June 26th, 2008
Everything breaks down over time, even wheel stops. The bad thing about wheel stops breaking down is that, if they are allowed to break down enough, the rebar shows and they can become very dangerous. If you allow your wheel stops to break down extensively, you will find that you have rebar coming out of the sides, and possibly even the top, depending on how they are made. This can cause the people in your parking lot to be injured very easily, and may wind up actually harming someone very seriously.
More than one person has been injured by rebar, and has had to undergo Tetanus shots and antibiotics in order to become healthy just by being scratched from the exposed rebar. Others have actually been impaled on exposed rebar, causing not only serious health issues, but lawsuits as well.
In order to avoid this from occurring, it is vital that you replace your wheel stops every seven years or less. Wheel stops are not very expensive to purchase and, when you think about it, can actually save you thousands of dollars, as a lawsuit can be much more expensive for your company to deal with than buying a new wheel stop would be.
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June 24th, 2008
To many, curb painting seems as though it is very boring. It doesn’t look like something to get excited over, but in reality, it can be something that not only makes life easier, but that can help you out immensely.
Curb painting:
• Allows your delivery driver to see you. This way if you have a delivery from FexEx, DHL, UPS, or even if you have a new postal carrier, they will be able to find your home.
• Makes it easy for you to throw a party! How annoying would it be for your friends and co-workers if they had to search for hours to find your house. Curb painting makes it quick and simple for the party to get started.
• Gives the garbage man an easy day. Sometimes the garbage man gets the wrong garbage. If you have your curb painted, or even if you go a step further and have your garbage cans done as well, your garbage guy will always be able to take away the trash.
• Makes it easy for your food to find you. If you’ve ordered take-out, your driver will have a much easier time finding you with your curb painted.
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June 20th, 2008
There are a few websites online that are not advertising selling the “complete package necessary for curb painting”. This package, on the outside, looks good. It often includes differently sized stencils, paint, and some ideas as to how to go about painting your curb. There is, however, a problem with this.
Curb painting is not done easily by someone who has never done it before. To begin with, it is very difficult to get your curb painted evenly, especially the first time you are doing it. It is also difficult to make sure that the spacing is correct. If you have the letters spaced too closely together, it is impossible to read the word or the numbers. If you have them spaced too far apart, it looks like a different word entirely. The problem, however, is that it takes practice to get it right, and when you’re painting the curb, you only get one chance. Curb painting is not as easy as it looks, and before you order one of these all inclusive kits, it is a good idea to remember that it takes quite a bit of practice before you can perfect your technique, and that once you make a mistake on the curb, it is next to impossible to make it look normal again.
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May 23rd, 2008
If you’ve been searching for curb painting online, you likely have seen that there are plenty of websites out there who claim that you can begin curb painting as an easy and profitable business venture. They say on these websites that it is an easy business to begin, and that it requires little capital, or knowledge, to begin. While some of this may be true, not all of it is.
It does not cost a fortune to begin a curb painting business if you are planning on painting everything by hand. Unfortunately when you paint by hand the numbers and letters do not come out even, making it look sloppy and unprofessional. In order to have a good curb painting business you need to have people who will hire you. If you’re planning on doing just curb painting, you may have a difficult time finding a constant flow of clientele. Those who do curb painting as well as other painting, such as parking lot striping, have a larger clientele base to fall back on. The bottom line is that curb painting is not as easy of a business venture as many websites make it out to be.
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May 21st, 2008
1. Making the most of your parking lot. If you have not been trained in parking lot striping, or if you have never done it professionally before, you may not know how to make the most out of the space that you have available. A professional can help you to create a beautiful looking parking lot that makes your customers happy.
2. Handicapped laws. A professional will know how to adhere to the handicapped laws that apply to parking lot striping. They will know how to ensure that there is enough space for a handicapped vehicle.
3. Less maintenance. When you have a professional take care of your parking lot striping, you will need to have maintenance done less frequently. They use high quality paint that is meant to stay bright and last for a very long time.
4. A fresh eye. When you hire a professional to do your parking lot striping, you will be hiring someone with a fresh eye. He may be able to help you to see some ideas for your space that you hadn’t seen before.
