Can you resurface without closing the whole car park?

Almost always. We phase the work so part of the car park stays open while another part is closed, and move through the site in sections. Where the site can close out of hours or over a weekend the job is quicker and less disruptive — we'll price both approaches so you can choose.

Do you do the line marking as well?

Yes — bays, accessible spaces, hatching, arrows and speed reminders, in thermoplastic or paint. Doing the surfacing and the markings together means the layout is set out properly on a fresh surface, rather than a second contractor working around what's already there.

How long before the car park can be used after surfacing?

Fresh tarmac takes light traffic within hours and is ready for normal use by the next day in normal weather. Line marking goes on once the surface has cured, usually a few days later. We build the reopening times into the phased programme so you know exactly when each area is back.

Can you work evenings and weekends?

Yes, and for a lot of retail and office sites it's the sensible option — the car park is empty, the work is uninterrupted, and you lose no trading time. It carries a premium on labour but often saves money overall by shortening the job and avoiding lost business.

Do you handle the drainage too?

Yes. Drainage is central to a car park lasting, not an add-on — we set the falls, position and connect gullies, and reset covers and ironwork to the finished level as part of the surfacing works.

Commercial service

Car Park Surfacing

New builds and resurfacing for retail, office and residential sites — with drainage and line marking sorted at the same time, and the work phased so you keep trading.

A car park is a working surface. It takes turning traffic, standing loads, delivery lorries and water all year round, and it has to keep doing it without shutting the business down while it's repaired. That mix of point loads and constant use is harder on a surface than an open road, which is why a car park needs designing for the way it's actually used, not just tarmacked flat.

We build and resurface car parks, yards and forecourts for retail, offices, schools, hotels and residential developments. Where a site has to keep trading, we phase the work so sections stay open while others are closed — and where it can shut for a weekend or work out of hours, we'll do that instead, because a faster job is usually a cheaper one.

Drainage and line marking are part of the same job, not afterthoughts. Standing water is what ruins a car park first, so the falls and gullies come early; and the bay layout, accessible spaces and markings go down once the surface has cured, so you hand back a car park that's ready to use rather than one that still needs a second contractor.

Best for

Retail, office, school, hotel and residential development car parks
Sites that need the work phased to keep trading through it
Owners who want surfacing, drainage and line marking from one contractor

What’s included

A site visit and a phased plan that keeps the site usable
A sub-base designed for the loads the surface will actually take
Machine-laid surfacing across the open areas
Drainage, gullies and falls set to clear standing water
Ironwork and covers reset to the finished level
Line marking, bay layouts and accessible bays arranged
Work scheduled out of hours where it suits the site

How the job runs

Site visitWe look at access, the loads and how the site runs day to day, then plan the work around your trading hours so the disruption lands where it hurts least.
ProgrammeYou get a written price and a phased programme, so you and your customers know which areas are out of use and when. Out-of-hours and weekend options are priced where they help.
Ground and drainageExcavation, sub-base and drainage. Standing water is the quickest way to wreck a car park, so the falls and gullies are set before any surfacing goes down.
Surface and mark outBinder and surface courses are machine-laid across the open areas and hand-worked around gullies and edges. Once cured, bays, accessible spaces and arrows are marked and the area handed back.

Materials & spec

What we build with

Sub-base — Granular base designed for the loading — deeper under delivery routes and standing HGV areas than under car bays
Binder course — Dense macadam binder, the structural layer that carries turning and standing loads
Surface course — Surface course grade matched to the traffic, machine-laid for an even, tight finish
Drainage — Gullies, channels and set falls to clear standing water — the first thing that fails a car park if it's skimped
Line marking — Thermoplastic or paint bays, accessible spaces, hatching and directional markings

Designing for load, not just area

A car park isn't uniform. The car bays see light static loads; the delivery route, the bin lorry's path and any HGV standing area see far heavier ones. Lay the same build across the whole site and either you've overspent on the bays or, more often, under-built the heavy-traffic routes — which then rut and fail while the bays are fine. We vary the sub-base depth and the surface grade to match where the real loads land.

The same thinking applies to drainage. Water pools at the low points and works into any weakness, so the falls have to move it to gullies positioned for how the site drains, not just dotted around evenly. Getting these two things right at the design stage is what separates a car park that lasts from one that's patched every year.

Where we do this

Car Park Surfacing across Surrey

We cover the whole county — these are the towns we’re asked for car park surfacing most often.

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FAQ

Car Parks — common questions

Can you resurface without closing the whole car park?
Almost always. We phase the work so part of the car park stays open while another part is closed, and move through the site in sections. Where the site can close out of hours or over a weekend the job is quicker and less disruptive — we'll price both approaches so you can choose.
Do you do the line marking as well?
Yes — bays, accessible spaces, hatching, arrows and speed reminders, in thermoplastic or paint. Doing the surfacing and the markings together means the layout is set out properly on a fresh surface, rather than a second contractor working around what's already there.
How long before the car park can be used after surfacing?
Fresh tarmac takes light traffic within hours and is ready for normal use by the next day in normal weather. Line marking goes on once the surface has cured, usually a few days later. We build the reopening times into the phased programme so you know exactly when each area is back.
Can you work evenings and weekends?
Yes, and for a lot of retail and office sites it's the sensible option — the car park is empty, the work is uninterrupted, and you lose no trading time. It carries a premium on labour but often saves money overall by shortening the job and avoiding lost business.
Do you handle the drainage too?
Yes. Drainage is central to a car park lasting, not an add-on — we set the falls, position and connect gullies, and reset covers and ironwork to the finished level as part of the surfacing works.

Other services

Line Marking & Bay Markings
Bays, accessible spaces, hatching, arrows and speed reminders — in thermoplastic or paint, set out properly on new and existing car parks.
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Road Surfacing
Estate roads, private lanes and unadopted roads — full-depth build or overlay, planed, laid and rolled to the spec the traffic actually calls for.
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Pothole Repairs
One-off jobs or scheduled rounds for property managers, estates and councils. Cut out square, cleaned, primed, filled and compacted — a repair that lasts past the winter.
Book a repair
Surface Dressing
The cost-effective way to buy an existing road or yard more years — seals the surface, restores grip and keeps water out of the base, without a full rebuild.
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