Hardscaping & Paver Patios in Hickory, NC

Outdoor living spaces built for Hickory backyards

A good hardscape adds usable space to your home: a paver patio where the family actually eats dinner, with a fire pit everyone gathers around in the fall, a walkway that keeps mud out of the house, or steps that make a sloped yard safe. Hickory's rolling lots and red clay make the part you don't see, the base, just as important as the pavers on top.

Tiny Trail was started by Ivan and Kaylor Garcia, two brothers born and raised in Lincolnton. We do both hardscaping and site grading, so if your paver patio spot needs leveling, a small retaining wall or better drainage first, the same crew handles it from start to finish.

Hardscaping services in Hickory

• Paver patios: custom paver patios in the size, shape and pattern you want, built on a compacted gravel base. We install Unilock, Nicolock and Techo-Bloc pavers.
• Paver driveways: driveways laid in pavers on a compacted gravel base, with the grading done by the same crew.
• Walkways and pathways: paver, stone or stepping-stone paths from the driveway, to the back door, through the garden.
• Steps and stairs: safe transitions between levels on sloped yards, often paired with a paver patio or wall.
• Fire pits for paver patios: a built-in gathering spot for cool evenings, designed into your paver patio.
• Outdoor kitchens: built-in grill stations, countertops and storage designed into your paver patio.
• Retaining and seating walls: retaining walls that hold back a slope, and seating walls built as part of a paver patio job that frame the paver patio.
• Outdoor lighting: path, step and accent lighting for safety and a finished look after dark.
• Edging and borders: stone, brick or concrete edging that keeps beds and paths crisp.
• Fences and gates: decorative or privacy fencing that matches the space.

See all of our hardscaping services, or browse the gallery.

How we build a paver patio

1. Design visit. We look at the space, how you want to use it, the slope, drainage and access, and talk through materials. Estimates are free.
2. Layout and written estimate. You get the size, shape, materials and price in writing before we start.
3. Utilities and excavation. NC811 marks underground lines before we dig, as North Carolina requires. Then we excavate the area, adjusting the excavation to your site's conditions.
4. Compacted base. A gravel base is laid and compacted, then topped with a bedding layer, both adjusted to your site's conditions. A good base keeps pavers from sinking or shifting in clay.
5. Pavers, edges and joints. Pavers are set in your pattern, edge restraint goes in around the edges, and polymeric sand, our standard joint sand, goes into the joints to hold everything tight.
6. Finish and clean up. We grade around the paver patio so water drains away, repair the lawn edges and clean the site.

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Service area

Hickory · Newton · Maiden · Catawba County · Lincolnton · Lincoln County · Denver · Vale · Crouse · Cherryville · Gastonia · Bessemer City · Shelby · Lawndale · Waco · Charlotte area

Tiny Trail Landscaping is based in Lincolnton, NC. Serving Lincolnton, Hickory & the surrounding area.