5. A clean look. A professional parking lot striper will be able to give you a clean, professional looking parking lot every time.
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May 19th, 2008
With the gas prices steadily rising, many people are finding that it is more cost effective to work from home. They set up their business at home and begin to work, only to discover soon after that some of their co-workers, bosses, and even clients are having a difficult time finding their house! This is a common problem and one that can be avoided simply by having professional curb painting done at your home.
Curb painting is the process of painting your address on the curb outside of your home. While it sounds as though this is too much of a simple solution to work, it really isn’t. Even if you have your home or mailbox marked, it may not be easy to see. Try driving a few seconds away from your house and see if you can read the numbers or names that are attached to your home. Chances are high that you can not. Curb painting uses reflective paint, making it easy to see the address of your house no matter whether it is day or evening, and the large lettering that is close to the street makes it almost impossible for someone to miss your home.
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May 8th, 2008
We live in a world where we like to have instant gratification, and due to this we often miss the things that are standing right in front of us that make our lives much easier. One thing that many people take for granted is parking lot striping. Most of us have drive to a store, mall, or parking garage and have parked our car without ever wondering how people set up their parking lots, or why the spots are set in the position that they are set in.
Parking lot striping is not something that just anyone can do effectively, but is rather a kind of technical science. It takes someone with excellent math skills and training in design in order to make sure that the parking lot striping is done correctly. When you look at a striping lot, it is easy to miss how everything is set up to give people the most room possible; from the parking zones to the handicapped access points, everything is created to make the parking lot ebb and flow effortlessly, like the tide. The next time you park your car, take a look the parking lot striping: a thing of beauty.
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April 7th, 2008
Often parking lot managers and owners try to save money by purchasing their own parking lot striping machine. They believe that saving a few hundred dollars will be easy. The truth, however, is that parking lot striping may look easy, but it is not. You can not simply put paint in the machine and lay it down on the pavement. You need to be able to lay the grid out for the vehicles, have the correct spacing, and still have it look aesthetically pleasing.
It is always good to save money, but if you are saving money at the expense of your customers, it may not be the best thing you can do for your business. Companies run due to customers buying things, and bad parking can make people not want to go to your company or business, causing you to lose money. You can try to save money by buying your own striping machine, but before you choose to go that route, you may want to look at the large picture; of what would happen if your customers got due to bad parking. It is usually preferable to hire an experienced striper to do the job for you.
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March 10th, 2008
When you own a business, you want to make things as beautiful for your customers as you can. The more your company is user-friendly, the more you will find that your customers return again and again. Part of being user friendly is having a parking lot that not only appeals to your customers, but is easy to maneuver around in. Having parking lot striping done correctly a few times a year is an important part of keeping your parking lot looking beautiful for your customers.
Parking lots that have no striping, or parking lot striping that is worn down, look old and haggard. Your customers are not able to see where they are supposed to park and people wind up parking incorrectly, leaving no space for the customers to walk around their vehicles and into the store or your business. In order to keep your customers happy, you need to make sure that the parking lot is striped at least twice a year, possibly more if you have enough traffic to wear the striping down fast. If you have your parking lot striping done correctly, your customers will return over and over again and will remember how nicely your parking lot was laid out.
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February 29th, 2008
Parking lot painting refers to the colors that are painted onto the pavement to help differentiate the parking space. Normally all parking lots have uniform colours, but they could also include themes and attractive patterns.
Different colors are used in parking lot painting mainly to distinguish the parking space meant for different vehicles like cars, pick-up trucks, jeeps and station wagons. Apart from this different colors in the parking lot could also convey different meanings e.g. the first color could be used for entry point of vehicles and the second color could be used for marking the area for parking and a third color could be used to indicate the exit point of vehicles.
The choice of these color combinations depends on the parking lot operator. But while choosing these colors it is important to keep in mind that the colors should be universally appealing to the car owners and drivers because ultimately these colors and patterns are mainly used to convey messages to the drivers.
Since parking lots are an integral part of a growing city, there are a set of rules to function the governing of the parking lots, which include certain guidelines for parking lot painting also.
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