- 20+ Years Experience
- Our Own Crew and Plant
- Free Written Quotes
Already been let down by tarring contractors who didn't turn up, or didn't get the base right?
- A driveway or road that cracked, crumbled or opened up at the edges within a year of being laid
- A quote that only mentioned the surface and said nothing about what was happening underneath it
- A contractor who turned up without their own roller or paver, or didn't turn up at all once a job closer to their yard took priority
- Potholes that keep reopening no matter how many times they get patched
- No straight answer on when a crew can realistically get to your side of Gauteng
- Being asked to pay for materials up front, or a price that grew once the job was already underway
Why Tarworks
You should not have to pay twice for the same driveway, or settle for a B-team because of where your site is
We have been surfacing driveways, roads and parking areas across Germiston, Johannesburg and the East Rand for more than two decades, with our own crew and plant on every job rather than hired-in labour. We do not run a second branch or a franchise crew for one part of the region: the same 15-person team, paver, roller and milling machine that surface a Germiston driveway load up and come through to your site, wherever in Gauteng that is. A good share of our work is fixing surfaces another contractor got wrong, and we would rather be the first contractor you call than the second.
Residential, commercial, industrial and municipal. Government and private clients.
What we do
Complete Tarring & Asphalt Surfacing Services
Road Surfacing
We surface and resurface private, estate and industrial roads across the region, built from the base up.
Read moreTar Driveways
We prepare the base and the fall properly, so water drains away, then give a free written quote with no upfront payment.
Read moreAsphalt Surfacing
Hot-mix asphalt for roads, driveways, parking areas and yards, laid and compacted with a roller for a denser finish.
Read moreAsphalt Milling
We mill off worn or damaged asphalt with our own machine, down to a sound base, for a clean bonding surface before resurfacing.
Read moreSlurry Seal
This cost-effective, fine-aggregate seal closes a greying surface against water and extends the life of tar or asphalt.
Read moreCape Seal
A chip-and-spray base sealed with slurry for a durable, skid-resistant finish, with strength, waterproofing and lower cost.
Read moreTar & Asphalt Rejuvenation
Rejuvenation restores binder and flexibility to a greying, oxidising surface, renewing colour and slowing cracking.
Read morePothole & Patch Repairs
We cut back to sound material, rebuild the layer and fix what caused the failure, so the patch holds.
Read moreChip & Spray
We spray a binder and stone chip surface, durable and economical, at a lower cost than asphalt for low-speed roads.
Read moreTarring of Parking Areas
Full surfacing for business, industrial and complex parking areas, with falls set so water drains to outlets and a base built to carry your traffic.
Read moreHow it works
Three steps, and the first one is free
Book a free site visit
We come out, measure your site, and quote in writing before anything starts, including the thickness we're laying. No payment up front to buy materials.
We check or rebuild the base first
Excavation, layering and compaction, or a full rebuild where the base has failed. It's the step a rushed quote skips, and the reason most surfaces crumble within a year.
We surface it, and we stay reachable
You get a finished surface laid and compacted at temperature, and a crew that still answers the phone afterwards, on a site across the region as much as one around the corner from our yard.
The base preparation is the step that decides whether this surface lasts, and your job deserves the same crew, the same answer on the phone, and the same base-first approach wherever in the region your site is. Book the free site visit and get it done properly from day one.
Get a QuoteIs This You?
Tarring and Asphalt Surfacing Is Right for You If...
It's the same 15-person team and the same base-first approach on every site across the region; we'd rather show you the base before we lay anything than sell you a quick fix that fails again.
- Your driveway, road or parking area is cracking, crumbling or opening up at the edges
- A previous contractor quoted the surface, never mentioned the base, or tarred over one that was never checked
- You want a contractor whose own crew and plant travel to your site, not a job that gets bumped when something closer to the yard comes up
- You want the price and the base condition in writing before any work starts, with nothing due up front and no number that grows once work is underway
- You need one contractor for the whole job, from excavation to the finished surface, not separate trades handing it back and forth
- You've been let down before, or can't get a straight answer on when a crew can actually get to your site, and want it done right this time
Get the base right the first time, book your free site visit, and put the crumbling, reopening potholes behind you for good.
What you can hold us to
The part most contractors will not put in writing
Our own crew and plant
Fifteen full-time staff and our own roller, paver and milling machine travel to every job, not day labour or hired-in equipment.
One contractor, start to finish
Excavation, base, laying and edging are all done by the same crew, so there is only ever one contractor to hold accountable, wherever in the region the site is.
Free, written quotes before anything starts
We measure and quote in writing before any work starts, including the thickness we're laying, and never ask for payment up front to buy materials.
We answer the phone
If something comes up on site, next to our yard or on the far side of the region, you hear about it that day, not when we hand the job over.
Our work
Surfaces we have laid
Client stories
Do not take our word for it
A year ago we got Tarworks to tar our driveway. A year later it still looks good. We used them for the second time this year. We are happy with the work that the team has done. Would recommend them.
Tar Works Construction tarred my 120sqm driveway last year May. Initially we had issues with the tar not being laid properly and it crumbled quickly. Sherman and his team came and completely re-tarred the whole driveway. A year later, its still 100% and looking good.
We have worked with Tarworks construction in our projects. We would recommend anyone to them as they have not let us down. Their team coordinate so well and the standard of their work is great.
Get a straight answer about your tar paving job
Twenty years in, the same principle still holds across Germiston, Johannesburg and the East Rand: we look at the base before we quote the surface, treat the base as the job rather than a step before it, and tell you honestly what a job needs rather than what is easiest to sell.