Commercial gritting in Dorking

Office car parks gritted for the early starts, venues and hotels for the late finishes.

We do commercial gritting in Dorking for office car parks, entrances, ramps and walkways, and for the town’s care homes, schools, churches, hotels, pubs, venues and blocks of flats. Snow is cleared by hand off the agreed routes and then salted, and in a frost each site is treated at the time of day its people actually turn up.

For an office that’s first thing. For a hall seating 900, or a hotel with guests heading out after dinner, it’s the evening. As a gritting contractor based in Horley, about eight miles to the east, we plan each site around its own hours and log every visit with the date, the time and the routes treated.

Car park gritting for Dorking’s offices and business park

Dorking Office Park’s modern blocks sit a few minutes’ walk from Dorking West station, and the Dorking Business Park occupies the old gasworks site. On sites like these the plan covers main doors, ramps, disabled bays, fire exits and the walking lines across the car park. We treat them the evening before a forecast frost, or early enough that the first person in walks across treated ground.

Workplaces have to keep outdoor routes free of slip hazards so far as is reasonably practicable. A plan agreed in writing and a record of each visit help you show you took sensible steps.

Commercial gritting in Dorking for evenings, services and the school run

HSE advises gritting in the early evening or early morning, and Dorking needs both. At Dorking Halls the accessible parking is at the rear and the level access at the front, and on a frosty night that walk matters when a full house is leaving. Hotels and pubs in the centre get their visits in the early evening, so the salt is working before guests head home. Churches book around services and funerals, and a secondary school of around 1,400 pupils wants its gates and paths treated before the morning rush.

Commercial gritting in Dorking: your questions

Anything else, just ring. You’ll speak to the people who do the work.

We host evening events. Can you grit in the late afternoon instead of at dawn?

Yes. For evening sites we come in the late afternoon or early evening when frost is due, so the salt has done its work by the time people leave. If snow falls during an event, ring us and we’ll clear the main routes as soon as we can.

Our hotel has formal gardens. Will salt harm them?

It can once it reaches the soil, and the damage shows as brown leaf edges in spring. Our gritting services keep salt to the paved routes, use only what the surface needs and never pile salty snow onto lawns or beds.

We manage a block of flats. Can the communal paths go on a seasonal arrangement?

Yes. A seasonal arrangement agreed in writing before November gives the service charge one known winter cost, covering communal paths, car park walkways and bin store routes. Dorking South ward alone had over 1,000 flats in 2011.