Hardscape and installation
Landscape construction in Jackson Hole
Building into the ground at 6,200 feet is a different problem than building at sea level. Frost drives deep, and freeze and thaw work at anything that is not properly based. A patio that lasts twenty years elsewhere can heave in three winters here.
What we build
Patios and walkways
Paver and stone patios, walks and entries, based for what this valley does to them underground.
Walls and grade work
Retaining and seat walls, steps and grade transitions that hold their line season after season.
Drainage and planting
Regrading to move water away from foundations, plus bed construction and turf establishment.
How a project runs
Walk the property
We talk about how you actually use the space, where the wind comes from, and what you would rather not be looking at.
Plan and written estimate
A clear scope and a real number before anything is dug.
Build in season
Scheduling around a short build season that books out early, so plan a season ahead.
Built by the crew that maintains it
Most of what we build, we go on to look after. That changes the decisions: bed shapes that can actually be maintained, irrigation laid out for the planting going in, and materials chosen because we know how they hold up here after five winters. The result ties into the landscape and the lawn around it.
Built to survive the freeze-thaw.
Hardscape here fails in a specific way. Water gets into the assembly, freezes, expands, and does it again on the next cycle. A patio that was set without accounting for that will heave and separate, usually within a few seasons, and the fix costs more than the original build.
Drainage and base preparation are the parts nobody sees and the parts that determine whether the work is still flat in ten years.
Through the year
How the season runs
First
Grading and drainage
Where the water goes is decided before anything is built on top of it. This is the step that determines the lifespan of everything above it.
Then
Base and structure
Base preparation matched to freeze-thaw rather than to a milder climate spec.
Then
Hardscape
Patios, walls and features built to the finished grade, from a single feature to a whole-property build.
After
Integration
Built work and plantings brought together, and the property kept up afterward by the same crew.
Common questions
Questions we get asked
Why does hardscape fail in this valley?
Freeze-thaw. Water in the assembly expands as it freezes and does it again every cycle. What looks like a settling problem is almost always a drainage problem that started underneath.
Can you work with an existing patio or wall?
Yes. Assessing what is already there is usually the first step, and sometimes the answer is a repair rather than a rebuild.
Do you handle grading separately from a build?
Yes. Grading and drainage work stands on its own, and on a lot of properties it is the thing that needed doing in the first place.
What areas do you serve?
We work throughout Jackson, Wilson, Teton Village and the surrounding Teton County valley. Call (307) 733-1588 to confirm your property.