
{"id":7862,"date":"2019-07-25T12:01:01","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T11:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tobermore.co.uk\/professional\/?p=7862"},"modified":"2025-08-18T11:59:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T10:59:02","slug":"ask-tobermore-permeable-paving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tobermore.co.uk\/professional\/blog\/ask-tobermore-permeable-paving\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask Tobermore: Permeable Paving Design Options"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Question: We are including permeable paving on our next residential development, and we are keen to keep all our design options open. What variations are available in this type of paving?<\/h4>\n<p>Answer: Tobermore\u2019s permeable paving offering, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tobermore.co.uk\/professional\/product-category\/permeable-paving\/\">Hydropave<\/a> is available in both block paving and paving flags. With availability from traditional Tegula to stunning, granite styled Fusion, there is a Hydropave solution to meet every housebuilder\u2019s needs.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1699 aligncenter\" style=\"color: #333333; quot;quot;quot;quot;,times,serif;font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; height: auto; letter-spacing: normal; max-width: 100%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tobermore.co.uk\/professional\/wp-content\/uploads\/tobermore-hydropave-tegula-duo-heather-salterns-reach-prinsted-25.jpg\" alt=\"tobermore hydropave tegula duo heather salterns reach prinsted\" width=\"470\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tobermore.co.uk\/professional\/wp-content\/uploads\/tobermore-hydropave-tegula-duo-heather-salterns-reach-prinsted-25.jpg 1999w, https:\/\/www.tobermore.co.uk\/professional\/wp-content\/uploads\/tobermore-hydropave-tegula-duo-heather-salterns-reach-prinsted-25-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tobermore.co.uk\/professional\/wp-content\/uploads\/tobermore-hydropave-tegula-duo-heather-salterns-reach-prinsted-25-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tobermore.co.uk\/professional\/wp-content\/uploads\/tobermore-hydropave-tegula-duo-heather-salterns-reach-prinsted-25-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tobermore.co.uk\/professional\/wp-content\/uploads\/tobermore-hydropave-tegula-duo-heather-salterns-reach-prinsted-25-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.tobermore.co.uk\/professional\/wp-content\/uploads\/tobermore-hydropave-tegula-duo-heather-salterns-reach-prinsted-25-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.tobermore.co.uk\/professional\/wp-content\/uploads\/tobermore-hydropave-tegula-duo-heather-salterns-reach-prinsted-25-20x13.jpg 20w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><b><\/b><i><\/i><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p>In meeting with the growing demand for more innovation in the design of permeable paving, the company has also designed a range of laying patterns moving away from the traditional rectangular paving laid in a herringbone pattern. Furthermore, housing developers using Tobermore products can avail of a free indemnified design service, for permeable paving.<\/p>\n<p>When placing a Hydropave order, Housebuilders will also receive a tailor made customer service package, ServiceSure. This customer focused service follows a project from initial enquiry to delivery and beyond, updating customers at every stage ensuring an efficient, and consistent streamlined experience. Hydropave is manufactured on a single site, with higher stock levels than the industry average, and is ready to be delivered to housebuilders in full and on time, without a long lead time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: We are including permeable paving on our next residential development, and we are keen&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":73,"featured_media":19945,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[972],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guides","tax_posts_products-permeable-paving"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ask Tobermore: Permeable Paving Design Options | Tobermore Commercial Block Paving<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Tobermore\u2019s permeable paving offering, Hydropave is available in both block paving and paving flags. 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