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Finished red brindle block paving driveway with a contrasting border, leading to a garage beside a period house
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Red brindle block paving driveway

A narrow driveway beside a red brick period house, rebuilt from the sub-base up in red brindle block paving with a contrasting border.

Completed
August 2025
Surface
Red brindle concrete block paving
Pattern
Herringbone with a single border
Photographed over
3 days

Before & after

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Finished red brindle block paving driveway with a contrasting border, leading to a garage beside a period house
Narrow driveway stripped back to a compacted sub-base before block paving, beside a red brick period house
Stripped back and compacted, ready for edging. After: brindle blocks that suit the red brick house.

The story

Step by step

Narrow driveway stripped back to a compacted sub-base before block paving, beside a red brick period house
Stripped back and compacted, ready for edging.

01Before

Prepared ground

The old surface was removed and the sub-base compacted, giving a firm, even platform up to the garage.

Red brindle block paving border laid around a screeded sand bed on a driveway
The border is laid and the sand bed screeded level.

02In progress

Border and bedding

The border course was laid first to fix the shape and levels, then sharp sand was screeded inside it.

Red brindle block paving part laid in herringbone pattern on a driveway, working back towards the garage
Herringbone laying works back towards the garage.

03In progress

Laying

Blocks were laid in herringbone from the road end, working back towards the garage.

Finished red brindle block paving driveway with a contrasting border, leading to a garage beside a period house
After: brindle blocks that suit the red brick house.

04After

After

The brindle colour picks up the red brick of the house and its neighbours.

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