Repairing Your Driveway the Right Way

If you are considering having your driveway repaired, make sure you use a fully accredited company that you can trust. It’s only too easy to be fooled by cowboy traders looking to make a quick buck – don’t let that be you this summer. When it comes to having your driveway repaired or replaced, there’s two ways it can go: the wrong way and the right way.

Repairing Your Driveway: The Wrong Way

You have been meaning to do something about the potholes in your driveway for some time, when out of nowhere a man in an hi-vis uniform appears. He has some shingle left over from another job, do you want him to fill in your driveway? Shouldn’t be too much, £100. Maybe £150. You agree to have the work done. Hi-vis man turns up the following day, he and a labourer are there for half an hour. The bill is for £300. You question the price and he explains the price per square metre is fixed and the work is complete. You feel done over but you pay because the man seemed a bit threatening and you want him off your property. At least you’ve got a new driveway. Two weeks later there is a rainstorm and the shingle starts to wash away. Within a month you notice the potholes have returned.

Repairing Your Driveway: The Right Way

You contact Knights Paving and Landscaping Ltd, a Norfolk Trusted Trader, through their website. They call and arrange an appointment at your convenience to discuss your new driveway. You opt for an attractive brickweave with French drainage. You receive a full quote for the work and agree to pay in installments: no deposit is required. The work is completed on time and to your satisfaction. You have a new driveway with a lifetime guarantee, so if it does need repairs in the future, you know they’ll be taken care of. Two weeks later there is a rainstorm. The water runs off the gently sloping brickwork and drains into the elegantly filled shingle trenches at the edges.

If you have a driveway that has seen better days, get in touch with us this summer. Call us on 01603 360548 or email us at enquiries@knightslandscaping.co.uk.

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