Tar and Chip - Surface Dressing

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Surface Dressing or 'Tar and chip' coatings provide a hard wearing and decorative surface suitable for both light and heavy traffic use. The silver-grey finish of granite is favoured by customers who require something different to the usual look of black tarmac, but without sacrificing durability.

Also known as Tar and chip, the surface dressing process involves a hot bitumen being sprayed onto the existing Tarmac (or concrete) surface, and a choice of aggregate, typically, granite chips or golden gravel, is then embedded into the tar. Around 10% loose stone may be left on the surface to give the appearance that it is a traditional 'deep filled' gravel driveway... but without the deep ruts!
6mm Grey granite surface dressing private road in Wokingham, Berkshire.


Excavated, with paver block edgings seriously supported in concrete!


Golden gravel surface dressing over a 250mm limestone sub-base and a 75mm Tarmac base
Domestic driveway - Woodley, Reading, Berkshire - Summer 2006 
 

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