Paving Sealing in Brixham

The Moore & Franks approach in Brixham

Brixham juts out into the Channel off Berry Head, and that exposure is brutal on hard surfaces — salt-laden onshore wind coats paving in a fine film that holds dirt and feeds algae, while the sea fret keeps it damp for long spells. A block-paved drive up Mount Pleasant Road or a patio at Higher Brixham greens over and sheds its jointing sand faster than anywhere inland, and gull mess off the quayside roofs doesn't help. Sealing after a thorough clean is what holds the result on this headland: once dry, we bind the sand against the salt damp, lock in the colour and slow the algae and weed regrowth. Sealed paving then rinses clean far more easily. Family-run, twenty-five years, insured to £5m, free quote.

Access is the first thing to sort on a Brixham sealing job. The steep, tightly packed streets climbing from the harbour leave little room, and a drive often has to sit out of use while the sealant cures, so we plan the timing around your parking. The small paved yards behind the pastel-rendered terraces are fiddly to seal cleanly, and the exposed clifftop plots up at Wall Park and Sharkham are the opposite, big and open, so no two jobs here are quite alike.

Salt is the enemy of Brixham paving, and a seal is the barrier. Everything the Channel carries in ends up worked into open joints and block faces, where it holds dirt and damp, feeds the algae and flushes the sand out. Sealed, that surface is closed off, so the salt sits on the outside and rinses away, and the bound kiln-dried sand stays put through the wettest winters. It will not beat the weather, but it holds a clean drive far longer than an untreated one here.

Timing the seal around the sea fret is the hard part. The paving has to be dried right through before sealing, and a town this exposed does not offer many clear windows, so we watch the forecast and book the wash and the seal to fall together in a settled run. Sealing over trapped moisture is the surest way to cloud the finish, so on the wetter weeks we would rather wait than force a job that will not last.

Our Brixham customers are typically within 45 minutes of our Exeter base. We cover the wider TQ5 postcode area and the surrounding villages (Berry Head, Brixham Harbour & Fish Quay, Higher Brixham, St Mary's Bay, Churston Ferrers, Galmpton).