Our Groundworks and Driveway Services in West Cornwall
Everything below is one firm's work: the digging, the drainage, the bases, and the finished surfaces built on top of them. Start with the service you need, or call and describe the job.
One Firm, From the Dig to the Finished Surface
Most building and surfacing problems start underground: a base that was never compacted, drainage that was never planned, ground that was built over instead of dug out. So we start there. HW Contractors does its own excavation, drainage and groundwork with its own machinery, then lays the finished surface on ground we prepared ourselves.
That is the promise that ties every service on this page together. Whichever job brings you here, it is designed and priced by one of the two owners at a free site visit, set out in a written quote, built by the same small team from start to finish, and on resin work, backed by our 10-year product guarantee, which transfers to a new owner if the property is sold.
With 40 years of combined experience between Aaron and Mike, there is very little on this list we have not built many times over.
Groundworks
The hub of the business: site strip, excavation, trenching, bases and everything that gets a site ready to build on, sequenced properly so nothing waits on another trade.
Groundworks
Drainage
Waterlogged gardens, French drains, soakaways and surface water dealt with at the cause, plus drainage designed into every drive and patio we build.
Drainage
Foundations & Footings
Dug to what the ground actually needs, ready for building control, for extensions, self-builds and builders who want the groundworks package handled.
Foundations & Footings
Excavation & Site Clearance
Overgrown plots, old concrete, spoil and muck away. Machines, operators and a tidy, workable site at the end of it.
Excavation & Site Clearance
Concrete Bases & Hard Standings
Level, drained bases for garages, garden rooms, sheds and agricultural use, poured and finished right.
Concrete Bases & Hard Standings
Street Works
Qualified street works operative and supervisor in-house for work in the public highway, including vehicle crossings.
Street Works
Driveways
The honest comparison page: resin, tarmac, block paving, gravel and concrete, and which actually suits your drive.
Driveways
Resin Driveways
Resin bound and bonded surfacing, our flagship finish, under a 10-year transferable product guarantee.
Resin Driveways
Tarmac Driveways
Drives, parking areas, yards and access tracks, built for Cornish winters.
Tarmac Driveways
Block Paving Driveways
Block and brick paving laid on a proper sub-base, with edges that hold.
Block Paving Driveways
Resin Aftercare and Maintenance
Aftercare, deep cleaning and resealing that keeps a resin drive looking the way it did on handover day.
Resin Aftercare and Maintenance
Patios & Paving
Sandstone, limestone, granite and more, designed and laid with falls and drainage done properly.
Patios & Paving
Porcelain Paving
The specialism we are proudest of: porcelain patios laid the way porcelain demands.
Porcelain Paving
Fencing
Boundary and garden fencing with posts set for coastal weather, groundwork included.
Fencing
Landscaping & Garden Design
Whole-garden transformations, planned with you and built by the team that digs the ground.
Landscaping & Garden Design
Turfing & Artificial Grass
Real turf and artificial lawns on bases that actually drain.
Turfing & Artificial Grass
Why One Firm for the Whole Job
No handoversThe gap between a groundworker leaving and a surfacing firm arriving is where time, money and quality leak. Here there is no gap, because the dig and the finish belong to the same team, on one schedule.
Owners on the toolsThe person who quotes your job builds your job. Aaron or Mike walks the site, writes the price, and is there when the machines start.
Ticketed for the serious kitCPCS 360 excavator tickets above and below 10 tonnes, CSCS, dumper tickets and street works qualifications between the two owners.
A guarantee worth having on resinResin surfaces carry ten years, and it transfers to the new owner if you sell the property.
Where We Do All of This
Across West Cornwall, from our Porthleven base: Helston at the core, then Mullion, Penzance, Camborne, Redruth, Falmouth, Truro, St Ives and Newquay. Every town has its own page on the areas we cover, with the local detail that matters: access, ground and how we schedule the further corners of the patch.
Service Questions
Can one firm really handle both the groundwork and the finished surface?+
Which service do I need for a new driveway?+
Do you take on small jobs as well as big ones?+
Do you subcontract any of the work?+
Ready When You Are
Tell us what you are planning and we will come and look at it properly. The visit and the quote are free, and the advice is honest either way.
Call us on 07886 070245·Get a free quote online
Porthleven, Cornwall
Phone: 07886 070245
Email: info@hwcontractors.co.uk
Hours: Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm