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Courtice is still being built, and The Setting Stone Company can lay a flagstone patio or walkway for the old and the new: the built streets of Bayview, new lots as Southeast Courtice grows and the deeper properties along Highway 2.
Bayview’s plan area is split about evenly between built and unbuilt land, and Southeast Courtice is a major expansion planned for about 5,000 units. A new yard can come with builder grading and little else, so a patio here may start from bare sod. We check how water crosses the lot first, because stone can’t fix a low spot once it is set.
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Robinson Creek and Tooley Creek are two of the smallest watersheds in Clarington, and the municipality calls them vulnerable to land use change. Every patio adds a hard surface, so we think about where its runoff ends up. Each job gets proper excavation, geotextile fabric and a compacted granular base, then grading that moves water away from the foundation and onto ground that can take it. Polymeric sand or mortar finishes the joints.
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Neighbourhoods like Highland and Penfound are almost all low density in the Official Plan, which usually means yards with room for flagstone. Here is what we build in them.
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Bayview’s built streets are primarily single detached houses, and the Robinson Creek valley largely defines the neighbourhood’s eastern edge. Along Courtice Main Street, properties east of Farewell Creek have deeper lots, with more room for paths and garden stone. Southeast Courtice takes in the headwaters and tributaries of Tooley Creek and Robinson Creek, which its plan treats as sensitive water features.
Near a creek, placing fill or changing grades may need a conservation permit, and Clarington’s site alteration permit can apply too. Farewell Creek and Black Creek fall under Central Lake Ontario Conservation, whose first step is to ask its staff. These rules get updated, so check what applies now, and raise it at the quote so we can help.
Bayview is split about evenly, so a brand new lot can sit near an established one with very different grading.
More room behind the house means longer paths and bigger patios, and a longer route for water to travel.
Trull House on Baseline Road carries an 1872 date stone, with stone laid in an Aberdeen bond. Natural stone has a local history.
Tim's own crew works out of Bowmanville, with no subcontracted labour and a final walkthrough once the stone is down.
No ballpark figure on the phone. A real number needs someone standing in the yard, so that is where this starts.
Tell us roughly what you have in mind, by phone or online. We reply within 1 business day to book a visit.
We measure, look at grades and access, check where the water goes, and talk through stone options. There is no obligation.
The quote breaks the job down line by line and notes any creek or permit check to clear first.
Our crew protects the yard, builds the base, lays the flagstone and cleans up. Then we inspect the finished patio together.
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Start by asking your builder whether a new lot in Bayview or Southeast Courtice has had its grading certified. Clarington may hold building permits for decks and pool enclosures until the developer's engineer certifies it, and that grading decides where a patio's water goes. The Natural Stone Institute's paving method starts by digging out unsuitable soil, so we dig past loose material and compact a granular base on firm ground.
They can. Clarington's Robinson and Tooley Creek study works on flooding and stream bank erosion in two of its smallest watersheds. If your yard backs onto a creek valley, show us at the quote. Where a slope needs holding back, we also build retaining walls here, and we work out both together.
No. Flagstone works on a new house when the colour picks up something already on it, such as brick, stone trim or the roof. Stone also has deep roots here: Trull House on Baseline Road is a stone Gothic Revival house with a date stone reading J.T. 1872, and we talk through colour and layout on site.
On a long, deep lot along Highway 2, flagstone works well for a winding garden path, where its irregular shapes look natural. Interlock pavers suit wide, straight areas such as a large patio off the back door. Some yards use both, and we can price each one on the same itemized quote.
Size, stone, ground conditions and how easily we can reach the backyard set the price, and a new lot in Southeast Courtice won't price the same as a built street in Bayview. A number over the phone would only be a guess, so we visit for free, then send an itemized quote.
Flagstone is one part of what we do here. See our other services for this town, or the same stone work elsewhere in Durham Region.
We will walk the yard, check the water and the levels, then send an itemized quote. No charge, no obligation. Call (905) 922-6684.
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We couldn't be happier with the work done by The Setting Stone Company. Tim and his team are professional, punctual and incredibly skilled. They transformed our front yard with a custom porch and walkway. It's now a beautiful and functional space. They also installed a concrete pad, custom shed and matching patio stone surround to complete the look.
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