If you live in Eastwood and need a garden rebuilt, a driveway laid or a lawn kept in check, Todmorden Landscaping & Driveways is the local firm for the job. We are landscapers and driveway installers working out of Todmorden, and Eastwood is close enough that we are often on two or three jobs there at once.
The people who call us from Eastwood usually have a specific problem. The drive is cracked and the car is on the road. The back garden slopes so steeply that half of it is unusable. We go out, measure up, listen, and come back with a written quote that sets out exactly what we would do and what it would cost.
We are insured, we are registered to carry waste and we put a written guarantee on everything we install.
- Garden Maintenance in EastwoodFree site visit and written quote
- Block Paving in EastwoodFree site visit and written quote
- Landscaping in EastwoodFree site visit and written quote
- Driveway Installation in EastwoodFree site visit and written quote
Landscaping and Driveway Services in Eastwood
Think of our work in Eastwood in two halves: the front of the house and the back. At the front it is driveways, paths, dropped kerbs and low walls. At the back it is patios, lawns, fencing, decking, steps and retaining walls. Garden maintenance looks after both halves once they are built, and block paving is used in both.
One contractor for all of it means the levels of the drive, side path and rear patio are set out by the same crew and line up with the damp-proof course.
- Rear garden design and construction
- Driveways in block paving, resin bound, tarmac, gravel and concrete
- Dropped kerb applications and installation
- Patios, paths and steps in porcelain, sandstone, limestone and block
- Turf, seeded lawns and artificial grass
- Fencing, gates, decking, pergolas and raised beds
- Land drains, soakaways and channel drainage
- Scheduled garden maintenance
Landscaping in Eastwood
If your rear garden in Eastwood has a few slabs by the back door, an uneven lawn and leaning fences, we usually set the whole garden out again from the levels up rather than patch it.
Where the ground slopes, we terrace it with sleeper or block retaining walls so the patio is level and the lawn is flat. Patios go on 100 mm or more of compacted Type 1 MOT with a full bed of mortar, laid with a fall away from the house and a channel drain at the threshold if the patio is close to the damp-proof course.
For lawns we strip the old turf, cultivate and level the soil, roll it and lay new turf or seed in spring or autumn. Borders are dug over, improved with compost and planted to suit the aspect. Ducting is laid for any lighting so a Part P electrician can connect it later.
Driveways in Eastwood
Driveway enquiries in Eastwood come either from households that need more parking or from owners whose old drive has sunk, cracked or sprouted weeds.
We install block paving, resin bound, tarmac, gravel and concrete drives. Each one goes on a compacted Type 1 MOT sub-base of 150 mm or more over a geotextile membrane where the ground is soft, with concrete-haunched edgings to stop the surface spreading. Falls are set so water runs to a lawn, border, soakaway or permeable sub-base rather than onto the pavement. That keeps the drive within permitted development for front gardens.
If cars need to cross the footpath to reach the drive, a dropped kerb is required. We prepare the council application, deal with the approved contractor work and time it so the kerb and the drive are finished together.
Garden Maintenance in Eastwood
Our maintenance round in Eastwood runs through the year. A typical visit covers mowing and edging, hedge trimming, weeding the borders, pruning what needs it and blowing down the hard surfaces. Clippings and prunings go in our van, not your bin.
Lawns are scarified, aerated and fed in spring and again in early autumn. Hedges are cut outside the main bird-nesting months, so the hard cuts happen from late summer onwards. Roses and fruit trees are pruned in winter. Leaves are cleared in autumn and patios pressure washed in late winter.
We offer fortnightly, monthly and quarterly schedules, plus one-off clearances for gardens that have been left too long.
Block Paving in Eastwood
Laid properly to BS 7533, block paving lasts a very long time and is simple to repair. Laid badly it sinks in the wheel tracks within a year or two, which is why so many homeowners ask us to relay drives that someone else installed.
Our method is consistent. Excavate, membrane, 150 mm or more of compacted Type 1 MOT, concrete-bedded edgings, 30 to 50 mm of screeded sharp sand, blocks laid in herringbone for driveways, cut in cleanly, compacted with a plate compactor and jointed with kiln-dried sand. We use concrete blocks in standard, tumbled and large formats, and clay paving blocks for a traditional look on older houses. Permeable blocks with an open-graded sub-base are available where a SuDS surface is needed.
Why Eastwood Homeowners Choose Us
Most of our Eastwood work comes from people who have seen a job we did nearby or been given our name by a neighbour, so the work has to hold up.
- Itemised written quotes that state depths, materials and what is excluded
- One crew from dig-out to handover, no subcontracted groundworks
- Public liability insurance and registered waste carrier status
- A written guarantee on every installation
- Tidy sites, protected floors and a clean street at the end of each day
We also keep things in proportion. If a lawn can be relaid rather than the garden redesigned, or a surface repaired rather than replaced, we say so.
Getting to You in Eastwood
Todmorden Landscaping & Driveways is based in Todmorden, which puts Eastwood within a short drive for site visits, deliveries and the daily commute of our crews.
Whatever type of home you have in Eastwood, we plan around it: a terrace or semi with a compact front garden and a longer rear plot, a larger detached house with a wider drive and mature garden, or a newer property where the garden is small and the soil underneath may be compacted. If parking on your street is under pressure, a front garden conversion with a dropped kerb and a permeable surface is often the most useful job we can do.
Where there is no side gate, we carry materials through on protected floors or over a wall, and plan deliveries and skips so they do not block neighbours. For a visit anywhere in Eastwood, give us a call and we will arrange a time to come out from Todmorden.
Find Us Near Eastwood
Our driveway specialists in Todmorden handle the groundwork, drainage and finish on every job.
People in Todmorden often ask us about Landscaping in Eastwood, Driveway Installation in Eastwood and Garden Maintenance in Eastwood at the same time.
Your Questions Answered
How quickly can you come out to a job in Eastwood?
Because Eastwood is close to our Todmorden base, a site visit can usually be arranged within a few days of your call and the written quote follows shortly after. Start dates depend on the season and the size of the job, but we give a realistic date rather than an optimistic one.
Can you widen my existing driveway?
Yes. Widening a drive across the front garden is one of the most common jobs we do in Eastwood. We match or complement the existing surface, extend the sub-base properly rather than just butting new paving up to old, and sort out the kerb and drainage so the whole frontage works as one surface.
Do you offer both one-off and regular garden maintenance?
We do. Regular schedules run fortnightly, monthly or quarterly depending on the garden. One-off visits cover clearances of overgrown gardens, pre-sale tidy-ups and end-of-tenancy work. Many Eastwood customers start with a clearance and then move onto a regular visit to keep the garden in shape.
Are you insured and registered to remove waste?
Yes. We carry public liability insurance and are registered waste carriers, so all spoil, old paving, concrete and green waste is removed legally and disposed of at licensed sites. Copies of our insurance and registration can be provided with your quote if you want to see them.
What happens if there is a problem after the work is finished?
Every installation comes with a written guarantee covering our workmanship. If anything settles, lifts or does not look right, contact us and we will come out from Todmorden to inspect and put it right. Being local to Eastwood means that is a quick visit, not a long wait.