Wembury patios & driveways, done properly

Why we built a Wembury page for patios & driveways

The best time to book patios & driveways in Wembury is the same week you start thinking about it. Bungalows take the worst of it because there's nowhere for water to go but the wall itself. South Hams District Council covers Wembury, and building stock here is dominated by seafront bungalows and 1960s detached.

On the South West Coast Path looking out to the Mewstone, which shapes how patios & driveways on painted render and pebbledash and concrete tile actually plays out around PL9. We tend to batch Wembury bookings with jobs in Plymstock the same week.

Payment is only ever after you've seen the photos and signed off, never up front. Working-at-height planning is done before the visit, so the right access equipment arrives with the crew. Two of us live within twenty minutes of the yard, which is why booking flexibility is easier than customers expect. Parking is where a lot of jobs go slow, so we ask about it up front rather than turn up and hope. Every visit finishes with a five-minute tidy — sand brushed in, debris bagged, tap turned off. Water usage is metered and quoted realistically — we never charge for water we didn't use. We keep a small stock of common ridge and hip tiles so minor replacements don't hold a job up. Sub-zero mornings we wait until 10am to start softwash — the biocide simply doesn't work well below freezing. Roof re-bed work gets its own dedicated day — nobody wants a wet roof left open overnight. Roof access ladders are inspected each morning and swapped out at the first sign of wear. Two-storey work is the same price as single-storey where the pole reaches — height alone doesn't drive the cost. For historic properties we send a method statement covering exactly what will and won't be used. Kiln-dried sand is bought in bulk pallets, which keeps the driveway top-up cost small at the invoice end. Fascia paint repair we don't do, but we'll flag it and hand you a shortlist of decorators we trust. 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 Wembury properties we treat have painted render and pebbledash walls and a concrete tile 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 coastal village sites - noted 6 miles from PL3 - the difference between a two-year finish and a five-year one.

• Method

  Fan-tip cold rinse on Indian sandstone with the pressure dialled for Wembury - noted at roughly 50.318,-4.085 - one of the calls we get most in the wetter half of the year.

• Method

  Optional breathable acrylic sealer - lasts longer at Wembury's very-exposed exposure - noted on painted render and pebbledash - the sort of clean that pays for itself in kerb appeal.

• Method

  Pattern-imprinted concrete re-sealed in the same visit - useful on coastal village layouts - noted across concrete tile - handled with the same rig we use for coastal properties.

Questions worth asking before you book

Where else in the PL9 area we book patios & driveways