The base is the job. Pavers sit on compacted stone and sand, and how well that was built decides whether the surface is still flat in ten years. It is the part nobody sees and the part we do not rush.
Laid to a pattern that suits the space and edged so it cannot creep. Most patios here get a soldier course around the perimeter and a restraint below grade, which is what stops the field from spreading at the edges over a few summers.
A driveway carries weight a patio never does, so it gets a deeper base and a tighter pattern. Herringbone interlocks under load, which is why it is the pattern that goes down where vehicles turn.
Changes in level are where hardscape work is judged. Treads have to be even underfoot and the risers consistent, or people feel it before they notice it. Steps get built off the same base as the patio they come off, not bedded separately afterwards.
Tell us what the space is. We will come out and look at the site.
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