THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE SURFACE

A family-run surfacing company in Colchester

We're R Butcher Surfacing, a family-owned business established in 1999 by Robert Butcher and based in Brightlingsea near Colchester.

  • Family-owned and run
  • Own fleet and plant
  • Based in Essex, working nationwide
  • Residential, commercial and industrial
Family owned. Personally delivered.Own fleet and plant. No middlemen.Based in Essex. Working nationwide across England.

01 / OVERVIEW

Local roots, lasting pride

R Butcher Surfacing is a family-owned surfacing company, run from our base at 160 Tower Street, Brightlingsea, Essex. Robert Butcher established the business in 1999 and built it on a straightforward idea: do the groundwork properly, lay a good surface, and treat every customer's drive or site the same way you'd want your own treated.

We're still a family-run tarmac contractor today, with our own fleet of branded tipper lorries and vans, a paver, rollers and mini diggers. That means the crew who visit your site, prepare the ground and lay the surface are our own people, not subcontractors passing through.

R Butcher Surfacing crew on site during a surfacing jobTHE PEOPLE BEHIND THE SURFACE
Newly surfaced estate road on a housing development

02 / ABOUT US

Homeowners to local authorities

Our customers range from homeowners wanting a new driveway to businesses needing a car park resurfaced, housing developers building new estate roads, and local authorities commissioning road and kerb work. Whatever the scale, the work covers residential, commercial and industrial surfacing and civil works nationwide across England, all run from our base in Essex.

We work to the standards expected on both private driveways and adoptable public roads.

03 / IN DETAIL

About us, done properly

What goes into the job, and what to expect from us.

Paver laying hot asphalt during a surfacing job in progress01

How a job runs, from first call to finished surface

You call or message us to describe the job. We arrange a convenient time to visit, look at the ground, access and any drainage or planning points, and follow up with a free, no-obligation quote. Once you're happy to go ahead, we book in the work, prepare the base properly, lay the tarmac, asphalt, concrete or paving to the agreed spec, and finish with any kerbing, edging or line marking the job needs.

We tidy the site before we leave and talk you through anything you need to know about the new surface, whether that's curing time, maintenance, or when it's safe to drive or walk on.

Talk to us about your surfacing project

Whatever the size of the job, we'll arrange a convenient time to visit and give you a free, no-obligation quote.