Patios & Driveways - covering Sheepstor and the PL20 area

What's actually different about Sheepstor

There's a reason patios & driveways sits near the top of every Sheepstor homeowner's list once spring arrives. Granite and exposed render take a hammering from horizontal Dartmoor rain six months of the year. Sheepstor sits in Devon at PL20, close enough to yelverton that we regularly share visits.

Tiny moorland hamlet above Burrator Reservoir, which shapes how patios & driveways on Dartmoor granite and natural slate actually plays out around PL20. If you can see Meavy from the end of your road, we cover you.

We aim to send the written quote inside the same evening you get in touch, and we don't chase you afterwards. Reviews are on Google, Facebook and Checkatrade — a mix that makes it harder to game the numbers. Detergents are biodegradable and lawns are pre-wetted before biocide goes near anything green. The single biggest cause of re-growth is skipping the biocide dwell, and we don't skip it. Softwash and pressure washing are two different jobs with two different rigs — we don't try to force one to do the other. Every visit finishes with a five-minute tidy — sand brushed in, debris bagged, tap turned off. Emergency gutter clears after a storm get slotted in the same week, not the same month. Pressure washing patios always finishes with a lawn edge tidy so borders don't end up sanded. Wall softwash finishes with a plinth rinse in every case, which is where the streaks would otherwise settle. The rig gets rinsed after every job so cross-contamination between customers isn't ever a factor. We priority-book care-home and rental customers because their timelines are usually tightest. Rain-day contingency is baked into the price — no extra charge if we come back a second day to finish. Winter drive seals are cured under a tarp and a heater for the last two hours so overnight rain doesn't spoil the finish. Enquiry-to-quote turnaround is measured weekly and posted on the wall in the yard. If a job goes wrong we say so on the invoice and we credit it — nothing gets buried.

Materials & methods we'd use here

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

• Method

  Selective biocide pre-treat to kill moss at the root - extra important on very-exposed moorland village sites - noted at very exposed exposure - the difference between a two-year finish and a five-year one.

• Method

  Rotary surface cleaner for stripe-free finish on block paving common across granite cottages and farmhouses - noted in the West Devon Borough Council patch - 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 Sheepstor - noted 9.9 miles from PL3 - the reason our reviews mention 'no surprises' more than anything.

• Method

  Pattern-imprinted concrete re-sealed in the same visit - useful on moorland village layouts - noted at roughly 50.484,-4.030 - and it's exactly the sort of job the fleet was set up for.

Typical problems on Sheepstor properties

• Sunken joint sand making blocks rock under the car on driveways near local lanes - at roughly 50.484,-4.030 - a factor we build into every softwash quote here.
• Weeds firing up through joints by April on moorland village properties - on Dartmoor granite - the reason we keep this round on a tight schedule.
• Stripey patches from previous DIY washes - granite cottages and farmhouses owners ring us most - across natural slate - a call we take a lot after autumn leaf-fall.
• Resin-bound paths going dark where shade lingers in Sheepstor - on granite cottages stock - handled from a pole not a ladder wherever we can.
• Garage threshold paving rocking from sand wash-out across moorland village stock - at very exposed exposure - the difference between a two-year finish and a five-year one.

Nearby areas we also cover

Things Sheepstor customers ask us first