Straight answers on what jobs cost, how the work is done and what to look out for, from the team that does it day in, day out across Lancashire.
A riding arena is only ever as good as what sits underneath it.
For most homes in Chorley and across Lancashire, a new driveway does not need planning permission, but there is one rule that catches people out: drainage.
A concrete driveway is one of the longest lasting surfaces you can put down, but prices quoted online vary wildly and rarely explain what is included.
For most garden buildings, a concrete base needs to be 100mm thick over a compacted 100mm sub-base.
Most concrete driveways do not need planning permission, but there is one rule that catches a lot of homeowners out: surface water drainage.
If you're pricing up a new driveway, the honest answer is that the cost depends far more on what's underneath than what you see on top.
Groundworks is the part of a build that is hardest to price from a photo, because most of the cost is in the ground you cannot see.