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Green Fix is a paving and landscaping contractor based in Plattekloof, Cape Town. We install driveways, patios, pool surrounds, walkways and artificial lawns, and we take on commercial paving and repair work across the city — from the Northern Suburbs and the West Coast to the Southern Suburbs and Atlantic Seaboard. Everything we publish comes from work we quote and build ourselves: real rand prices, the Cape-specific conditions that decide whether paving lasts — winter rainfall, Cape Flats sand, Durbanville clay and the south-easter — and straight answers about when a job is worth doing and when it isn't. Free site visits and quotes across Cape Town: 084 483 1774 or info@greenfix.co.za

Sunken and Uneven Paving in Cape Town: Repair It or Relay It?

Sunken wheel track in a Cape Town paved driveway with pavers lifted to expose the failed base beneath

A dip in your paving is the base telling you something failed. How to diagnose the cause, decide between re-sanding, relaying and replacing, and judge a quote.

How to Stop Weeds Growing Between Your Paving Bricks — Without Wrecking the Garden

Weeds growing from open joints in grey paving bricks beside freshly re-sanded joints in a Cape Town garden

Weeds in paving joints are a sand problem, not a poison problem. Here is how to clear them without harming the garden and refill the joints so they stay gone.

Gardening With the South-Easter: Plants and Layouts That Survive Cape Town Wind

Wind-tolerant restios and silver fynbos planting behind a slatted permeable windbreak screen in a Cape Town garden

The south-easter defines Cape Town gardening. Here are the plants, windbreak designs and planting timing that cope with it instead of being shredded by it.

Can You Lay Paving During Cape Town’s Winter Rain? Timing Your Project

Part-finished driveway paving on a wet Cape Town winter day with covered sand and a compacted stone base

Cape Town winters are wet, not frozen, so the constraint is water rather than frost. Here is what can be built between the cold fronts and what has to wait.

50mm, 60mm or 80mm Pavers? Choosing the Right Thickness for Cape Town Driveways

Stacks of 50mm, 60mm and 80mm concrete pavers beside a part-laid herringbone driveway in Cape Town

60mm is the sensible Cape Town driveway standard, 80mm is for heavy and turning loads, and 50mm belongs on patios. Here is how to pick, zone by zone.

Paving on Cape Flats Sand: Why Sandy Soil Needs a Different Base

Geotextile and crushed stone base being laid over sandy soil for a driveway in the Table View area of Cape Town

Sandy Cape Town ground swallows a thin stone layer whole. Here is how the base build-up has to change on the Cape Flats, Blouberg, Table View and Parklands.

What Is a G5 Sub-Base — and Why Paving Fails Without One

Compacted G5 crushed stone sub-base layer on a Cape Town driveway excavation before pavers are laid

The layer under your paving is the layer that carries the load. Here is what G5 sub-base is, how deep it should go, and how to check your contractor actually built it.

City of Cape Town Paving Regulations: What Every Homeowner Should Know Before Paving

Brick-paved Cape Town driveway meeting the municipal verge and kerb with a channel drain across the garage entrance

Most Cape Town paving needs no building plan approval – but stormwater, retaining walls, verge crossings, roofed structures and heritage overlays all have rules. Here they are in plain English.

Do You Need Council Approval to Pave Your Driveway in Cape Town?

Paved driveway crossing the municipal verge and dropped kerb at a Cape Town home boundary

Paving inside your boundary at ground level generally needs no council approval in Cape Town. Creating or widening a driveway crossing over the municipal verge does. Here is where the line sits.