Paver Patios in Englishtown, NJ

Paver Patios for Englishtown homes

Englishtown is a small borough surrounded by Manalapan Township. Older homes near Main Street need front walks, steps and driveways done right.

Built for Englishtown ground

Much of Englishtown sits on sandy soil. Sand drains quickly, which helps under paver patios, but it doesn't hold its shape on its own. We compact the subgrade before any stone goes in, build the base in lifts and lock every edge with restraint, so the surface doesn't spread at the sides or dip where people walk and drive.

Read more about our work in Englishtown, NJ.

A patio is the room you use most from May to October. In New Jersey it also has to survive the months in between: freeze-thaw cycles, plowed snow piled on the edges and the spring rains that follow. That’s why the part you never see — the base — gets most of our attention.

What makes a paver patio last in NJ

• Excavation to stable soil. Topsoil and organic material come out. Leaving them in is the main reason patios sink in the first few winters.
• Compacted stone base. Dense-graded aggregate is placed and compacted in lifts, not dumped in one pass. The depth depends on your soil and use, and it is written in the estimate.
• Pitch and drainage. Every patio sheds water away from the foundation. Where downspouts empty onto the patio area, we plan for it before the pavers go down.
• Edge restraint. Without a restraint, the outer rows spread over time and the joints open up. Ours is installed below the finished grade.
• Polymeric sand. Swept into the joints and activated with water, it hardens to resist weeds, ants and washout.

Styles and materials

Most of our patios combine a field color with a darker border, like the charcoal soldier course you’ll see in the gallery below. We install large-format slabs, tumbled and multi-tone pavers, and classic rectangles in running bond or herringbone. Concrete patios get a broom or smooth finish, and we can frame them with paver bands.

Popular add-ons:

• Fire pits built into the patio
• Seating walls and pillars
• Outdoor kitchens and grill islands
• Lighted paver steps down from the back door

The process

1. Free estimate. Manasses walks the yard with you, measures and talks through the options.
2. Design and paver selection. You choose the shape, pattern and colors. We confirm the layout on site.
3. Excavation and base preparation. We dig, grade and compact the base.
4. Installation and compaction. We lay the pavers, cut them, set the restraints, compact and sand the joints.
5. Final walkthrough. We walk the finished patio together and go over care.