The beginners guide to growing your own vegetables
There are benefits to your health, well-being, bank account and the environment of growing your own food. This guide is an introduction that outlines the quickest and easiest veg to grow to reap a bounty from your garden, whether that be a few herbs to liven up your cooking, or a selection of nutrient rich fresh greens.
Guide To Indian Sandstone Colours
This guide shows examples and descriptions of available colours of popular Indian sandstone paving slabs & landscaping materials such as walling, coping and edging.
How to Point a Patio with Paving Jointing Compound
In this guide, we will show you how to point concrete and natural stone patio paving joints using an easy to use, brush-in two-part epoxy based jointing compound.
How to Grout Porcelain Patio Paving
In this guide, we will show you how to point porcelain paving joints with exterior grout. Pointing your porcelain paving joints with exterior grout will finish the look of your patio and provide the waterproof protection to the paving joints.
Patio Paving Calculators
Use this page to calculate coverage & materials for your patio project: square metre (m²) area, sub-base & laying course material quantities.
Patio Paving Buying Guide
When it comes to selecting the right patio paving for your garden, the material, size and colour of your paving slabs are all key features to think about from an early stage. This patio paving buying guide takes you through these considerations, but also lifts the lid on some less obvious criteria that could inform your purchase decision.
How to Lay Driveway Block Paving
This guide is suitable for “unbound” driveway block paving installations with either of the two most popular types of driveway concrete block paving - standard block paving and tumbled block paving.
Winter & Your Home
Winter is coming! We discuss some things you can do to prepare your home & garden for the onset of winter and poor weather. We outline ways you can mitigate the worst the winter weather has to offer.
How wide should the pointing on patio paving slab joints be?
We explain what width of patio paving joint (pointing) works best with different types of patio paving slabs. We also touch on architectural styles and the aesthetics of different paving slabs and their pointing.
Why Use Slurry Primer?
This video guide and article explains what are slurry primers. We discuss why they should be used for all patio installations (and must be used for porcelain paving). We also talk you though how to mix and apply them to you paving prior to laying and the techniques involved.
How to Create a 'Cooling Corner' in the Garden for Your Pets this Summer
When summer temperatures climb you should consider creating some garden spots that offer your pets somewhere to cool down and relax. We offer some quick tips to keep your pets cooler.
How to Lay Patio Paving Slabs
This guide explains step-by-step how to lay and install patio paving. We have videos guides for the key steps and breakdown the materials (with calculators) and tools you'll need to successfully lay your patio.