How to layout a parking lot

An easy quick way to measure out a parking lot. I've measured thousands of parking lots using these simple instructions. Hope it helps the new guys out and teaches the veterans maybe a trick or two.

[@dangerdanger8104]

What you don't use 9' 12" 15'???? To square up a 90° That's what we professional use. From the 90° sqaure up point you'll get your 60°angle by measuring 7'6". You always have to have a baseline ( that's where all your painted lines begin ) which is typically 18' per code but really could be what ever you want it to be.

[@Aswitchten55]

So you made 9fts half way through, but when you finshed the rest all the way down what was the last stalls length? Was it 9 foot like the rest? and have you ever encounterd this if so what do you do personally? Thank you

[@michaeljacobs9885]

For new layout, I measure the entire length and use a framing calculator to calculate how many stalls. A lot of time they will be 9’2” or some odd number but then your line will be flush at the end.

[@LaCajunWash]

So he just eyeballed the 9' spaces!

[@mx500a4]

I've owned my own striping business for 10 years, this way of layout is a waste of time.

[@SamYoungRadio]

I've been in the striping business for almost a year. Need someone I can call for advice. Live in Florida.

[@dannycondeii]

Can you post a video pls

[@DougWalton21]

Might I suggest two things: First, shoot horizontally (landscape.) It fills the frame better. Secondly, invest in a wireless lavalier (sp?) mic, it will help with your audio when talking to the camera.

[@deeanng.9199]

This was made 12 years ago!

[@DougWalton21]

@@deeanng.9199 ok, but the advice still applies.

[@mipples23]

can someone please do video on how to do angle parking and chevron stripes/hatching for me please?

[@FarmerFirst-b7k]

Hello, do you have any pricing videos or just advise?

[@PoppRob]

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[@stevesmith-wc2gb]

What about if you don't have the curb then how would you go about starting something like that

[@dannygallegos8074]

How would you do that for angled parking spaces?

[@TheGlennrevty]

Angled parking is 10'5" if you have 18' backing that will give you 9' stall

[@herbbenson6884]

Good video. Enjoyed it a d learned something.

[@parkinglotstriping9800]

From transporter to striper

[@ARE2033]

Gracias por su video. Me ayudó muchisimo

[@m.morininvestor9920]

Super

[@TheGreatEscape77]

AWESOME.

[@danepedregon]

All these guys are yoked

[@hoopie1022]

Great video man. Thanks!

[@devonsmack3944]

Bought a new Greco airless electric line striping machine which my guys don’t have to pre-mark this local old ways...

[@mopar5447]

Dude great little trick using that today just starting off using striping machine for my work.

[@victorubiano]

Thanks si mucho grom Bogotá, Colombia, sus América. Thanks you

[@7439norma]

Could you tell me were I could find out what size are the parking spaces are when the cars park end to end?Thanks

[@renacipega]

Amateurs!!

[@arhird]

We have been in business for 70 years and that's basically how we still layout and it works. Except I would have made 9' marks along the curb as long as the curb is straight then swing a square, that way you are 90 degrees with the curbing.

[@NoName-be5ir]

After ya lay it out pop the 18ft lines, do y’all spray on the side of the line or spray center of the line. Thinking if you spray and the line is center of your paint then the parking space becomes smaller than 9 ft. But if you spray to the same side of each line it would stay a true 9 ft space?

[@Dirtymaxxx88]

6,8,10 would have worked fine. This layout is more for a convex layout

[@deeanng.9199]

Thanks for the simple & to the point instruction!

[@frankdixon8770]

How do you do angle parking lines or sideways parking lines

[@pineapplewatch41]

I still can’t measure it , with no base or straight

[@camerongarcia3128]

What is considered a small pkg lot?

[@mxracer6436]

This is NOT how you accurately layout new striping.

[@richardpomazal8607]

Shawn Ross wow that shit is all ass backwards holly shit what did I just watch

[@dangerdanger8104]

No shit

[@ulfrenterprises9504]

why do you say this is not how to accurately lay out a parking lot? His lines will be square and straight, so what's so wrong with what he's doing

[@ulfrenterprises9504]

It's funny cause you have no videos doing anything about riding a dirt bike around. Nothing to show you have any experience in stripping parking lots or doing anything that would give credibility to your statement

[@mxracer6436]

@@ulfrenterprises9504 I have only been doing it for 18 years.

