New sandstone patio laid behind a conservatory with a new fence alongside

Handyman 2 Your Rescue · East Ayrshire

Slabbing, Paving & Monoblock

Laid level, and it stays level.

Patios, paths and driveways laid level, or lifted and relaid.

  • No job too small
  • Free look, free price
  • Family run business
  • Rubbish taken away

Slabbing & Paving

Slabbing, Paving & Monoblock across East Ayrshire

Paving that sinks was not laid wrong on the top. It was laid wrong underneath.

A patio or a drive is mostly the bit you never see — the dig out, the sub-base, the fall that takes water away from your house instead of towards it. Get that right and it sits flat for years. Get it wrong and it is rocking by the second winter.

John lays new patios, paths, and monoblock drives, and he lifts and relays existing ones that have sunk, rocked or gone green. Old material goes away with him.

Slabbed patio at a back door with a charcoal block border
Patio at the door with a block border.

What people call about

  • A new patio for the back door, or a path down the side of the house
  • Slabs rocking underfoot or one corner sunk into a puddle
  • Monoblock rutted where the car sits, or spreading at the edges
  • Water running towards the house instead of away from it
  • A drive dropped where an old trench was backfilled
  • Paving that is more green than grey and slippy in the winter

How it goes

How the job goes

No surprises and nothing starts before you know the price.

  1. LookLevels, falls, where the water needs to go. Free, and before any price.
  2. DigOut to depth and a proper compacted sub-base — the part that does the work.
  3. LaySlabs or blocks laid to the fall, edges restrained, joints filled.
  4. ClearSpoil and old paving taken away. Your garden is not left as a tip.

What it costs

Priced per job after a look. It depends on the area, what is coming out, what is going down, and how far the spoil has to be carried to the van — a back garden with no side access is genuinely more work than a front drive.

If your paving only needs lifted and relaid rather than replaced, John will say so. Relaying your existing slabs is cheaper than buying new ones.

Recent jobs

Slabbing & Paving John has done

His own photos, off his phone, finished and handed back.

Questions

Common questions

Can you relay my existing slabs instead of buying new?

Usually yes, as long as they are sound. They come up, the base gets put right, and they go back down level. It costs less than a new patio and it looks the same.

How long does a patio take?

Most domestic patios are a two to four day job depending on size and access. John will give you the days along with the price.

Do I need planning permission for a driveway?

For most domestic drives in Scotland, no — but permeable surfacing or somewhere for the water to go is the usual expectation. John will flag it if your job looks like one to check with East Ayrshire Council first.

Will the weeds come back through the monoblock?

Far less if the base and the jointing sand are done properly. Nothing outdoors is permanent, but it should not be a jungle by next summer.

Do you take the old concrete away?

Yes. Breaking out and clearing away is part of the job, not an extra you find out about at the end.

Areas

Where John works

Based in Stewarton and out across East Ayrshire seven days a week. If your town is not here, phone anyway — he is probably passing.

Often done at the same time

Book a visit

Pick a day and time — John comes to you

Rather just get booked in? Choose when suits and John will come out to look and give you a price. You’ll get a confirmation email in the next few minutes when your booking slot is confirmed.

Get a price for slabbing, paving & monoblock

Phone John, or send a photo on WhatsApp and he will tell you what he thinks. The look and the price are free.

Mobile 07914 022612
john@handyman2yourrescue.co.uk
10B Dunlop St, Stewarton, Kilmarnock KA3 5AS · seven days a week
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