Building patios in Durham starts underground, on marine clay and glacial till. The Oyster River, Great Bay, and a university town’s grounds. We hand-set every stone to suit the colonial antiques and well-kept university-town houses of nH Seacoast, and we build it to still be plumb in thirty years.
Problems We Solve
Common patios problems in Durham — solved.
A patio that heaves, settles, or pops its joints every winter.
That’s a base that was never engineered. We excavate to depth, compact in lifts, and pitch it to drain so it stays dead flat.
Plenty of yard, but no real outdoor room.
We design the terrace, seat walls, and fire feature as one space, built around how you’ll actually use it.
Pavers that already look tired.
Full-color bluestone and granite over a proper base outlast pavers and only look better with age.
Planning patios in Durham? Call (508) 922-1836 or request your free quote — most consultations are booked within a business day.
The honest numbers for Durham
We would rather explain the number than defend it. In Durham, the swing factors are access, excavation depth over marine clay and glacial till, drainage, and protection of what is already growing on the property — the stone itself is rarely the deciding line.
You get an itemized scope after we walk the property — what is included, what is not, and where the money actually goes. No allowances that quietly become change orders halfway through.
Beyond Durham
Durham sits in Strafford County, and most weeks we are somewhere in this pocket of NH Seacoast — which means shorter travel, faster site visits, and a crew that already knows how ground behaves around here.
Stone chosen for a Durham home
Full-color bluestone, thermal or natural cleft, granite, irregular flagstone — each carries a different mood. We help you choose the stone and pattern that belong to the colonial antiques and well-kept university-town houses of Durham, then dry-lay and adjust on site so the cuts at the edges and around features look intentional, not left over.
Fire features, seat walls, steps, and lighting are designed in from the start, so the finished space reads as one outdoor room rather than a patio with add-ons — whether it sits in Durham Village, Oyster River, and Durham Point or anywhere in town.
Patios in Durham, done right
Durham drains into the Great Bay estuary, which is among the most closely protected water in New Hampshire — runoff and buffers are genuinely scrutinized here.
We routinely build patios straight from a landscape architect’s plan, often alongside Jonathan Keep Landscape Design, and give you a real schedule up front — then keep it.
Working from a plan in Durham
A large share of our New Hampshire work is executing drawings for landscape architects — reading elevations, holding the specified batter and joint, and flagging a conflict before it becomes a change order. Much of it in ongoing collaboration with Jonathan Keep Landscape Design.
Questions
Patios in Durham, answered.
Durham drains into the Great Bay estuary, which is among the most closely protected water in New Hampshire — runoff and buffers are genuinely scrutinized here. We handle the local checks that go with that as part of the project rather than leaving them to you.
Most residential work runs one to three weeks on site, depending on size, access, and how much excavation marine clay and glacial till demands. You get a real schedule before we start, and we hold it — including the clean-up at the end of each day.
For the homes we work on, natural bluestone and granite win on longevity and character; concrete pavers win on upfront price. We are happy to build either, but we will tell you honestly which one fits the look you are after.
Yes. Cleiton Landscape & Masonry builds patios throughout Durham — from Durham Village, Oyster River, and Durham Point — and across NH Seacoast, and has since 2008. We’re licensed and insured, we work across New Hampshire, and we build from architectural plans with millimeter precision.
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Planning patios in Durham?
Tell us about your property. We’ll walk the site, talk materials, and give you a clear plan — most consultations are booked within a business day.
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