Walkways and Sidewalks
We install new walkways and sidewalks for homes and businesses around Lehighton. Each one gets a compacted stone base and a pitch that sheds rain.
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Hardscaping is the hard surface work in a yard, and patio installation is the center of it. NS Paving and Landscaping builds patios and other hardscapes for homes around Lehighton. Decorative concrete is part of that work. We are also an asphalt paving contractor in Lehighton, so one call can cover the driveway and the patio.
A patio sits outside through every Carbon County winter, so the work under the surface matters most. On top, decorative concrete can add color or a pattern to the slab. When the patio is part of a bigger plan, landscape design can shape the beds around it. Every job starts with a free estimate, and the quote comes in writing.
Tell us about the job and where it is. We will look it over and put the quote in writing.
Patio trouble often starts under the surface. Water that sits in a soft or thin base can freeze and lift a patio. When it thaws, low spots settle and cracks open.
Federal soil surveys show mostly well-drained ground around Lehighton, much of it weathered from shale. Some flats and low spots hold slow-draining soil. The borough's plan guide sets footings at least 42 inches deep, below the frost line. A patio sits near the surface, well above that line.
So the soil comes out first, down to firm ground. A crushed stone base goes in and is compacted to carry the slab. The surface then slopes away from the house, so rain runs off toward the yard. If the patio needs a path to the door, see walkway installation.
NOAA's 1991 to 2020 normals for the Lehighton station count about 132 nights a year at or below freezing. Only about 24 days a year stay at 32 degrees or colder all day. So on most of those nights, the afternoon climbs back above freezing. In a typical year, the first fall freeze comes around October 23 and the last spring freeze around April 21.
That cycle is hard on concrete. The concrete industry's guidance links scaling, the flaking of a finished surface, to freezing and thawing. Its answer starts with air-entrained concrete, which holds tiny bubbles that give freezing water room to expand.
Cracks cannot be prevented entirely, the same guidance says, but planned joints control where they form. It spaces them about 10 feet apart on a 4-inch slab. An isolation joint goes where the patio meets the house or steps, so each part can move on its own. The guidance also urges care with cold-month pours, when fresh concrete can freeze while still wet.
It depends on the town, so the local office has the answer. In Lehighton, the borough's permit guide says to check with its building code official and zoning officer when unsure. Its zoning form also asks for a lot's impervious coverage, the square feet of hard surface. Outside the borough, your own township or town office answers the same question, and we point you there.
Pennsylvania law says anyone who digs with power equipment must call 811 three to ten business days ahead. The utilities mark their lines, but they may not mark lines you own, like yard lighting or an invisible fence. Show us where those run when we look at the job.
Pennsylvania's stormwater law tells anyone who changes how land drains to take reasonable steps to protect other property. In Lehighton, the borough notes that some stormwater runs straight into Mahoning Creek and the Lehigh River. A patio's slope decides where its rain goes, so we plan that before the base goes in.
Call or text for a written quote. We work about 40 miles around Lehighton across Carbon, Monroe, Northampton, Lehigh, Schuylkill and Luzerne Counties.
(484) 545-5072From the first call or text to the finished work, here is how it goes.
Call or text (484) 545-5072 and tell us about the job and the town it is in. Send photos by text if you have them.
We look at the site and measure the area. Soils around Lehighton are prone to frost heave, so we also check the base and where the water drains.
You get a free estimate, with the quote in writing. Once you say yes, we set a date, and paving days follow the weather.
For new paving, we grade and compact the stone base, then lay hot asphalt and roll it smooth. Landscaping work follows the plan we agreed on with you.
We look over the finished work with you and clean up the site. We also tell you when the new asphalt is ready for cars.
Common questions about hardscaping and patios around Lehighton and Carbon, Monroe and the surrounding counties. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
We install new walkways and sidewalks for homes and businesses around Lehighton. Each one gets a compacted stone base and a pitch that sheds rain.
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We design planting beds and pick plants that suit each spot's sun and soil. A patio or walkway can be part of the same plan.
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New asphalt driveways and full driveway replacement for homes around Lehighton. We build a compacted stone base and pave it with hot asphalt.
Learn MoreOne call covers the asphalt and the yard work around it. You deal with one company for the whole job.
We pave home driveways and long lanes. We also pave commercial lots and the roads inside developments.
We look at the job before we price it. You get the quote in writing, so you know the work and the price before we start.
Lehighton sits at the center of our service area. We work across Carbon, Monroe, Northampton, Lehigh, Schuylkill and Luzerne Counties.
Tell us what needs paving or landscaping and where the property is. Call or text (484) 545-5072 or use the form, and we will set up your free estimate.
Tell us about the job and where it is. We will look it over and put the quote in writing.