Patios, driveways, walkways and retaining walls built on a base that survives Cornwall winters.
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What we build
Paver patios sized to how you actually use the yard: dining, seating, a clear path to the door. Laid on a compacted granular base with edge restraint so the pattern stays tight instead of creeping outward after a few Cornwall winters.
Custom paver walkways designed around your layout, from the driveway to the front door or out to the patio. Set on a compacted granular base with clean border cuts and edge restraint, so the lines stay crisp and the surface stays even for years.
The first thing anyone sees. Front walks, landings and steps built to a comfortable rise and run, with the paver cuts kept clean at the borders and around the porch.
Segmental block and armour stone walls built with a compacted footing, clear stone backfill, geotextile and a drain line. Water behind a wall is what pushes it over, so drainage is designed in before the first course goes down.
Solid slab granite and armour stone steps set on compacted stone, levelled individually. No hollow risers, no rocking treads after the first spring thaw.
Built-in fire pits, seat walls, pillars and lighting sleeves run while the base is open, so nothing has to be cut back into finished stone later.
We install the premium paver, slab and wall systems shown below. We help you choose based on look, budget and how each option holds up to Eastern Ontario freeze-thaw, but the brand matters less than the compacted base underneath it.
Textured, natural-stone looks for high-end patios, steps and outdoor living.
A long-standing Ontario manufacturer with a wide range of pavers and retaining wall systems.
Modern, clean-lined slabs and wall units popular across Eastern Ontario and Quebec.
Well-built, budget-friendly pavers and walls for driveways and larger areas.
Not sure which fits your project? We'll bring samples to your free on-site estimate.
Not sure which surface suits the space? We'll walk it with you.
Call (613) 363-9166The part nobody shows you
Every paver patio looks good the day it is finished. The difference shows up in year two, and all of it is buried under the stone.
Cornwall frost drives roughly four feet down. Water trapped in the base freezes, expands about nine percent, and lifts whatever sits on top. Come spring it drains away and the surface drops, rarely back to where it started. Do that thirty times a winter and a shallow patio becomes a rollercoaster. You do not beat frost, you give the water somewhere to go.
Base depth is the single number that separates a ten-year patio from a three-year one. We install 6–8" of compacted granular under patios and walkways, and 10–12" under driveways where vehicles load the surface. Anything laid on 3" of stone and a lot of sand will look identical on handover day and nothing alike in year two.
Most of SD&G sits on clay. Without a woven fabric between the subgrade and the base stone, the stone slowly migrates down into the clay and the clay pumps up into the stone. The base thins out from below where nobody can see it. The fabric costs very little and keeps the base a base.
Every quote we write specifies the base depth. Ask the other guys for theirs in writing.
Recent project · start to finish
Every interlock job looks good on the last day. These photos show the days before it, from bare dirt to finished patio.
Old soil and grass dug out between the house and garage, down to firm ground and graded to carry water away from both buildings.
Compacted stone base, drainage pipe and geogrid reinforcement, with the first course of wall block set level. This is the part you never see, and the reason it stays flat.
Large-format slabs laid tight and in pattern, with a border band and clean cuts along the house and garage.
Steps up to the garage door, a capped retaining wall, joints filled and fresh topsoil graded in around the edges.
Recent project · design to finish
From a tired, heaving pool deck to a new interlock yard with a new fence around the whole perimeter, designed in 3D before a single paver came up.
Worn, heaving red pavers around the pool, rotting timber edging and an overgrown side path along the fence.
We drew the new yard in 3D first so the owners could see it before we started. Then the old pavers and edging came out.
The whole yard rebuilt on a compacted stone base, then new pavers, steps and a contrasting border band laid over it.
A clean new pool deck and walkway, a new wood fence around the whole perimeter of the yard, and a low wall and garden bed along the fence with border band trim throughout.
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DDenis KingsleyGeneral Contracting
"Tristan and his team are very good at what they do! We had our double lot cleared and cleaned and they did an amazing job! Clean up was quick and they did everything they were asked and some! Would recommend for any yard clean up or snow removal."
KKayla ProulxYard Cleanup
"Best company I've ever used. Tristan took the time to listen to my concerns, sorted out additional items and made sure everything was done right."
SShawn LeblancGeneral Contracting
"Tristan is the best in the business! Comes highly recommended, he's there for all of your landscaping needs."
DDylan ColbourneLandscaping
"I requested a spring cleanup and was very pleased with their work and price, I wont hesitate to use them again in future."
PPaul StemmlerLandscaping
"Reliable and efficient. They have done multiple jobs for me."
LLeela BlinkerGeneral Contracting
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Building further out in the county? Call (613) 363-9166.
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