Plants come and go with the seasons — stone is forever, if it's built right. Every patio, path and wall we build sits on an excavated, compacted base with drainage planned in, because around here the real test isn't the day it's finished. It's the spring after. Designed and built by one crew, with a real price before anyone digs.
Hardscaping isn't priced online because no two are alike: a 12×14 patio on flat ground and the same patio on a slope with a step-down are different jobs, and the base work underneath is most of the cost. So we come out, measure, talk through materials, and put a fixed price in writing.
Want the whole yard rethought, not just one feature? Start with landscape design & installation and we'll fold the hardscape into the plan.
A photo and rough dimensions get us most of the way. Text photos to (920) 943-6422 after you send this.
Four kinds of project, one rule underneath all of them: the part you can't see is the part that decides whether it lasts.
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Sized for how you actually live outside — the grill, a table, room for the neighbors — and set on a compacted stone base with polymeric sand in the joints so it stays level and weed-free. Concrete pavers, natural stone or permeable pavers where drainage is the problem.
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From the driveway to the door, or the patio down to the fire pit. Paths that stay level through winter heave, steps with a consistent rise so nobody trips in the dark, and edges that give the mower a clean line to follow.
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Garden-bed walls up to slope-holding walls that stop erosion and give you back flat, usable yard. Engineered base, drainage stone and pipe behind the wall so water never builds up and pushes it over. Taller walls get flagged for engineering in the quote.
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A fire pit that's the reason people come over, seat walls to gather around it, and the patio it all sits on — planned together so the layout works and the materials match. Ask about lighting while we're at it; the conduit goes in before the pavers do.
A patio that heaves, a wall that leans and a path that puddles all failed in the same place: underneath. This is what we do there.
Get a project quoteFrost gets deep in Sheboygan County. We dig out the soft material and build on a base that won't move when it freezes — more digging than looks necessary, on purpose.
Base stone goes in a few inches at a time and gets compacted at every layer. Dumped and tamped once is how a patio ends up wavy by year two.
Every surface is pitched away from the house, and walls get drainage stone and pipe behind them. Water that has nowhere to go is what pushes stone around.
Pavers spread without it. The restraint is buried and invisible, and it's the difference between joints that stay tight and a patio that slowly walks outward.
Pavers and block rated for freeze-thaw, natural stone that doesn't flake, and polymeric sand so the joints don't wash out or grow weeds.
The people who measure and draw it are the ones who build it, and the ones who'll be back to mow around it. Nothing gets drawn that we wouldn't want to maintain.
What homeowners ask about patios, walls and paths.
Ask something elseIt depends on size, material and what's under it — a patio on flat, well-drained ground and one that needs a step-down or a retaining edge are different jobs. Send the project form or text photos and rough dimensions, and we'll walk it and put a fixed price in writing.
Spring through late fall, ground conditions permitting. Book in winter or early spring for the best spot in the season's schedule — the calendar fills from the front.
That's the whole game. Proper excavation, a base compacted in lifts, drainage planned in and edge restraint are what separate a ten-year patio from a two-year one. It's where we spend the unglamorous hours.
Depends on height and location — taller walls can require engineering and a permit in some municipalities. We'll flag it in your quote if your project does, and handle the paperwork with you.
Pavers flex with the ground and can be lifted and reset if anything ever moves; poured concrete cracks when it does. Natural stone is the premium look and costs accordingly. We'll price the options side by side for your space.
A walkway or small patio is usually a few days; a full patio with walls and a fire pit can run a week or two depending on weather and materials. You get a schedule with the quote.
Yes — that's landscape design & installation. The hardscape gets drawn into the plan with the beds, plantings and lawn, and built by the same crew.
Yes. Excavated soil, old concrete, pallets and packaging all leave with us. The job ends when the property is clean.
Send a photo and rough dimensions. We'll come out, measure, and give you a drawing and a real number — no obligation.
