Paving and Landscaping Delivery Across the UK

A landscaping crew is never short of slabs. They are short of the two bags of jointing compound that ran out at three in the afternoon, with a patio half-pointed and rain forecast — and that is the delivery that saves the job.

T&C Logistics delivers for paving and landscaping suppliers, stone merchants and landscaping contractors. Companies House records over 1,400 active UK companies in paving, landscaping supply and stone merchanting. We have run trade distribution since 2020 with more than 3,000 vetted driver-partners nationwide. Quotes from £50 (ex VAT), quoted in full upfront before you book.

What can and cannot go on a van?

The dividing line is the pack. Loose accessories, part quantities and consumables are van work; a full pack of slabs is a crane-vehicle job and we will say so rather than take the booking.

Saying where the line is beats discovering it with a vehicle outside a merchant's yard. Where a customer needs full packs, a HIAB haulier is the right answer and we will say that at quotation.

Why is jointing compound the urgent line?

Because it is time-bound once started and weather-bound throughout. Resin jointing compounds have a working window and most cannot be applied in rain or below a stated temperature.

A crew that runs short mid-patio cannot simply stop. Partially jointed paving left overnight in rain is joints washed out and a patio that has to be cleaned and restarted, which costs a day rather than a delivery.

That inverts the value calculation exactly as it does with a hose failure or a failed sealed unit. A tub worth tens of pounds is holding a crew, a customer's garden and a weather window. See our same-day courier service.

How are slabs protected in transit?

Flat, supported, and never on edge unsupported. Paving is strong in compression and weak in bending, and a slab carried on its edge across a van floor cracks over the first speed bump.

Chipping is the other loss. Natural stone and porcelain both chip at the arris, and a chipped edge on a visible slab is a reject rather than a cosmetic issue — the customer sees it in the finished patio.

Porcelain is the least forgiving. Modern porcelain paving is thinner, harder and more brittle than concrete, and it chips where concrete would scuff. It travels interleaved rather than stacked bare. See our tile and ceramics delivery service.

Do you deliver to domestic gardens?

Yes, and it is most of the landscaping trade. A domestic job means a van on a residential street and a carry through a side gate to a rear garden, frequently with a customer at home watching.

Access is the whole question. A side gate is typically 900 millimetres, a wheelbarrow route across a lawn in February leaves ruts, and a rear garden may be down steps. All three need establishing before the vehicle loads.

Where materials cannot reach the rear, kerbside is the honest answer and the crew barrows it. Saying that at quotation is better than a driver deciding it on the doorstep.

Are sealers and cleaners classified?

Some are. Solvent-based sealers are flammable liquids, and patio cleaners frequently contain acids or hypochlorite that fall under Class 8 or bring their own handling requirements.

Water-based sealers and most jointing compounds are unclassified and travel as ordinary goods. The mix in a single order is what catches people out, exactly as it does in a decorators merchant order.

Our ADR certification is held at driver level for Class 2 gases, Class 3 flammables and UN3480/UN3481 lithium. Other classes are confirmed per consignment rather than assumed. See our hazardous goods service.

Is there a season?

A sharp one, and it is entirely weather-driven. Landscaping runs from spring through autumn, with the first dry spell of the year producing a demand spike across every supplier at once.

Rain is the day-to-day variable. A wet week stops laying and jointing, and the work then compresses into the dry days that follow, which means transport demand arrives in bursts rather than steadily.

Suppliers who hold agreed capacity through the season get vehicles in those bursts. Those calling on the first dry morning after a wet week are competing with every landscaper in the region.

Can you take away pallets and waste?

Yes, and both flows are real. Paving arrives on pallets that suppliers frequently want back, and landscaping generates broken slabs, offcuts and excavated material.

Broken paving and hardcore are inert waste with their own destination rather than general waste, and a domestic job usually has no skip. Getting it off site is often the constraint on finishing.

T&C Logistics holds Environment Agency upper tier registration CBDU654368 as a waste carrier, broker and dealer, so the collection is carried lawfully with a waste transfer note. See our WEEE collection service.

Do you deliver samples to homeowners?

Yes, and it is a genuinely useful low-value job. A homeowner choosing between four paving finishes wants to see them wet, dry and in their own daylight before committing several thousand pounds.

Single sample slabs are heavy for their size — a 600 by 600 sample is 25 to 35 kilograms — which makes them awkward for a supplier to post and easy for us to carry.

Sample delivery is also a sales step rather than a logistics one. A supplier who gets samples to a customer within a day of the enquiry is a supplier still in the running when the customer decides.

What is efflorescence and does transport affect it?

Efflorescence is the white salt bloom that appears on concrete products as moisture moves through them and evaporates at the surface. It is a natural process and it usually weathers off.

Transport does not cause it, but wet transport can bring it forward. Slabs that travel wet and are stacked wet develop bloom faster, and a customer seeing white patches on a new patio does not care that it is temporary.

Covered transport and dry storage on delivery are the practical answers. It is a presentation issue rather than a defect, but presentation is what a domestic customer judges on.

Can you supply for a job already in progress?

That is most of what we do here. A landscaping crew that has started a patio discovers the shortfall part way through, and the shortfall is usually small.

Half a pack of slabs, a few extra edgings, one more tub of jointing compound — these are the jobs a merchant cannot justify sending a crane vehicle for and a customer cannot wait a week for.

The crew's time is the cost being managed. Two landscapers standing idle for a day costs considerably more than a dedicated delivery, which is why mid-job supply is worth paying for.

Do you handle artificial grass and decorative aggregate?

Yes, and both sit alongside paving in the same orders. Artificial grass comes on rolls up to four metres wide and is heavy — a 4 by 5 metre piece runs 60 to 100 kilograms depending on pile.

Rolls need carrying horizontally and supported, exactly like fabric, because a creased artificial lawn shows the crease permanently once laid. They are also awkward to manoeuvre through a side gate.

Decorative aggregate is the opposite problem: bagged, dense, and ordered by the tonne. Twenty-five kilogram bags stack and travel easily, but forty of them is a tonne of payload in very little floor space.

Do you deliver for garden designers and show gardens?

Yes, and show garden work is the most date-driven part of landscaping. A show garden is built to a fixed opening day with a build window measured in days.

Everything on a show garden is chosen and there is no substitute. A specified stone, a specific plant, a bespoke water feature — all of it is part of a design that has been drawn, judged and photographed in advance.

Access is severe. Show sites restrict vehicle movements to protect the ground and other exhibitors, which means narrow windows, marshalled routes and frequently a barrow from a compound.

What does paving and landscaping delivery cost?

One fixed price per job, or a rate per drop on a standing arrangement, quoted upfront with fuel and goods-in-transit insurance included.

From £50 (ex VAT). Final price depends on distance, vehicle, urgency and time — quoted in full upfront. Related: tile and ceramics delivery and fencing delivery. Call 0121 720 3841 or use our contact page.