Do you surface unadopted and private roads?

Yes — that's a lot of what we do. Estate roads, private lanes, farm and industrial access and unadopted roads are exactly the ones that fall between the cracks because no council maintains them. We handle them from a single failing stretch to a whole road, with the works phased to keep access open where people need to get in and out.

Can you keep the road open while you work?

Usually, yes. We phase the works so at least one lane or one access route stays usable, and arrange traffic management where the road has to stay live. On roads that can close for a spell the job is quicker and cheaper — we'll talk through the options at the survey.

How long will a resurfaced road last?

On a sound base, a properly laid surface lasts many years under normal use — longer with a surface dressing part-way through its life to seal it. The variable is always the base: which is why we assess it honestly rather than laying a surface over a problem that'll surface again.

Can you deal with the drainage and gullies too?

Yes. Standing water is the fastest way to destroy a road, so drainage is part of the job, not an extra. We set the falls to move water off the carriageway, and lift and reset gullies, covers and ironwork to the finished level as part of the works.

Do you work for management companies and estates?

Regularly. We provide written specifications and phased programmes that managing agents and residents' associations can put to owners, and we can work to a budget or a rolling maintenance plan rather than a single big spend where that suits the road better.

Commercial service

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.

Roads fail from the bottom up. Traffic loads, standing water and a base that was never quite right do far more damage than the weather on top ever will, and a thin skim over a tired road just moves the problem a winter down the line. Surface a road properly and it carries what it's meant to carry for years; surface it cheaply and you're back planing it off before the guarantee would have run out.

We surface and resurface estate roads, private lanes, farm and industrial access, and unadopted roads — the ones no council will touch but that still need to take real traffic. Depending on the state of what's there, that means either planing off and overlaying a sound base, or digging out and rebuilding where the base has gone. We assess which it actually needs rather than defaulting to whichever is quicker to price.

Machine-laid where the run allows and by hand where access won't take a paver, with the material grade chosen for the traffic the road really sees. Ironwork is lifted and reset to the finished level, falls are set to move water off the carriageway, and where the road has to stay open we phase the work and manage the traffic around it.

Best for

Estate and residents' association roads that have fallen into disrepair
Private lanes, farm tracks and industrial access roads carrying heavy traffic
Unadopted roads no local authority will maintain

What’s included

An assessment of the existing road and why it's failing
Planing off where the base is sound, full rebuild where it isn't
Base repairs to any soft or failed sections before surfacing
Machine or hand laying to suit the access and the run
Binder and surface courses to the specified depth and grade
Ironwork lifted and reset to the finished level
Falls and drainage set so water leaves the carriageway

How the job runs

SurveyWe look at what the road carries and why it's failing, then recommend planing and resurfacing or a full rebuild — whichever the road actually needs, with the reasoning in writing.
Plane or excavateThe worn surface is planed off where the base beneath is sound, or dug out completely where it's failed. Soft spots are cut out and rebuilt — there's no point surfacing over ground that's already moving.
Base and levelsThe base is brought back to a stable, even platform with the falls set to carry water off the road, and ironwork is prepared to bring up to the finished level.
Surface and open upBinder and surface courses are laid to the specified depth, joints sealed and ironwork reset. We roll it, check the falls, sweep the site and reopen the road as soon as it'll take traffic.

Materials & spec

What we build with

Sub-base — Type 1 or Type 3 granular base, depth specified for the traffic loading — rebuilt where the existing base has failed
Binder course — Dense macadam binder to the specified grade, the structural layer that carries the load
Surface course — Surface course matched to the traffic — heavier grades for industrial and access roads
Geotextile — Separation or reinforcement geotextile over weak formation, to stop the base pumping into soft ground
Ironwork — Gullies, covers and frames lifted and reset to the finished surface level

Overlay or rebuild

The central question on any tired road is whether the base underneath is still sound. If it is, planing off the worn surface and laying a fresh binder and surface course is far cheaper and quicker, and it lasts — because you're renewing the wearing layers on a foundation that still works. If the base has gone, an overlay is money wasted: the new surface follows the movement below and cracks up within a couple of winters.

We core or trial-hole where there's doubt, rather than guess, because getting this call wrong is expensive either way — an unnecessary rebuild wastes your money, and an overlay on a failed base wastes it twice. The written recommendation spells out which we're proposing and why.

Where we do this

Road Surfacing across Surrey

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

Road Surfacing in Guildford

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FAQ

Road Surfacing — common questions

Do you surface unadopted and private roads?
Yes — that's a lot of what we do. Estate roads, private lanes, farm and industrial access and unadopted roads are exactly the ones that fall between the cracks because no council maintains them. We handle them from a single failing stretch to a whole road, with the works phased to keep access open where people need to get in and out.
Can you keep the road open while you work?
Usually, yes. We phase the works so at least one lane or one access route stays usable, and arrange traffic management where the road has to stay live. On roads that can close for a spell the job is quicker and cheaper — we'll talk through the options at the survey.
How long will a resurfaced road last?
On a sound base, a properly laid surface lasts many years under normal use — longer with a surface dressing part-way through its life to seal it. The variable is always the base: which is why we assess it honestly rather than laying a surface over a problem that'll surface again.
Can you deal with the drainage and gullies too?
Yes. Standing water is the fastest way to destroy a road, so drainage is part of the job, not an extra. We set the falls to move water off the carriageway, and lift and reset gullies, covers and ironwork to the finished level as part of the works.
Do you work for management companies and estates?
Regularly. We provide written specifications and phased programmes that managing agents and residents' associations can put to owners, and we can work to a budget or a rolling maintenance plan rather than a single big spend where that suits the road better.

Other services

Private Roads & Estate Surfacing
For residents' associations, schools, hotels and country houses — surfacing phased around the people who use it, so access stays open while the work gets done.
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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.
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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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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.
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