Hardscape Installation

COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS...

Hardscape is the installation of rock, brick, wood, concrete, stones and pavers:

Paver Systems

Patios

Hardscape InstallationPaver Systems

Patios are a great place to sit and gather with family and friends or to enjoy the peace and beauty outdoors. They can also be beautiful focal points in your yard, garden, or designated seating/entertainment areas. Pavers come in various shapes, sizes, with textured or smooth surfaces and many colours. Contact us to arrange a design consultation to help navigate the many possibilities that best accentuate your personal style and needs.

Have a look at some of our custom paver patio artwork!

Pathways

Hardscape InstallationPaver Systems

Pathways can be an essential highlight in your yard and garden areas as they are the connecting feature in and around your property. Designed for practicality like walkways and paths, or beauty for enhancing aesthetic appeal and flow to the surrounding landscape. Need a path illuminated for safety or ambiance? We can do that too!

Driveways

Hardscape InstallationPaver Systems

When building driveways, pavers are an excellent alternative to concrete, which often cracks. Pavers come in many different colours, sizes, textures, and can be laid using different varieties of pavers to create interesting designs. Looking for something unique and bold that stands out? A paver driveway may be the way to go!

Retaining Walls

Yard Slope Retention

Hardscape InstallationRetaining Walls

One way to make better use of a sloped yard is to build retaining walls to create level spaces which can be used for garden beds or lawn area.

Water Diversion

Hardscape InstallationRetaining Walls

Low lying swampy areas of a yard (or your neighbour’s yard) can be contained with retaining walls. A retaining wall can be a solution to divert the flow of water.

Property Line Leveling

Hardscape InstallationRetaining Walls

Retaining walls are commonly used around property lines to establish perimeters. Often fences are built directly behind or on top of the retaining wall for privacy, safety, and/or appeal.

Stair Systems

Cut Stone

Hardscape InstallationStair Systems

For those looking for a high-end set of stairs, stone can be custom cut with varying rise and run to build a classy, bold stair system.

Concrete

Hardscape InstallationStair Systems

Concrete is a great option for those wanting an exact rise and run. Concrete is very durable and can be poured or placed as pre-made slabs.

Wood

Hardscape InstallationStair Systems

Wood is a cost-effective stair system that installs quickly and when built correctly is very durable. Wood can be stained many colours to meet your design preferences.

Rock Work

Garden Beds

Hardscape InstallationRock Work

Nothing quite like rock will provide a timeless beautiful border like split or fractured rock for building a garden bed. The variations in color, size and shape are endless. As are the mosses and creeping foliage which will cover rock over the decades.

Slope Retention

Hardscape InstallationRock Work

Flat-sided large rock can create stunning, almost vertical, large retaining walls. Large fractured blue or green basalt makes great rock slopes which will hold down a bank of dirt forever. Heavy rock slope retention is an excellent way to terrace a yard.

Design Features

Hardscape InstallationRock Work

A mossy massive boulder placed amongst a beautiful flower garden can be as eye-catching as the brightest most bold flowering shrub. Rocks can be laid out to resemble dry creek beds, a common feature of many a yard nowadays. Rock will always have a solid place in landscape design.

Wooden Structures

Pergolas / Trellises / Arbors

Hardscape InstallationWooden Structures

Stained wooden structures can really define functional space. Guests will be drawn to wood features where chairs are often found strewn about, ready to seat viewers for the garden or pond views. Yellow or Red Cedar are both excellent choices for your hardscape construction project.

Stair Systems

Hardscape InstallationWooden Structures

Commonly used as stairs off of deck space, wood stairs are also excellent for building into landscape slopes. With proper installation, mostly working to keep wet dirt from contacting wood, your stairs will last decades. Yellow Cedar is the wood most suited to build landscape stair sets on ground level.

Fences

Hardscape InstallationWooden Structures

The best way to define your perimeter space is with a fence. A well built fence should last many years without leaning or rotting. A wooden fence is a great place to incorporate pergola structure or a beautiful entry gate. Fences can be quite a stunning addition to your yard when using stained or painted wood.

Excavating

Foundations

Hardscape InstallationExcavating

The best way to ensure a house starts out smoothly is to start with a level footing. That task is much easier for the construction crew when the excavated base is smooth and level to begin with. Foundation excavation work can be challenging on Vancouver Island due to slope and rock, but maybe we’re crazy…it’s always a satisfying task!

Driveways & Walkways

Hardscape InstallationExcavating

A well built road requires the use of fractured rocks, layered in stages with the biggest jagged rock used as a base. Working up to the top surface and using a good chipped gravel with fines creates a nice long lasting driveway surface. Of course there are block pavers, bricks, porcelain pavers, cement etc. Many options!

HARDSCAPE INSTALLATION
Hardscape is the installation of rock, brick, wood, concrete, stones and pavers.

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LANDSCAPE INSTALLATION

Landscape is what makes your yard lush, fruitful or bountiful, colorful, private etc.

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DESIGN

All projects come together best when an install is completed from a well thought out design.

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