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A new grey block paving driveway with granite edging and a curved lawn edge in front of a red brick semi, with a mini digger parked on boards

Family run since 2012

Groundwork contractors in Southport

Driveways, drainage, septic tanks, extension foundations and digger and driver hire. For homeowners, builders and developers across Merseyside, Lancashire and Cheshire.

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What we do

A light grey porcelain patio being finished at the back of a red brick house

Driveways and patios

Block paving, tarmac, resin, imprinted concrete, gravel, porcelain and Indian sandstone. Dropped kerbs too.

A new orange drain pipe laid on gravel in a garden trench, with a mini digger beside it

Drainage

New drains, land drains, soakaways, collapsed drains dug out and replaced, sewer connections and drain jetting.

A green sewage treatment plant being lowered into the ground by an excavator in a rural garden

Septic tanks and treatment plants

Septic tanks and sewage treatment plants installed, replaced and repaired for homes off the mains sewer.

Freshly poured strip foundations for a rear extension, with pegs and string lines

Extension foundations

Footings dug and poured, blockwork to DPC, drainage and floor slabs. Garden room and garage bases.

A reinforced concrete slab being poured from a concrete pump on a commercial site, with an excavator to one side

Groundworks for builders

Site clearance, foundations, concrete slabs, drainage and section 278 road works for builders and developers.

A mini digger digging footings in the back garden of a red brick house

Digger and driver hire

Diggers from a 1 tonne micro digger up to 50 tonnes, telehandlers and grab lorries, with a CPCS or NPORS ticketed driver.

The bit you never see

Most driveways that sink, crack or hold puddles have failed underneath, not on top. The surface is what you choose. The layers below are what make it last.

That means digging down to firm ground, a membrane, a compacted Type 1 sub-base, the right bed for the surface, and somewhere for the water to go.

Driveways and patios
What goes under a driveway done properlyA cutaway of a driveway: block paving on a sharp sand bed, a compacted Type 1 sub-base, a geotextile membrane, and a land drain in the ground below, dug down to firm ground.Block pavingSand bedType 1 sub-baseMembraneLand drainFirm groundWHAT GOES UNDER A DRIVEWAY

Examples of our work

78m²

Birkdale, PR8

Porcelain patio

A tired tarmac drive lifted and replaced with large format porcelain, laid on a mortar bed with falls to a new soakaway.

320m³

Crosby, L23

Strip foundations for eight homes

Dug out, concrete poured to the engineer's drawing and blockwork brought up to DPC, ready for the bricklayers.

950m²

Warrington, WA5

Industrial slab and earthworks

1,200 m³ of cut and fill, the ground stabilised through soft mudstone, then a power floated concrete slab.

How it works

  1. 1

    Get in touch

    Ring, WhatsApp or email. Photos of the job on WhatsApp help us a lot.

  2. 2

    We come and look

    We check the ground, the access and where the water will go before we price anything.

  3. 3

    You get a written quote

    So you know what is being done and what it costs before we start.

  4. 4

    We do the job

    Our crew turns up with the right machines and gets it done.

A family firm from Southport

Darker Property Services was set up in Southport in 2012 and is run by Tony Darker. Every job is priced and run from our yard on 187 Upper Aughton Road.

We are insured for £10M public liability, we hold NRSWA street works accreditation, and we are an Environment Agency upper-tier waste carrier, so the paperwork is right on every job.

More about us

Where we work

Within 30 miles of Southport, and further for larger jobs. That takes in Formby, Ormskirk, Liverpool, Wigan, Preston, Chorley, Warrington, Manchester, Cheshire and the Ribble Valley.

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Tell us about the job

Phone lines open Monday to Friday 8am to 5pm, Saturday 8am to 1pm. WhatsApp any time.

Drainage emergency? Ring 07704 252872, 24 hours.

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