Many people are not aware that different states specify curb painting standards for all addresses painted on the curbs in front of people’s homes. While you may be able to get away with a bright colored address painted on your own curb, or more specifically, while the curb painter may be able to get away with such a job in one state, it may not be acceptable in another.

Often it is the curb painter and not the person whose curb was painted that gets into trouble for a painted curb. But often too once a person voluntarily paints a curb, then there is no way to track him after to hold him accountable for his actions. This is why many states are now demanding that all persons painting curb – whether voluntarily or not – must possess a curb painting permit. In addition, such persons are sometimes required to have property liability insurance to cover the damage that they might inflict upon other people’s properties.

One of the other regulations about curb painting that states are now enforcing is that only addresses be painted on curbs, and only in such formats where the address is in white paint with a black backdrop or vice versa.

While curb painting sounds like a simple enough job that just about anyone could do, it is not really a job that just anyone can do. Most states insist that you must have a curb painting permit before you can claim to be a curb painting professional.

To obtain a curb painting, you must apply to the relevant board in your state. The application for a curb painting license is only considered when made on the official form that would be obtained from the board in question. In addition, most states require that you pay a fee associated with this application. The amount of the fee would also vary from state to state; as would the process vary from country to country. But in addition to these two requirements, you would also be asked to provide a public liability insurance which should cover both bodily injury and property damage.

Once the application has been successfully approved, you would be issued a curb painting permit with which you may proceed to start your profession. But even the performance of a simple house-painting job could become a complicated one if you are not prepared beforehand.

Parking lot painting is a job that is very closely related to parking lot striping, and in fact many of the providers who offer one type of service would undoubtedly offer the other service as well. It is a simple straightforward business, and not much preparation is required beforehand. You simply acquire the right paint, some stencils, and you are on your way to your own successful foray into the parking lot painting business.

While parking lot striping focuses mainly on the painting or repainting of the parking lines, parking lot painting itself is any other painting activity that goes on in the parking lot. These would include curb markings such as no parking zones or designated parking notifications, road painting for wheelchair designations, and in general any other notification that would be required for a parking lot.

The type of paint that one uses in parking lot painting is a very critical issue. Many companies in fact insist that only the county or state-approved paint should be used in their parking lots. Such a demand is not an unreasonable one however, since the county approved paints are usually the best ones. These are supposed to last longer and provide a better finished result in general.

If you are a driver, or even a passenger, and you try to recall where was the last place that you saw a wheel stop, probably only a single answer would come to mind – the parking lot. Whether it is the parking lot in the grocery, your workplace, or even in the mall, I am sure that you would have come across at least one set of wheel stops.

The function of the wheel stop is to prohibit the passage of a vehicle onto the following space. The wheel stop must therefore be physically able to perform its job. Too often I have noticed that vehicles, especially the larger ones, are able to go over the wheel stops and still infringe upon the spaces beyond that they are meant to protect – such as parking spaces and pavement markers. A good wheel stop must be high enough that it can effectively block the wheel from going over it, including four wheel drives, but it should at the same time be of a height that would not damage a vehicle’s bumper. Too often my own vehicle bumper has become damaged by being stuck over a wheel stop in a parking lot at one place or another. Wheel stops should also be such that they are not easily moved by persons insistent on passing through forbidden entry ways.

Parking lot striping is a type of pavement striping. Pavement striping is in general the method by which the white lines that we normally see on the road are drawn. Parking lot striping is therefore the process by which parking spaces are marked off from each other.

Generally speaking, parking lots use a lot of white paint when striping. It is not uncommon however to find that other paint colors are sometimes used to mark of special car parking facilities. One of the most easily recognized of these would be the blue paint that denotes the wheelchair parking from any other parking space. Parking lot striping would also include the stenciling of reserved parking spaces and no parking spaces. These too commonly use different color paints to easily different it from other parking spaces.

The types of paints used in parking lot striping are normally special paints, which can resist both harsh weather conditions and chemical dissolution. While not a common practice everywhere, some parking lots even allow the use of special paints, which are able to ensure the good visibility of the parking spaces even in bad or poor lighting.

