Groundwork Services in Pocklington

Backhouse Construction & Landscaping cast a slab for a hot tub, adding mesh with proper cover and a tidy edge so rain doesn’t sit. They set the pad a hair above surrounding stone and left a conduit for electrics.

The finish is smooth without being slippery. It’s exactly the kind of base you stop noticing as soon as the kit lands.

Dan handled a tricky trench near tree roots without damage. He braced the sides, worked steady and left everything safe overnight.

Inspector passed it first look.

Backhouse Construction & Landscaping rebuilt drain runs that used to overflow in heavy rain. Trenches were neat, pipes bedded in sand and backfill compacted in layers.

They reinstated the gravel path cleanly and set new covers level. After two downpours the system behaved perfectly. You forget the worry when the basics are correct.

Backhouse Construction & Landscaping rebuilt drain runs that had been bodged years ago. They traced routes, replaced pipe with proper falls and bedded everything in sand.

Backfill went in lifts so we didn’t end up with sinkholes. They relaid gravel like a carpet and set covers square. Two storms later and water finally behaves. The relief of not mopping thresholds after every shower is hard to describe.

Backhouse Construction & Landscaping formed a garden room base with mesh on spacers and a crisp edge. Looks spot on.

Dan formed a reinforced base for a heavy garden room. Type 1 compacted in layers, mesh spacers used properly and edges shuttered crisp.

He set a spare duct for later services which saved us a headache already. The slab reads level from every angle and the builder was delighted.

Dan braced trenches, tied steel and poured to the height the brickie wanted. Inspector passed first look.

Backhouse Construction & Landscaping turned a chaotic patch into a site that made sense within a day. Topsoil out, levels checked, stone down and compacted until the machine barely shivered.

They fenced safely, stacked spoil neatly and kept the radio at a civil volume. The footings were braced, steel sat where it should and concrete landed to the millimetre. Our neighbour commented on how clean the road looked each evening. That care behind the scenes is why the rest of the build has started calmly.

Backhouse Construction & Landscaping formed a retaining wall with a clean block face ready for cladding. Weep holes and drainage stone all correct.

You can tell they care about the unseen bits.

We needed a base for a heavy shed. The team set formwork square, compacted hard and finished the slab smooth with a neat arris so water runs off.

They left a conduit for future power too. No grand claims, just competent people doing what they said they would when they said it.

Dan measured falls, marked chalk lines and talked me through the footing depth the inspector wanted. Concrete arrived on time, pour was smooth and the finish looks dead level.

Dan set a small retaining nib with weep holes and drainage stone. Bank sits steady at last.

Dan corrected a sunken sub base under wobbly flags. Geotextile, Type 1 in layers, final blind to bring it true.

Feels solid now.

Dan traced a soft patch beside the old extension to poor backfill. He dug it out, compacted Type 1 in layers and cast a small ground beam to tie it together.

He explained what he was doing without jargon and checked back after curing. The door no longer sticks when it’s wet.

Backhouse Construction & Landscaping lifted the old slab, installed a proper hardcore layer and compacted it like they meant it. The new shed base feels solid and the edges are sharp.