Tarmac / Asphalt

Tarmac, also known as asphalt or bitumen is widely used by us as it is an ideal material when you need a durable, hard-wearing surface. It is the surface that we would recommend for areas where there is heavy vehicle use such as driveways, farm lanes, car parks, private roads, footpaths, yards etc.

Advantages of tarmac include:

• Cost effective. Cheaper than most other solid surfaces to produce.
• Very little down time where the driveway cannot be used. Typically, when all the preparation has been done the Tarmac application is done in a day and we would only require that you stay off of the surface for approx. a 12-hour period before full use can be made of the surface.
• Hard wearing. A solid finish so no problems like a gravel drive and a much easier surface to keep clean.
• Low maintenance. Very little work required to maintain the finish.

Tarmac is a hot-applied durable, affordable, long lasting/ hard wearing surface which is available in various finishes and colours depending on the requirements of the area and the aesthetics required. It contains either hard stone, limestone or SMA (Stone Mastic Asphalt). All three are used in driveway and road construction applications. We usually recommend SMA tarmac for heavily trafficked areas and for some driveway applications where the driveway is steep or for a smaller area which has to cope with vehicles frequently turning on it. It contains mastic bitumen and fibre increasing its durability.

All finishes can be supplied by us in different sizes and grades.

If you’d like any more info or a no obligation quote, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with Joe today.