Interlock Contractors in Milton

Interlock That Stays Level on Milton Fill

Interlock in Milton is mostly a front-yard job. Lots in Beaty, Coates, Willmott, Ford, Cobban and Boyne are narrow, the front yard is small and many driveways are shared, so a walkway from the sidewalk to the door and a border along the driveway edge do a lot for the look of the house without taking space you do not have. Backyards get patios, steps down from a raised deck and low retaining walls where the grade drops toward the fence.

The ground is what decides whether that work lasts. Milton's newer subdivisions were graded with compacted construction fill over clay, and fill keeps settling for years. A shallow base on that ground sinks and tilts within a couple of winters. We excavate deeper than most, build a compacted granular base in lifts, set the stones on screeded bedding and lock the joints with polymeric sand, then grade the surface so water runs to the street rather than toward the foundation or onto the neighbour's half of the driveway.

In Timberlea, Dorset Park and Old Milton we are more often lifting and relaying interlock that has heaved or sunk, and working around mature tree roots, which may need review before we dig. Lots on the escarpment side in Scott and Harrison slope more and need retaining walls and drainage planned together with the patio.

• Deeper excavation and a compacted granular base for Milton's settling fill
• Surface graded away from the foundation and off shared driveways
• Lifting and relaying of sunken interlock in older Milton neighbourhoods