Broad lit stone stairway climbing through planted beds toward a house

Patios & Hardscape

The ground everything else stands on.

Patios, walkways, steps, retaining walls, columns, driveways.

Elevated view of a stone-paved patio with an outdoor fireplace and a dining set

Patios and hardscape

Most hardscape fails below the surface.

A patio is a base with a stone finish on it. Nobody sees the base, which is exactly why it is the part that gets skipped: too shallow, not compacted, no fall built into it, and two winters later the joints open and the low corner holds water. We build the base for the ground it is actually sitting on, and the stone goes on last.

Flagstone patios, brick and concrete paver walkways and driveways, stone steps with cut treads and risers, retaining walls, seat walls, column bases and mailbox surrounds. Everything laid to drain away from the house.

Fire-pit patio at dusk with a lit curved seat wallFire Pits & Seat Walls
Flagstone floor on a covered porch between timber postsFlagstone Porches
Fire pit at sunset on a patio above the lakeLakeside Fire Pits
The showroom floor in Chapin, a stacked-stone arch display beside a range and island, with a member of staff walking a customer through it

What you get

Walk it before you choose it.

There is finished hardscape on the ground all around our showroom at 2010 Chapin Rd, alongside a covered slab gallery and an outdoor pavilion. You can walk it, in the weather, before you choose.

One crew, stone to finish. Excavation, base, stone and cleanup by the same people. One contract. One number to call, start to finish.

Lit paver steps climbing through plantingLit Steps & Paths
Brick paver patio with a round stone fire pit and adirondack chairs behind a housePaver Patios

The walkthrough

The Backyard Blueprint Walkthrough.

An hour at the Chapin showroom, on the finished hardscape outside it.

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What happens, free

The Backyard Blueprint Walkthrough

  • Tour the showroom, the pavilion and the covered slab gallery
  • Hand-pick your stone by eye, not from a sample chip
  • Time with the craftsman who will build it
  • A hand-drawn concept and a fixed all-in price
  • The See It Built tour: stand inside a completed build
The Locked Price Guarantee

“The number we quote is the number you pay. No allowances, no surprise change orders. The only thing that moves it is a change you ask for, and we tell you before anything is cut.”

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Tell us about the ground.

Send this and we will be in touch. There is finished hardscape outside the showroom you can walk on any day.