Tegula Block Paving Driveway

The brief

The homeowners wanted the front of their 1930s semi to look as good as the house itself, a smart, hard-wearing parking area that would cope with daily use and wouldn’t send water onto the pavement.

What we did

We removed the old driveway surface completely and excavated down to firm ground. A new Type 1 sub-base went in, compacted in layers, followed by a screeded sand bed. The Tegula blocks, chosen for their tumbled, slightly aged look, were laid with a contrasting charcoal border held by concrete-haunched edge restraints.

Along the front edge we installed a linear drainage channel so rainwater is caught before it reaches the footpath. The joints were filled with kiln-dried sand and vibrated in to lock the whole surface together.

The result

A driveway with real character that suits the period of the house, sheds water properly and is built to take years of cars turning on it.