Porcelain Paving in St Helens

Local Housing Stock

Replacing tired concrete and cracked flags

A lot of the work we do around St Helens involves lifting what is already there. The estates built through the 1960s to 80s across Sutton, Thatto Heath and Parr were typically finished with concrete flags or a poured slab, and forty years on those surfaces have usually sunk at the edges, cracked along the joints, or grown a permanent layer of green.

Porcelain is a natural upgrade from that. The slabs are dimensionally consistent, so joints stay uniform instead of wandering. They are effectively non-porous, so they do not soak up water and stain the way concrete does, and algae has far less to grip onto. A rinse down each spring is generally all they ask for.

Out toward Rainford and Billinge we see more large rear gardens where a patio is the first stage of a wider scheme — paving nearest the house, artificial lawn beyond it, new fencing round the boundary. Planning that as one job keeps the levels consistent and avoids paying twice for site setup.