The brief
The family needed a patio they could use every week, not a show surface that ponded.
The door line had to be flush enough for a wheelchair or a walker.
They wanted texture and colour they could read, and an edge they could see.
Drainage had to sit in the brief, not as a later fix.
Groundworks and build
Indian sandstone is laid in mixed earth tones, staggered, with even joints.
A black ACO channel runs the length of the house so water never sits against the doors.
The paving meets the sliding doors on a level threshold.
Dark cobble setts dress the line between the slabs and a low block retaining wall.
A second finish — large-format porcelain with a charcoal picture-frame border — gives a high-contrast edge.
Falls are written in before the first slab so the surface stays dry enough to use.
- Indian sandstone
- Porcelain paving
- Charcoal block border
- ACO drainage channel
- Cobble setts
The outcome
A patio that works as an outdoor room.
Water in the drain, not on the threshold.
A border you can see — useful for SEN households and anyone who needs a clear edge.
Related services and areas
This job sits on the same LUNA SEN-Scapes brief as the service pages.
Wirral is the base. The work is UK-wide.
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