Curbs, islands & parking blocks · Michigan
Tell me which curbs you mean.
Concrete curb, asphalt curb, islands and parking blocks. Quoted by length and listed out, because on most lots “the curbing” means two different jobs.
Why this gets its own quote
Every curb on the lot, priced on its own.
Curb work is the single easiest thing on a lot to argue about afterwards, and it is almost never bad faith. One person means the curb along the building. The other means every curb on the site, including the islands out at the far end.
So it gets measured and listed separately. Lines are priced by the line and curb by length, which are different units, and folding them together produces a number nobody can check. You get the curb runs itemized, the blocks counted, and the lettering listed.
It reads as pedantic right up until the invoice, at which point it is the reason there is no conversation to have.
What counts as curb work
All of it, listed out.
Concrete curb
Face and top, along buildings, islands and perimeters.
Asphalt curb
Rolled and formed asphalt curb, which weathers differently to concrete.
Islands
Full island perimeters, including the ones people forget at the far end.
Parking blocks
Wheel stops, quoted per unit rather than by length.
Fire lane curb
Marked and lettered to what your fire marshal specifies.
No-parking curb
Zones that have to stay clear, marked to your local code.
Curb lettering
Reserved, visitor, unit numbers and custom wording.
Refresh or first paint
Repainting a faded run, or marking curb that has never been painted.
Color
Your fire marshal has the final say.
Curb color carries meaning, and the meaning is not consistent from one place to the next. What counts as a fire lane in one jurisdiction is not automatically the same in the next town over, and your fire marshal has the final say on wording as well as color.
So I paint to what your authority specifies rather than to a rule of thumb, and if you are not sure what applies, that is a question worth asking them before you book anybody.
If you already have a specification or a note from an inspection, send it over with the address and I will quote to it directly.
Recent curb work
Curbs, islands and blocks from around Michigan.
Questions I get about curbs
Questions I get about curbs.
What color should my curb be?
Whatever your local code and your fire marshal specify. Curb color carries meaning and the meaning is not the same everywhere, so I paint to what your authority calls for rather than to a rule of thumb. If you do not know, ask them before you book anybody, including me.
Do you paint the top and the face?
Both, unless you tell me otherwise, and the quote says which. This is exactly the kind of thing that gets assumed differently by each side, so it goes in writing.
Do you paint parking blocks and wheel stops?
Yes, and they are quoted per unit rather than by length. Worth doing at the same time as the curbs since the setup is already out.
Can you letter the curb?
Yes. Fire lane wording, no-parking, reserved and unit numbers all go on curb face. Tell me the exact wording and I will lay it out.
How often does curb paint need doing again?
Sooner than the lines on the lot. Curbs take direct hits from tyres and ploughs, and the face weathers faster than flat pavement, so curbs and fire lane lettering usually come round before the stalls do.
Why is curb work quoted separately from striping?
Because it is measured differently. Lines are priced by the line and curb by length, so folding them into one number hides what you are actually paying for. Listing them apart also means there is no argument later about what the curbing included.
Do you repair broken curb?
No. That is concrete work. I paint what is there, and if a section needs rebuilding it is worth doing that before it gets painted rather than after.
Nordic Lines LLC
Send the address and say which curbs.
Building line only, or every island on the site? That one answer changes the number more than anything else.
(734) 624-4164Call or text. If I am running a machine, I call back in the morning.