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Patios & Pavers
The Outdoor Room, Built in Stone.
Hardscape is the architecture of the outdoor room. A well-laid patio, a flight of stone steps, a low retaining wall — these are what make a yard feel composed. We design and build hardscapes that hold up to coastal weather and quietly improve with time.
Approach
How we draw and build patios & pavers.
We draw hardscape the way an architect draws floor plans. Where will people walk? Where will they sit? How does this terrace meet the back door, the lawn, the planting bed? Every dimension is intentional. On the build side, we lay our own pavers and stone.
“We draw hardscape the way an architect draws floor plans.”
Edge restraints, base preparation, joint detailing, and drainage are not items to cut corners on — they are the difference between a patio that lasts twenty years and one that fails in five. From small front-walk replacements to multi-level rear terraces with outdoor kitchens, fire features, and walls, we treat the work as a piece of permanent architecture for the property.
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What we offer
The work, in its parts.
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Custom patios
Stone, brick, or paver terraces designed around how you actually entertain and relax.
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Walkways and pathways
Front walks, garden paths, and connecting routes that thread the property together.
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Retaining walls
Engineered walls for grade change — beautiful, structural, and drainage-aware.
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Fire features
Fireplaces and fire pits integrated into the patio architecture and detailed in matching stone.
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Driveways and entryways
Permeable pavers, cobble bands, and refined approaches that lift the entire facade.
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Water features
Fountains, runnels, and reflecting basins detailed to suit the architecture and garden.
In the field
Photographs from recent work.
Why Yardie
Three reasons for patios & pavers.
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We engineer what we install
Base, drainage, and edge detailing are designed before the first stone is set.
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One studio, one crew
The designers who draw the patio are the people who walk the build with our masons.
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Materials that age well
We specify stone, brick, and paver lines that improve with weather rather than dating quickly.
FAQ
Common questions.
The questions we’re asked most often about patios & pavers. Don’t see yours? Send us a note.
- Hardscape covers the built, structural elements of an outdoor space — patios, walks, walls, drives, fire features. Landscape covers the plant palette and soft surfaces. Most projects we design are some mix of the two.
- A simple paver patio can be installed in five to ten days. A full hardscape package with walls, kitchens, and fire features is typically six to twelve weeks of build time after design.
- We work primarily in natural stone, clay brick, and high-grade concrete pavers. We choose materials that match the home's architecture and the soil and weather of the site.
- Yes — when the base is built correctly. Our base prep, edge restraint, and drainage detailing are designed to handle Eastern NC's freeze-thaw cycles and storm events.
- Done well, hardscape is one of the highest-return outdoor investments because it expands the usable footprint of the house. Buyers respond to outdoor rooms, just as they respond to interior ones.
Goes well with
Disciplines we often draw together.
Ready to start your patios & pavers project?
Tell us about the property. The first conversation is at no cost.
Or call (252) 756-7788
