Commercial gritting in Nutfield

Car parks, entrances and ramps across Nutfield, from the hilltop church to the clay below.

We offer commercial gritting in Nutfield for car parks, entrances, paths, ramps and walkways at every kind of site in the parish. That covers the hotel and spa at Nutfield Priory, the nursing home in South Nutfield, the apartments in the converted house beside St Peter and St Paul’s, the primary school by the village hall, both churches, the old pubs and the businesses at Redhill Aerodrome, part of which sits inside the parish.

We come over from Horley, about five miles away, and treat your routes the evening before a frost or early in the morning. So the nurse starting the early shift, the guest heading out after breakfast and the parent at the school gate all step onto salted ground. You’ll have a written note of each visit: when we came and which routes we treated.

Commercial gritting in Nutfield, on the hill and on the clay

The parish splits in two for winter work. Up on the greensand, round the old village and the church, sites come with slopes, steps and the long north side of an old building that stays white well after the sun is up. Down in South Nutfield the Wealden Clay holds water, so shallow dips in a car park or along a path edge fill after rain and freeze clear overnight. On the walk round we mark both kinds of spot on your plan, and they’re the first thing treated on every visit.

Hotel, nursing home and office car park gritting

Car park gritting at a hotel follows the line a guest walks: from the parking bay to reception, up any entrance steps and along the paths between buildings. At a nursing home the ramp and the drop-off point come first, because residents arrive on frames and in wheelchairs, then the staff path and any fire exit opening onto paving. For offices and units it’s the walkway, the disabled bays and the door. Listed buildings often have old stone steps, so we check the surface first and go easy with the salt there.

Commercial gritting in Nutfield: your questions

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

We’re the residents’ company at a converted country house. How does gritting fit into our service charge?

A seasonal arrangement agreed in writing gives the board one figure for the winter, which is simple to set in the budget. Paying per visit is the other option, and suits residents happy to pay only when it freezes.

Can you treat the church paths before a weekday funeral?

Yes. Give us the date and the paths mourners will use, and if frost is due we’ll treat them the afternoon before. The porch path and any steps are done first.

Why use a gritting contractor rather than salting it ourselves?

Someone has to be out the evening before every frost, all winter, and keep the salt off the borders. We watch the forecast for you, come without being asked and keep a dated note of each visit, which helps you show you took sensible steps.