Traffic sign installation is one of a number of ways that both motorists and pedestrians alike can be assured of their continued road safety. Traffic signs are normally installed after a request has been made for one – most usually it is the concerned motorists and pedestrians who are affected most on a daily basis that make these requests.

Once the traffic department of any government in any country receives such a request, it is common practice to evaluate the need for the traffic sign before any further work on the traffic sign installation can be carried out. Traffic signals can range from stop signs to dangerous corner signs to even speed limit signs.

Normally the first part of the traffic sign installation process is the evaluation step. A study would be performed to deem whether or not the request for a traffic sign installation is a practical one. Within this study, the authorities would also decide if alternatives besides a traffic sign would be applicable to the situation. Once it has been proven that the area in question is indeed in need of a traffic signal and that no other means of traffic aid is as efficient, then the request is approved and work can begin on the traffic sign installation in the area of question.

You may have seen them before and wondered what they were there for. Many people in fact see them every day and take them for granted. But they are the safety guards of the roads that keep your space separated from that of incoming traffic.

The wheel stop is that solid piece of concrete that you would have noticed placed at the end of a blocked off road which serves to prevent traffic from passing through. This is its function in most times of temporary road blocks for official police reasons or for street parades and other street festivities. It is also the mark of a cordoned off road.

You would have also noticed the wheel stop in nine out of ten parking lots that you may have parked in yourself. This is its most common application, and here it serves to isolate one parking space from another. This ensures that parking spaces are optimized and that one vehicle does not infringe another’s space. Wheel stops are also used as a precautionary mark to prevent vehicles from parking too close to side walks, pavements or buildings. If the vehicle cannot go over it, then surely the driver would stop at least once he touches the wheel stop.

Traffic sign installation is normally a straightforward process. One would however need to observe certain general rules and guidelines set by the relevant states when setting about on traffic sign installations.

Generally, the traffic sign must be installed at a distance that is safely away from oncoming vehicular traffic. It should likewise be out of the way of pedestrian paths, and must be securely attached so that no accidents should very readily occur – normally at least three feet of pole is secured beneath the ground surface for adequate pole support.

Some states also specify that the sign posts must be specifically treated to withstand adverse weather condition. In addition, the paint used must also be approved by the traffic department or other agency within the government concerned. Traffic signals would sometimes be required to be marked with black and white alternating strips of a specified width each and up until a specified height. In Washington, for example, city regulations require that traffic signposts be painted red and white with alternating red and white strips one foot each. Washington also specifies that the traffic sign itself must be a minimum of two feet away from the face of the curb.

Many people often take for granted the amount of work and thought that goes into the preparation of the parking lot that they use every day. But the truth is that painting a parking lot is often times not as simple as it looks.

A newly re-surfaced parking lot for instance would need to be cleaned thoroughly before it can be painted. Many people do not appreciate this fact, and figure that paint is all it takes to renovate a good parking lot. The parking lot must first be washed of all the extra debris that would have remained behind from the re-surfacing. It is important to clean these up because they would influence how the paint looks on the resurfaced ground. Also important is to seal the surface. This helps to preserve your parking lot for a bit longer so that you would have to do maintenance repairs less often.

Once the parking lot has been cleaned and sealed, you are ready to start the paint job. But before you are even allowed to start painting, you would be required to verify if your paint is up to the standards required by your city. Yes - even the paint used in parking lot painting is not a clear-cut issue.

It is true that parking lot striping has a lot of influence on the way that we view a business or a company. After all, it is one of the first things that most visitors would see going into a business. As a driver, one of the most irritable feelings that you could experience is undoubtedly the parking experience. It is simply frustrating, and not to mention annoying, to go into a parking lot that has tight parks and little or no maneuvering room. A good parking experience on the other hand is parking in a parking lot that is effectively spaced and ideally optimized with as much maneuvering room as possible. And it is indeed a great first impression that you would get into any business place that you go into – whether you choose to make such associations or not.

Parking lot striping must therefore be a precise job, and not to be misconstrued as simply a painting job. Careful consideration must be given to the design of the parking lot to facilitate as many parking spaces as possible, but at the same time one must ensure that the parking spaces are practical and at least provide enough space for comfortable maneuvering.