Eglinton new home paving, by arrangement
Eglinton sits between Alkimos and Yanchep on the northern coast, about 31 km from IBP Paving's base in Landsdale. It is a long way from our everyday area, so we work in Eglinton by arrangement, and we ask you to send the job details first: the size of the driveway or alfresco, what the builder has left, and a few photos of the site. With those in hand we confirm the job and plan the visit. We pave driveways, crossovers, alfresco areas and side paths, and add soakwells to match, with over 20 years of experience and a lifetime workmanship warranty.
Amberton, Allara and a suburb that was bushland
Until recently Eglinton was mostly banksia woodland, scrub and heath. Housing has arrived through new estates, chiefly Stockland's Amberton and Satterley's Allara, so almost every home is a recent build. The house is handed over with a slab, a sand pad and, depending on the contract, perhaps a basic driveway, and the owner does the rest.
That makes the work list in Eglinton very consistent: a full driveway and crossover, an alfresco area under or beyond the roofline, side paths to the bins and the clothesline, and often a paved courtyard as part of wider landscaping. A large format paver in stretcher bond suits the clean lines of these homes and goes down quickly over large areas.
After handover: Wanneroo's drainage and crossover rules
Paving the yard of a new Eglinton home changes the drainage picture. The City of Wanneroo puts the responsibility on the owner.
Owners must confine stormwater runoff within their property boundaries, using soakwells, spoon drains or similar for roof and paved areas. The City's design specification allows soakwell sizing at 1 m3 per 60 m2 of constructed impervious area for single dwelling lots, and soakwells should be set back from buildings and boundaries by at least their width where the width is at least the depth. Urban residential crossovers may be concrete or brick paving, and a brick paved crossover needs heavy duty pavers at least 60 mm thick on a 20 to 40 mm sand bed over at least 100 mm of crushed limestone or rock base. A first crossover may attract a Council contribution if claimed in writing within six months, with proof of payment.
Source: City of Wanneroo, Information Sheet, Stormwater Runoff; Development Design Specification WD5 Stormwater Drainage Design; Information Sheet, Crossover Brick Paved, Residential; Development Design Specification WD11.
In practice, the builder's soakwells were usually sized for the roof that existed at handover. Every square metre of new paving that sheds water needs storage on top of that, so we work out the added area and size new soakwells for it with each quote. Because the crossover is almost always the home's first, keep the invoice from your crossover and apply to the City inside the six month window. The City's tree rule also applies to new streets: a crossover must be at least 1.5 m from a City tree. Our City of Wanneroo soakwell requirements page goes through the documents.
Source: City of Wanneroo, Council Policy, City Tree Policy.
Pipidinny Swamp, banksia and the coastal dunes
Western Eglinton is typically on Quindalup dune sand near the beach, grading inland to Spearwood sand over Tamala Limestone, and the EPA has noted geoheritage values in the Alkimos and Eglinton area. Pipidinny Swamp lies in the east of the suburb, and lots on the swamp fringe are likely to have a shallower water table than the dunes, so we check depth before digging a soakwell there. Near the coast the groundwater sits over a saltwater wedge, and the western estates are close enough to the ocean for exposure grade pavers. With so much banksia woodland still around the estates, paving beside the house is a sensible non combustible choice compared with mulch or timber.
A shipwreck name and a station on the Yanchep line
Eglinton takes its name from the barque Eglinton, wrecked on the rocks near Alkimos that now carry its name. Eglinton railway station on the Yanchep line now serves the suburb. For homes on the coastal side, the same sea that claimed the Eglinton sends the salt wind we design for, which is why we specify exposure grade pavers and washed bedding sand on those streets and seal the finished surface.
Alkimos, Yanchep, Two Rocks and the north coast
Alkimos is Eglinton's southern neighbour and Yanchep its northern one, with Two Rocks beyond. Jindalee and Butler are a little further south. See areas we service for every suburb we cover.
