Backyard paver patio at dusk framed by a charcoal border course and river rock

Projects — Patios & Pool Decks

The backyard you'll actually use.

A stone patio is the one part of the yard you finish once — no staining, no rot, and no sinking where the snow pile sat all winter. Laid out full-size on site before a single stone is cut.

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Patio Projects

Patios, pool decks and porches

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Grey paver pool deck wrapping around an inground pool beside a dark board fence — Pool Deck

Wide beige slab patio with charcoal accent bands and paver steps up to a rear door — Backyard Patio & Steps

Two-tone backyard patio with a hard-top gazebo and a paver walkway to the rear steps — Patio & Gazebo

Grey slab patio set into a cedar deck with a hot tub under a timber pergola — Deck-Inset Patio & Hot Tub

Large-format grey slab patio cut into a sloped lawn beside a modern brick house — Large-Format Patio On Grade

Herringbone-laid grey patio behind a black iron gate at the side of a house — Gated Side Patio

Wet grey patio in a wooded backyard stepped down over a rough-faced stone riser — Wooded Patio & Stone Riser

Wide side-yard paver patio with a charcoal band running back to a cedar deck stair — Side-Yard Patio

Grey paver patio with an inset border pattern beside a cedar deck and planter beds — Patio, Deck & Planters

Light grey paver patio under a black hard-top gazebo, finished with a charcoal border — Gazebo Patio & Border Course

Beige large-format slabs laid under a covered rear porch next to a cedar hedge — Covered Porch Slabs

Bordered paver pad set in pea gravel with flagstone stepping stones, backed by trees — Backyard Pad & Stepping Stones

A freshly laid grey paver patio with a plate compactor and wet saw still on the surface — Mid-Install — Compacting

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Round Patio Walkthrough

Long beige slab patio with a charcoal edge running past planter beds along a board fence — Slab Patio & Planter Beds

Grey random-pattern slab patio with paver steps at the sliding door and a low block wall around the window well — Patio, Steps & Window-Well Wall

Two-tone backyard patio and a dark paver walk edged in river rock, with a covered hot tub and steps at the house — Patio, Walk & Hot Tub

Charcoal and beige slab patio with string lights along a chain-link fence overlooking a pond — Two-Tone Patio At The Pond

Large light slab patio being laid behind a modern new build with a raised deck and stairs — Walkout Patio — New Build

Grey two-tone paver patio at the wood deck steps of a house still in construction wrap — New-Build Backyard Patio

Grey slab patio with a charcoal border along a privacy-slat fence, furnished with a patio set and umbrella — Patio & Privacy Fence

Light grey paver patio with double charcoal bands leading back to a garden shed — Banded Patio & Shed

Beige slab patio with charcoal-capped block steps at a sliding patio door — Patio Steps At The Door

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Patio Pad Walkthrough

Charcoal-capped seat wall and two paver steps at a patio door, built from light block — Seat Wall & Steps

Grey paver patio pad at the base of wood deck stairs with river rock dressing the window wells — Patio Pad & River Rock

Beige slab patio running to a white privacy gate at the side of the house — Side-Gate Patio

Grey and charcoal slab patio mid-install with edge restraint still exposed along the lawn — Two-Tone Patio — Mid-Install

White slab patio laid out from the walkout basement of a modern rural home — Walkout Basement Patio

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Walkout Patio Walkthrough

Bordered paver pad set in pea gravel with flagstone stepping stones and low garden walls behind — Courtyard Pad & Stepping Stones

Light slab pad with a charcoal border under a gazebo, stepping down from the main patio — Gazebo Pad & Border

Why It Is Worth Doing

Why stone beats a deck

A wood deck is a maintenance schedule — stain it, re-screw it, replace boards, and eventually replace the frame. A stone patio is ground you finish once.

It also sits where you want it: at grade, connected to the lawn and the house, without a step down or a gap for things to fall through.

Nothing to stain or re-seal every few years. Sweep it, top up the joint sand when it eventually needs it, and that is the maintenance.
Laid out before a stone is cut. String lines and a dry run on site, so the pattern lands where you want it and the cuts fall in sensible places rather than through the middle of the view.
Grip when it is wet. Pool surrounds and steps go in finishes chosen to stay slip-resistant, with coping-edged detail around the water.
Seating walls do double duty. They hold a grade, define the space, and mean you are not carrying chairs out every time someone comes over.
It can be extended later. The same paver and the same base spec continue cleanly, so phase two does not look like phase two.

Built For Canadian Winters

How a patio is built to come through the thaw

Cold on its own does not damage interlock. Freeze-thaw does: water trapped in a poorly drained base expands as it freezes, lifts whatever sits above it, and drops it back somewhere slightly different. Ottawa runs that cycle dozens of times between November and April — and it only takes one winter for a bad base to show.

A patio has its own version of the problem. It is usually the lowest ground next to the house, it is where the snow gets piled when the driveway is cleared, and it stays wet longest in the spring.

6 inches of compacted base. Granular A in lifts under patios and walks, with the depth confirmed up front so you know what you are buying.
Fall away from the foundation. Meltwater has to leave. A patio that drains back toward the house puts water at the foundation and turns the doorway into an ice patch.
Geotextile over soft ground. Especially on the shaded, wooded and low-lying lots where the subgrade never really dries out.
Polymeric sand in the joints. It resists washout and weed growth and stays flexible, so the field can move without the joints blowing out.
Room for the snow. We talk through where you will actually pile it, because that corner carries the most weight and stays frozen the longest.
Coping and edges set to stay put. Around a pool the edge detail is the first thing freeze-thaw will try to move, so it gets bedded and restrained properly rather than being an afterthought.

Next summer starts with one call.

Patio work books out early in the spring. Send the rough square footage and we will come measure, check the drainage, and give you a fixed price — good for 60 days.

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