaf litter and substantial root zones. We design garden rooms and terraces around root protection zones and detail gutters and drains for autumn loading.
- Builder's compaction on newer estates - Darby Green, Frogmore and Potley Hill plots almost all share the same story - thin topsoil over compacted hardcore. We lift the top, cultivate or import soil and rebuild sub-bases properly.
Recent patios
A few from in and around Yateley.
Hand-picked from recent projects across Hampshire. Same approach, different gardens.
Cricket Hill Lane · GU46
Sandstone terrace off a rear kitchen extension.
A Cricket Hill Lane family wanted to pull the patio out from a 2018 kitchen extension to take a proper 8-seat table. Indian sandstone in a random-bond pattern, full mortar bed, slot drain along the house, and the lawn re-levelled and re-turfed to meet it cleanly.
More patios →How we build it
The detail, in plain numbers.
Sub-base
Type 1 to 150mm minimum, compacted in layers
Bedding
Full wet mortar bed at 35–50mm, primed slabs
Joints
10mm, pointed in colour-matched mortar
Falls
1:80 minimum, set away from the house
BudgetMost patios sit between £6,000 and £20,000 depending on size, material and ground conditions.
TimingTypical book-in is four to eight weeks; the build itself one to three weeks on site.
Common questions
What Yateley clients usually ask about patios.
Our garden backs onto the Blackwater - will the patio cope with how wet it gets?+
Yes, if it's designed for it. We dig deeper sub-bases on the low-lying GU46 plots, plan falls away from the house, and add a slot drain or French drain where standing water has been an issue. The patios we laid five years ago in Darby Green and along Vigo Lane are still flat and dry.
Will it work on a sloping garden?+
Yes - using low retaining, sleepers or sympathetic steps we create a level usable area without forcing the rest of the garden to follow. Most sloping plots end up more interesting for it.
What goes wrong with patios that don't last?+
Usually one of three things: a thin or absent sub-base, slabs bedded on dots instead of full mortar, or pointing in the wrong mix. Every one of those is invisible the day the job finishes - and obvious two winters later.
Do you handle the drainage and soakaways too?+
Yes. We design falls, install perforated land drains where needed and size soakaways properly. Drainage is part of the patio quote, not a separate trade we leave to someone else.
Other work in Yateley
Same team, different parts of the garden.
Nearby
Patios in nearby areas.
Yateley · Hampshire
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