Line Marking Wellington

Most 30 to 50 bay car parks in the CBD or Kilbirnie retail strip are re-marked overnight, with the surface traffic-ready two to three hours after the last line goes down. We sequence the bay blocks so tenants can still get in and out, which matters a lot for Thorndon office towers and Te Aro strata buildings where residents park round the clock.

Wellington wind is the biggest constraint. We book calmer windows (often early morning before the southerly picks up) for spray work.

Yes, we coordinate with WCC, HCC, UHCC, Porirua CC, and KCDC on timing, permits, and temporary traffic management. For CBD and waterfront jobs we usually confirm the night window a week out so buses and rubbish runs around Courtenay Place or Lambton Quay are not affected.

Waterborne paint lasts about 2 to 4 years on a typical Wellington arterial, which suits lower-volume streets and private drives. Thermoplastic sits up at 5 to 10 years and is what we recommend for CBD drive lanes, bus-lane markings on Willis Street, and the heavier Newtown and Kilbirnie corridors.

Yes, we run weekend or shutdown windows and stage the floor in sections so one half of the pick face or dock stays operational while the other cures. That approach suits the larger Grenada North distribution sheds and CentrePort yard buildings where shutting the whole site is not an option.

MMA (methyl methacrylate) is the right choice for heavy-traffic CentrePort yards, container-handler zones, and Kilbirnie freight depots because it cures fast and handles forklift scuffing. Epoxy works well for lower-traffic office warehouses and climate-controlled stockrooms at the lighter end of the scale.

Yes, this is one of the growing jobs at Karori, Khandallah, and Kelburn tennis clubs. We overlay pickleball lines in a contrasting colour so both sports stay usable on the same surface, and the markings are usually cut into the existing acrylic with a compatible court paint that holds up to play.

Most Wellington school and club courts are back in play within 24 hours of the last line going down, depending on the evening cool-down. Miramar and Seatoun courts near the coast sometimes hold overnight moisture, in which case we leave an extra few hours before handover.

Both work, but most Wellington primary schools book us into the two-week April or October school holiday windows so there is no interference with lunchtime play. For Newtown and Island Bay schools near the southerly exposure we aim for the drier October window when we can.

Yes, the hot-applied thermoplastic we use is a solid, inert material once it cools, with no ongoing off-gassing or loose particles. Wellington school caretakers from Khandallah to Kilbirnie have had the same markings down for six or seven years without any wear-through to worry about.

Yes, we use either water blasting or controlled shot blasting that lifts the paint film without scarring the chip seal or asphalt underneath. For CBD strata car parks off Victoria Street and Boulcott Street this matters, because the building engineers do not want ghost marks bleeding back through a fresh re-layout.

One overnight shift handles a typical 40-bay re-layout including removal and fresh marking. We have done Thorndon office tower basements and Courtenay Place strata between 8pm and 6am so commuters arrive in the morning to a finished surface.