Peter Tavy's patios & driveways specialists

What we see on Peter Tavy properties

If the patios & driveways at your Peter Tavy property has started looking tired, you're not alone. Slate roofs hold moss densely in this air, and gutters fill twice as fast under tree cover. West Devon Borough Council covers Peter Tavy, and building stock here is dominated by granite cottages and old farmhouses.

Sister village to Mary Tavy on the western moor edge, which shapes how patios & driveways on Dartmoor granite and natural slate actually plays out around PL19. We're frequently in and around PL19, so booking-day flexibility is easier than people expect.

Where photographs are agreed, they can document the visible condition of the surface and the completed work. K-Rend, Weber and silicone-render manufacturers all specify softwash as the correct maintenance method. The most common repeat booking pattern we see is roof every three years, gutters every year, walls every two. If a finish is not right, tell us and we will come back and look at it rather than argue about it. The single biggest cause of re-growth is skipping the biocide dwell, and we don't skip it. We prefer to under-promise on timing and over-deliver on finish, rather than the other way round. Sub-zero mornings we wait until 10am to start softwash — the biocide simply doesn't work well below freezing. Emergency gutter clears after a storm get slotted in the same week, not the same month. Roof re-bed work gets its own dedicated day — nobody wants a wet roof left open overnight. First-visit customers get a written surface report at no cost, whether they book more work or not. We keep bookings deliberately short in summer so a hot week doesn't back the diary up for a month. There's a fixed weekend rate for genuine emergencies — no gouging, published on the enquiry email. We keep a spare crown for the surface cleaner in the van because the swivel wears faster than anything else. Conservatory glass roofs get a two-pass rinse because the profile holds pooled water otherwise. The office answers between eight and seven six days a week — we don't hide behind an inbox.

Materials & methods we'd use here

Most Peter Tavy properties we treat have Dartmoor granite walls and a natural slate roof. That changes a few of the choices we'd make.

• Method

  Rotary surface cleaner for stripe-free finish on block paving common across granite cottages and old farmhouses - noted on Dartmoor granite - worth combining with the gutters if they're due at the same time.

• Method

  Fan-tip cold rinse on Indian sandstone with the pressure dialled for Peter Tavy - noted across natural slate - the elevation that always dictates the price.

• Method

  Kiln-dried jointing sand brushed in once the surface is dry on every Peter Tavy job - noted on granite cottages stock - and it's the section of the round we plan first thing in the week.

• Method

  Pattern-imprinted concrete re-sealed in the same visit - useful on moorland village layouts - noted at very exposed exposure - and it's exactly the sort of job the fleet was set up for.

Questions worth asking before you book

Where else in the PL19 area we book patios & driveways