Patios, Stone & Hardscape in Middle Tennessee

A patio is only as good as what is under it. Compacted base at the right depth, proper slope away from the house, control joints placed correctly on concrete and an edge restraint that actually restrains pavers are what keep a patio flat and crack controlled through Middle Tennessee freeze thaw cycles.

We size and slope the surface for how you will use it, whether that is a dining table and grill or a full outdoor living layout with a fire feature.

Adding a large impervious surface changes where water goes. Get that wrong and you have pushed runoff toward the foundation or into the neighbor's yard.

We plan the fall of the surface, tie in drainage where it is needed, and coordinate with irrigation so sleeves run under the hardscape before it is placed instead of being cut in afterward.

Most back yard projects are not one trade. A patio wants lighting, a fence line wants to meet the hardscape cleanly, and irrigation heads have to be relocated once turf becomes concrete.

Running the exterior as one coordinated project keeps those handoffs from becoming your problem.

What you see on a finished patio is the last few inches. Under it is compacted aggregate at the correct depth, placed in lifts and compacted between them rather than dumped and rolled once. Skipping that is invisible on the day the patio is finished and obvious two winters later.

Middle Tennessee freeze thaw cycles are the test. Water that gets under a poorly based surface expands as it freezes, and settles pavers or cracks concrete outside the control joints. A patio built on a proper base moves as one piece instead of in fragments.