[@iwashpowercleaning7724]

Great video and deserves a like and a comment.

[@danflorea2815]

hello, Tell me please what type of Chalk worked there? Thank you!

[@dboyd1124]

Only 9ft apart. We do 12ft apart

[@NoName-be5ir]

When you start striping, do you paint to the left of rack chalk line to keep an exact 9ft stall?

[@NoName-be5ir]

“Left of the chalk line”

[@heksr2059]

That's not how they showed me.

[@davidfilipiak3229]

How do you lay out a curved lot?

[@jorgerodriguez2624]

Great video , I was wonder if you can share how to price a parking lot job , by example 30 parking spaces and a handicapped stencil price

[@fleetppw]

Helluva video

[@Machato123]

great video same way i do nice

[@Yevgen6R]

Thank you!

[@Nico-rw1uo]

Thank you

[@StreetlampNA]

Thanks

[@supermansixty969]

Awesome

[@issort44]

Could you tell me about how much you charge per line thank you for the tips

[@josephbanash4373]

Roughly $4 per line.

[@pineapplewatch41]

@@josephbanash4373 my boss charge them 10$ per line

[@mastersmoker6169]

big help. ty

[@melindaprater3679]

Very helpful. Trying to conserve money by striping our church parking lot ourselves.

[@rbeck3200tb40]

I do that all the time at my church You can buy the striping spray paint for parking lots at Lowes .Just put two 8 foot long 2 by 4s about 4 inches apart as a template and spray paint each line in between the 2 by 4s to make it look straight

[@TheDillberto]

@@rbeck3200tb40 i bet it looks shit

[@rbeck3200tb40]

@@TheDillberto It looks great actually and professional like most things I do myself

[@Jay-py1ow]

@@rbeck3200tb40taping it off is a much better option

[@stx3151]

Great video!

[@KJF1977]

Nice video 👍

[@joshuabrito5209]

Thanks so much

[@TheChrisco1969]

What size tip do you use? I am a painter by trade but have started line striping recently. Thanks for the informative video.

[@AlexG092]

For 4" we use 319

[@NoName-be5ir]

Yellow tips not the black one👍🏻 but same here painting residential for 30 years. Like this better cause not a ladder in sight lol.. good luck!

[@tjsage79]

how the heck do you do spaces that are angled....

[@smegal417]

What angle?

[@tjsage79]

smegal417 I dont know, when cars parks angled???Every time I stripe its pure hell...

[@smegal417]

tjsage79 if it's a 60° square is 10', 10', 10 from the corner the first one needs to hit, Snap it. Then pull 90° off that 9'. Snap it. Measure the width, should be 10'4".

[@smegal417]

tjsage79 a 45 is a 90 square, 18,24,30 then make a 5' box and snap through it.

[@dangerdanger8104]

smegal417 what f are you talking about

[@TWISTEDBULLET]

Good stuff.

[@tigerdog5259]

You need to factor in if the curb is at a angle so the way it was laid out in your video is incorrect the line could be straight but the stalls could not be perfect 9" spaces.

[@tigerdog5259]

Actually that's the standard measurement. 18'L 9'W

[@tigerdog5259]

I see my mistake

[@Dirtymaxxx88]

Burn. .....

[@Dirtymaxxx88]

Kidding"

[@robertparramorespressurewa4381]

That's what I was thinking too. If that curb isnt straight, that setup will not be square at all.

[@martybadboy]

Portrait mode! Immediate disqualification.

[@wandaduranmccombe]

Thanks for the info

[@hworkdedication]

Thanks bro!

[@RCox4]

Love your squaring method! Quick tip to improve chalk bleeding through your paint. Pull a rope tight from mark to mark and spray the rope with tracking gun. Marks will remain if you must pull off for rain, no bending over, and much more efficient.

[@macattali]

What is Tracking gun that you spray on rope??

[@RCox4]

Jack Attali a tracking gun is a krylon 34" marking wand that sprays upside down spray paint on our layout rope. Then we follow the void left by the rope. Quicker and easier on the back

[@macattali]

Ryan Cox Thank you Sir!

[@dangerdanger8104]

Ryan Cox nobody uses a rope anymore. That's the old way

[@countryboy5883]

Danger Danger I work for a huge striping company and wether it’s roads or parking lots we use a lay out string and wand

[@tex_mex-car-tel]

Nice. Thank you.