Professional, quality paving, driveway and landscaping services in Blackburn, Darwen and across the surrounding areas. Dean quotes it, the team builds it, and you get told exactly what it costs before we lift a slab.
Block paving, flagged patios, tarmac, resin, gravel, steps, walling and the groundwork underneath all of it. One firm, one contract, one number to ring if anything is not right.
Charcoal, brindle and buff block laid on a full depth compacted sub-base, with edge courses concreted in so the outer rows do not spread.
Smooth and riven flags, Indian sandstone and porcelain, laid on a full mortar bed with falls set so the water leaves the house rather than sits against it.
Resin bound, machine laid tarmac and gravel drives, all built on the same base specification as our block work. The surface changes, the groundwork does not.
Brick and flag steps, retaining walls and decorative walling. Half the plots round here are on a slope, so this is most of what makes a drive usable.
Diamonds, soldier courses, contrast borders and circle features cut in properly rather than fudged. Design is agreed on paper before anything is ordered.
Raised beds, sleepers, turf, drainage runs and full site levels. Landscaping is on the sign for a reason: the paving is only half of most jobs.
Dean gave us a competitive fixed price and turned up when he said he would. The lads are really friendly, tidied up every night, were considerate of neighbours and delivered on all of their promises. The quality of their work is second to none.Lizzie MoorbyGoogle review, 5 stars
Every photograph below is a job of ours in and around Darwen and Blackburn. Nothing here is a catalogue picture or a supplier's stock shot.
A drive does not sink because of the blocks. It sinks because of what somebody did or did not do underneath them, on a day nobody photographed. Here is what happens on ours.
The area is set out and agreed with you on site, then quoted as a fixed price. What is on the quote is what you pay unless you ask us to change something.
Excavated to the depth the job needs and the spoil taken off site in the grab wagon. Nothing gets levelled off to the side and buried under your new drive.
Sub-base stone laid and whacked in layers rather than one deep tip of stone. One thick layer only ever compacts at the top and settles underneath.
Kerbs, edge courses, walling and steps are set and haunched in concrete before the field of paving goes down, so the finished edges hold their line.
Channel drains, gullies and permeable options worked out at the quote stage. Levels are cut so water runs to a drain, never back towards your door.
Blocks cut in, vibrated, kiln dried sand brushed into every joint, and the site brushed down at the end of every day, not just on the last one.
Dean is the one who comes out, measures up and gives you the price, and he is the name our customers use in review after review. Jerry is the other name you will hear. Between them they are on the jobs, not in an office.
A1 Quality Paving & Drives Ltd has been a registered limited company since 27 January 2022, company number 13876487, working from a trade unit at Unit 1a Dalton Court, Commercial Road, Darwen BB3 0DG. We are a registered member of MyBuilder.
That matters when you are handing thousands of pounds to a paving firm. There is a company behind the van, an address you can look up, and 74 reviews you can read before you ring.
"Dean gave us a competitive fixed price and turned up when he said he would. The lads are really friendly, tidied up every night, were considerate of neighbours and delivered on all of their promises. The quality of their work is second to none."
Lizzie MoorbyGoogle review"Dean and the boys did a really good job with the block paving. They were very polite & worked really hard."
Joan HallGoogle review"The lads were skilled and quick in their work too! It's improved convenience, appearance and value of the house!"
Claudia FiskenGoogle review"completed my driveway and paths to a very high standard"
David CatleyGoogle review"I dealt with Jerry who was polite and professional."
WeezieGoogle reviewEvery review quoted on this page is a real one, in the customer's own words. There are seventy-four of them on Google and they average a straight five out of five.
Get your free quoteWe are based in a trade unit on Commercial Road in Darwen, and most of our work is within half an hour of it. If your street is not on this list, ring and ask.
Dean will come out, measure up, talk through the options and give you a written fixed price. It costs nothing and you are under no obligation afterwards.
