Recommendations for paving

meolwan

Thinking of paving the back garden looking for recommendations of what to use that requires very little maintenance and will still look good . As i live on the coast it will have to put up with sand and salt in the wind. Some are saying sandstone while others are saying granite.

westsidestory

Paving a section of back garden or all of it?

tedimc

We are putting silver granite down at the moment, looks nice an clean and I know from other homes, maintenance is low. To give you an idea of price, we bought a lot but it worked out at 8,700 for 180m2 including about 40M of steps.

Porcelain is also another option worth looking at.

One thing to consider, is if you have a shaded area - moss may take hold. However, one of the pressure washer patio cleaning heads would be fine to clear it once a year.

meolwan

westsidestory wrote: »

Paving a section of back garden or all of it?

All of it . Maybe put in a home office type of wooden building

Whatever you do, don't go for a cheap option. Also consider your aspect. Some stones will get very green and slippy in shaded spots.

I have Blue Irish Limestone and it's beautiful. Expensive but worth every penny. It doesn't need to be sealed or power washed - the rain does it for me. The one thing it doesn't like is food so if you are going to be doing a lot of dining outside consider this too.

rje66

Dont use sandstone . To help you choose it, basically have a budget in mind, then choose a colour you like, options are basically grey, blue-grey, yellowish, blackish for natural stone. Porcelain might give you a better choice. Tie all this into your building. Is it a brand new build, a cottage , a period house etc. The choice then becomes a bit easier then. As earlier mentioned dont go cheap option. And get garden lights installed. You won't regret it. Keep us posted.