What we stripe
Most of our work is parking lots: shopping centers, churches, schools, apartment complexes, offices, hospitals and clinics, and the truck and car lots at warehouses and distribution centers. Each one has its own needs. A church lot fills up all at once on Sunday morning. A school lot has bus lanes and drop-off lines. A clinic has to meet a higher share of accessible spaces under the ADA. We look at how the lot is really used before we lay it out.
Inside the building, we stripe warehouse floors with lane and bay lines on concrete. Outside, we paint yellow safety lines along platforms, docks and walkways where people need a clear warning. We also handle minor concrete and asphalt repair so the surface is ready for paint. That is what we mean when we say we do more than white lines.
The rules a lot has to meet
Three sets of rules come up on most jobs. The 2010 ADA Standards set how many accessible spaces a lot needs, how wide they are, how the access aisles are marked and how high the signs go. The fire code, usually the International Fire Code or in Louisiana the NFPA codes, covers fire apparatus access roads and NO PARKING FIRE LANE markings. Local fire marshals and city codes fill in details like curb color.
Inside a warehouse, OSHA requires permanent aisles and passageways to be appropriately marked where forklifts and other mechanical handling equipment run. OSHA does not set one required color for aisle lines, so most plants follow an ANSI or industry color plan. On roads open to public travel, the MUTCD says parking space markings shall be white. We sort out which rules apply to your lot before we start.
New layout or restripe
A restripe follows the lines that are already there. That works when the old layout was good. But a lot of older lots were striped before the 2010 ADA Standards, or the stalls were laid out for smaller cars, or the traffic flow never worked. If you are restriping anyway, it is a good time to fix it. The Justice Department has said that when a business restripes a lot, it has to provide accessible spaces as the 2010 Standards require.
New traffic layout and design starts from a clean sheet. We measure the lot, look at the entrances, the building doors and the way cars come in and out, and plan the stalls, drive aisles, arrows, crosswalks, fire lanes and accessible spaces together. On a freshly sealed or new lot, that is the cheapest time to get the layout right, because nothing has to be covered up.
How a job goes
You call or text 662-719-7737, or send the form. We talk it through. If we need to see the lot, we come look. You get a free estimate before any work starts. Then we get to work. If the lot has to stay open, tell us when it is quiet and we will plan the job around it with you.
We are based in Ruleville, in Sunflower County in the Mississippi Delta, and we take striping work across Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana and Alabama. Out-of-town jobs are planned ahead so the lot is ready when we arrive: clean, dry, any repairs done, and cars off the areas we are painting. The same number reaches B&M Land Management if you also need dirt work.
