DURABLE CAR PARK SURFACING
Professional Car Park Surfacing across Surrey & the South East
We have surfaced car parks across Surrey and the South East, from small office forecourts to multi-bay commercial sites. Tarmac, resin bound, concrete and block paving all stand up to daily traffic, and which one suits you comes down to the loads, the budget and how the space needs to look. Whichever you choose, it should look right and ask very little of you for years afterwards.
Hardwearing Car Park Surfacing Built to Last
We understand that car parks endure constant heavy vehicle use and exposure to the elements, thus requiring surfaces that resist wear, cracking, and deterioration. Our tarmac, block paving resin-bound, and concrete solutions provide long standing durability, keeping your car park functional and visually appealing for years with minimal maintenance and up keep.
Why Choose Surrey Hills Surfacing for Your Car Park
- Experience and highly skilled staff
- Long term durability
- Minimal maintenance
- Increased property valueÂ
- Enhancing your commercial spaceÂ
Material Options for your car park
– Tarmacadam
– Resin Bound
– Block PavingÂ
– ConcreteÂ
Car Park Base and Sub-Base Construction
A car park fails from the bottom up. If the sub-base is too shallow for the traffic, or laid over ground that was never compacted properly, the surface will crack and rut however good the tarmac is.
We dig out, compact and build the base to suit what the car park actually carries, whether that is staff cars five days a week or delivery lorries turning in the same spot every morning.
Bay Marking and Line Marking
Bays, arrows, hatching, disabled spaces and walkways all go down in durable road paint once the surface has cured. Layout matters more than most people expect: bay width, aisle width and turning space decide how many cars actually fit and whether drivers can use the space without clipping each other.
We set the marking out before we paint it, and we can remark an existing car park without resurfacing if the tarmac underneath is still sound.
Car Park Drainage and Surface Water
Water sitting on a car park is the fastest route to potholes. It works into the surface, freezes, and lifts the tarmac apart.
Falls and drainage are designed into the job from the start, with gullies, channels and soakaways where they are needed, and interceptors where fuel and oil run-off has to be managed. Where an existing car park ponds after rain, that usually points at blocked drainage or levels that were wrong from the beginning, and both get sorted before a new surface goes down.
Entrances, Forecourts & Pedestrian Areas
The parking bays are only part of the job. The entrance people drive through, the forecourt they cross and the walkway from the bays to the door all get seen just as much, and they wear differently because footfall and vehicle traffic do different things to a surface.
We lay those in block paving or slabs alongside the tarmac, with kerbing and edging that holds everything in line where the two meet.
- Commercial block paving
- Forecourts and entrances
- Walkways and crossings
- Kerbing and edging
- Pedestrian areas and seating zones
Concrete Car Parks and Hardstanding
Where a car park takes heavy static loads, skips, containers, plant or regular HGV movements, reinforced concrete outperforms tarmac. It does not rut under point loads and it copes with fuel and oil that would soften a bituminous surface.
It costs more up front and takes longer to cure, so it is not the right answer everywhere. We will tell you which of the two suits your site rather than defaulting to whichever is quicker to lay.
Car Park Repairs, Resurfacing and Maintenance
Not every tired car park needs digging out. If the base is sound, an overlay puts a fresh surface course on top for a fraction of the cost and the disruption. If the base has gone, an overlay hides the problem for a season and the same cracks come back through.
We also patch potholes, reinstate failed edges, repair kerbing and refresh line marking, phased so the car park stays open while we work.
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