How much do paving repairs cost in Teesside?

From £150 for a small sunken patch. Larger works, such as relaying a whole driveway using the existing blocks, are usually quoted per square metre and land well below the cost of new paving.

Can my old blocks be reused?

Usually yes. Concrete and clay blocks survive lifting well, and a few breakages are expected. The common problem is matching a discontinued colour when extra blocks are needed.

Why has my driveway sunk in one spot?

Most often a backfilled service trench, a soft area in the formation, or a sub-base laid too thin for repeated wheel loads. The fix is at base level, so surface-only patching just sinks again.

How long does a relay take?

A single patch is a few hours. Lifting, rebasing and relaying a full driveway usually runs two to four days depending on size and how much of the base needs correcting.

Paving repairs and relaying in Teesside

Paving repairs in Teesside start from £150 in 2026 for a sunken or lifted patch. Sound blocks and slabs are taken up, the base beneath is corrected, and the same units go back down, which usually costs a fraction of a full replacement.

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Paving blocks being laid by hand onto a screeded sand bed

Most tired paving does not need replacing

The blocks and slabs on a twenty-year-old Teesside drive are usually in better shape than the drive looks. What has failed is underneath or around: a dip where a trench was backfilled badly, a spread edge where there was never any restraint, a rutted wheel track where the sub-base was too thin for the car that has parked on it since 2006, or joints that lost their sand years ago and now grow more moss than a lawn. Lifting, fixing and relaying keeps the material and buys another decade.

The jobs that come up most

Sunken patches: lift the affected area, dig out the soft spot, rebuild and compact the base, relay to the surrounding levels. From £150 for a small area.
Spread edges: the classic block paving failure, where the outer courses creep outwards because nothing restrains them. Cured by installing haunched edgings and closing the paving back up.
Rocking or loose slabs: usually spot-bedded originally. Lifting and re-bedding on a full mortar bed stops the rock and the puddle that comes with it.
Weed and moss in joints: a clean, re-sand and vibrate, or a switch to polymeric jointing where growth keeps coming back.
Stained or damaged units: individual blocks swapped out, which is the quiet advantage block paving has over a poured surface.
Standing water: falls corrected during the relay, or a channel drain added where the levels never worked in the first place.

When repair is not the answer

Honesty is worth more than a saved afternoon here. If the sub-base is thin across the whole area, if the paving has settled everywhere rather than in patches, or if the blocks are so worn or discontinued that a patch would stand out, a relay is money spent twice. A good contractor will say so, quote both options, and let you decide. Where the surface is coming up anyway, that is also the moment to consider a permeable build and get the drainage right for good.

Pressure washing is not a repair

Cleaning makes a drive look new for a fortnight, and a heavy wash also strips the jointing sand out, which loosens the paving and invites more weeds than there were before. If a wash is part of the plan, re-sanding and vibrating afterwards is not optional. The cost guide compares patch repairs, full relays and replacement so the numbers are side by side.