Carpet pattern technologies compared

There are now five different sorts of paint/resin/thermoplastic transfers in the shortlist for the carpet pattern. Each have their pros and cons. There's a chart to help compare. If you have a strong opinion on this, or care to help make the decision or would like more details, PLEASE CONTACT TED ASAP! The thermoplastic transfers are very very expensive (over £100 square metre) and it's unlikely it will do, even though this is the quickest to apply. The other four treatments will all involve residents doing the masking, and in some cases, professionals doing the painting. They cost £10 - £30 square metre.

Road-paint test-pattern

Position of 'Victorian carpet' road patterning/paint

This map shows the positions of all the features, including the road patterning/paint, of the BCR DIY streets proposal as it will go to Sustrans and then onto the OCC. It will then be included in the package the OCC will chew on for awhile before coming back to us with comments/adjustments.

Bear in mind that the amount of road patterning/paint might call for funds beyond our budget, but I'm hoping we can keep them all so as to create an effective string of 'Victorian carpets'. However, if we have to take a few out, I'll have to consider another arrangement.

If this design removed a patterned area you were hoping to have in front of your home, please understand that this particular arrangement allowed for the best symmetry along the length of the street, as well as creating s series of regular-sized 'carpets'. Where possible, the carpets have been positioned to embrace the vertical features and therefore make more convincing 'rooms'.

Please offer comments on this if you like.

Click the map to open up a hi-resolution version of the map.

Victorian Tile 2-Diamond variations

Here are some variations on the Victorian Tile road paint pattern range voted on at the BCRA meeting of 9 May 2009. Some variations include features of the "Carpet" design with the "Victorian Tile" design range. If you'd like to comment on the various versions, please refer to them by letter in your comments.

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VERSION A
The original Victoria Tile-inspired design presented on 9 May 2009:


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VERSION B
Carpet straight edging, 9-tile ochre central diamonds:


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VERSION C
Carpet straight edging, 16-tile ochre central diamonds:


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VERSION D
Carpet straight double-tile edging, 16-tile ochre central diamonds:


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VERSION E
Carpet sawtooth edging, 16-tile ochre central diamonds:


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VERSION F
Carpet sawtooth edging, 16-tile ochre central diamonds, ochre corners:


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VERSION G
Diagonal ochre-bordered edging, 16-tile ochre central diamonds:


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VERSION H
Diagonal edging, 16-tile ochre central diamonds:

Thermoplastic stencils

The stencil pattern in Providence RI is in fact a pattern done in a thermoplastic product.

The company (based in the US, but active around the world--including the UK, Spain, Canada, Australia, Israel) www.integratedpaving.com

Their products basically divide into two groups. "Streetprint" is more of an imitation brick and paving sprayed through a stencil, leaving the grey tarmac visible in the gaps where the rendering would be. "Duratherm" is in effect the opposite...a thermoplastic stencil that suggests colour 'rendering' and leaves the tarmac to show through, making 'bricks'of the tarmac.

Click links to see:
Standard Duratherm patterns

The project gallery, a mixture of Duratherm and Streetprint treatments

This product must be professionally applied using specialist machinery, so it's a fairly far cry from DIY, and pricier. However, it would certainly last a whole lot longer than any paint.