Surface Dressing and Road Surfacing in Guildford
How to Prepare Roads for Winter

Pavement Engineering Tips from Professional Paving Contractors

Unlike some other road surfacing companies, Pegley Surfacing has the machinery, knowledge and experience to offer a broad range of services. With our own road paving machinery, we deliver efficiency when you need it most. The following is some of the key advice our surfacing contractors give our customers when preparing for winter:

Repair Potholes

No one likes potholes; they’re annoying, dangerous and have the potential to cause major damage. However, they are particularly dangerous during the colder months, when wet or icy weather poses a real threat.

Consequently, we strongly recommend hiring our contractors for tarmac surface repairs and pothole repairs before they present a significant hazard.

Grip Testing

It’s essential for roads and driveway installations to offer plenty of skid resistance. For reputable road surfacing companies, this is a key aspect of road design and directly contributes to safety levels. Adequate grip significantly lowers the risk of skid-related accidents, which is especially important when roads are icy or wet.

Customers in Guildford can use a skid resistance survey to check surface friction. If resistance is below an adequate level, we carry out surface dressing to restore skid, as well as weather resistance.

Road Markings

As trusted surfacing contractors, we have been working with local councils and businesses in the Wisborough Green and Guildford areas for many years. As a result, we understand the importance of freshening up road markings more than some other road surfacing companies.

Due to longer nights and poor weather, visibility decreases during the winter. To maintain safety, it’s vital for road markings to be as clear as possible. You should assess and refresh markings before winter because poor weather can affect the application process.

When undertaking surface dressing, it’s important to reinstate any road markings as soon as possible.

Grit

Whether maintaining a public highway, commercial car park or other road surface in Guildford, our tarmacadam contractors will tell you how important it is to have plenty of grit available.

Traditional grit and rock salt are still the go-to solution for ensuring icy roads provide enough grip. It’s a proven method of reducing accidents and saving lives. That’s why we strongly recommend both private and public sector clients stock up.

As well as being effective on highways, grit is the perfect option for keeping tarmac driveways accessible and safe.

For more information about our professional pavement engineering services, please contact our professional paving contractors today; we offer all the following: