Rolling estate lots between Exeter and the coast. Across Rockingham County we build patios the slow way — excavated to depth over glacial till on the hills, drained properly, and hand-fitted to the custom colonials and estate homes on former farm parcels that define Stratham.
Problems We Solve
Common patios problems in Stratham — 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 Stratham? Call (508) 922-1836 or request your free quote — most consultations are booked within a business day.
Working from a plan in Stratham
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.
In Stratham, the base is the whole job
Everything you will think about a Stratham patio in ten years is decided in the first two days, before a stone is set. Because the land here is glacial till on the hills, marine clay in the low ground near the river, we excavate to depth, compact a structural base in lifts, and pitch it precisely so water runs away from the house — not toward it.
On rolling former farmland dropping to the tidal Squamscott, that discipline is what keeps a bluestone surface dead flat and the joints tight through freeze-thaw, year after year.
Stratham and the towns around it
Stratham sits in Rockingham 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.
Patios in Stratham, done right
Stratham’s marine clay in the low ground is unforgiving — walls here get real drainage and a proper footing or they move, and we build accordingly.
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.
Schedule and site care in Stratham
The part nobody photographs: where the pallets sit, where the excavator tracks, and what the property looks like on a Friday afternoon. In Stratham we plan all of that up front and hold the schedule we gave you at the start.
Questions
Patios in Stratham, answered.
Yes. Cleiton Landscape & Masonry builds patios throughout Stratham — from Stratham Hill, Stratham Center, and Bunker Hill — 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.
Stratham’s marine clay in the low ground is unforgiving — walls here get real drainage and a proper footing or they move, and we build accordingly. We handle the local checks that go with that as part of the project rather than leaving them to you.
Rolling former farmland dropping to the tidal Squamscott on glacial till on the hills, marine clay in the low ground near the river. That governs how we found and drain everything we build here — a proper base and drainage go in before a single stone is set, which is what keeps Stratham stonework flat, plumb, and intact through freeze-thaw.
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.
Request a Consultation
Planning patios in Stratham?
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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