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Materials
What we build with, and where each one belongs.
Twenty materials and details we use most, with the honest limitations of each.
Flagstone patios and walkways
Irregular natural stone laid in a random pattern — the most organic-looking hard surface we install.
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Large-format slabs
Big smooth units with tight joints — the current look for modern patios and pool decks.
ReadHerringbone paver driveways
The strongest interlocking pattern, and the reason it is the default for vehicle surfaces.
ReadPermeable pavers
Surfaces that let water through instead of shedding it — useful where drainage is restricted.
ReadNatural stone steps
Solid slab treads cut from quarried stone — heavy, permanent and the best-looking option for a grade change.
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Armour stone walls
Large quarried blocks used for retaining and feature walls on bigger properties.
ReadManufactured wall block
Engineered units with published height guidance — how most residential retaining walls in the GTA are built.
ReadStamped and stained concrete
Poured surfaces textured and coloured to imitate stone, brick or plank.
ReadExposed aggregate concrete
Concrete washed back to reveal the stone in the mix — durable, grippy and low key.
ReadPorcelain pavers
Dense, low-absorption units in large formats — the premium end of modern decks.
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River rock and stone beds
Washed round stone used where planting or mulch will not survive.
ReadDecorative gravel areas
Angular crushed stone for paths, seating areas and utility zones.
ReadBed edging
The line between bed and lawn — cut by hand, or built in stone, steel or paver.
ReadSod installation
Instant lawn on properly prepared grade — and what it needs in the first three weeks.
ReadTopsoil and grading
The layer everything else depends on, and the one builders leave out.
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Pool coping
The edge detail at the waterline — the most-touched surface in the whole backyard.
ReadFrench drains and subsurface drainage
Perforated pipe in clear stone, for water that grade alone cannot move.
ReadCatch basins and surface drainage
Grated inlets that collect surface water and pipe it somewhere useful.
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