Bollards & Posts
Bollards and parking posts keep vehicles out of restricted areas, and they are a familiar sight in retail parks, car parks and leisure centres. HERMEQ manufactures in the UK and processes its steel in-house. Galvanised steel bollards are the cost-efficient core of the range for controlling parking and access. Stainless steel and precast concrete bollards sit alongside them. The range also includes fixed posts, parking posts and removable parking posts. Retractable posts drop below ground, and hinged posts fold down to protect a single bay. HERMEQ holds permanent UK stock and delivers nationwide.
Steel and concrete bollards
Steel suits most sites, from car parks to loading docks, and comes galvanised, in brushed stainless or in hi-vis colours, with diameters up to 204mm across the steel range.
Galvanised steel bollards
Plain round galvanised steel bollards are the everyday type for car parks, pavements, play areas, traffic calming and pedestrianisation schemes, and they deter ram raiders at shop fronts. The mitre top bollards add a sloped cap for a more finished look at entrances, and they are listed with reinforced versions for higher-impact positions. For a single root fixed post guarding a doorway, corner or boundary, the steel protection bollard is made from galvanised mild steel.
Stainless steel bollards
Brushed stainless steel bollards belong on retail frontages, business parks, traffic islands and pedestrianised streets, where the bollard sits in full view and its finish is part of the design. They are listed in a wide spread of diameters, so a slim post on a walkway and a heavier one on a vehicle route can share the same look. The semi-dome stainless steel bollard has a contemporary domed top for public car parks at shopping centres and office buildings.
Yellow and black hi-vis bollards
Black and yellow banding stands out against concrete, cladding and racking. This makes yellow and black hi-vis bollards the type for warehouses, plant entrances and loading docks, where drivers reverse and manoeuvre close to buildings and people. The industrial parking bay bollards carry the same colouring over galvanised steel for marking lorry bays and building perimeters in daylight and in the dark.
Concrete bollards
Precast concrete bollards are a heavy, low-maintenance unit for traffic management and perimeter protection around public buildings, forecourts and open spaces. Mini concrete bollards are a shorter, wider unit for edging paths, planted areas and forecourts, where a full-height post would look out of scale.
Low fixed posts
A fixed post stands lower than a bollard and marks walkways, kerb edges and the boundary of a pedestrian zone, where the job is to keep cars off a surface. Fixed posts suit commercial and civic frontages, where a line of them forms a visual and physical edge. Galvanised fixed posts come in several tube sizes with a plastic cap and are the economical option for long runs, with colour coated and stainless versions on request.
Removable, retractable and fold down parking posts
How often a vehicle needs to pass decides the mechanism: a fixed bollard where nothing ever drives through, a removable post where access is occasional and the post can be stored, a retractable post where access is regular and the post stays in its ground socket under a flush lid, and a hinged or fold down post for a single bay used every day.
Removable parking posts
Lifting the post clear of its socket opens the way completely. This suits emergency and maintenance lanes, business yards and loading zones opened for deliveries, and shared car parks where bays change hands. Removable parking posts have a compact socket that sits neatly in the surface, and a security version is listed alongside the standard post. The post has to be kept somewhere while it is out, so this type works best where one person or team is responsible for lifting and refitting it.
Retractable parking posts
Nothing has to be carried away or stored, so this type is the choice for driveways, forecourts and bays that open most days. The trade also calls them telescopic posts or telescopic bollards. The padlockable retractable parking posts are the straightforward version for mixed-use sites and commercial forecourts. The RetractaPost GL with integral lock has its lock built into the post, and lift assist is available on the larger sizes for posts that are raised often. Stealth flush socket parking posts suit shared access drives and pedestrian-sensitive areas.
Hinged and fold down parking posts
A post on a hinge guards one bay and lowers flat in seconds without being lifted out. This makes it the usual choice for residential, tenant and reserved business bays, and buyers also search for it as a folding or collapsible parking bollard. Hinged parking posts are the standard type. The lockable fold down parking post is a bolt-down alternative for the same job. The Toplok and hinged parking posts fix through a baseplate onto the existing surface, so they go into a finished car park without digging.
Car park bollards, loading bays and pedestrian areas
Car parks and retail parks
Most car parks need two kinds of protection at once: fixed bollards along walkways, trolley routes and shop frontages, and parking posts on the bays reserved for staff, visitors or click and collect. Car park barriers handle the entrance, and height restriction barriers keep out vans and high vehicles where they are not wanted.
Loading bays and service yards
A driver reversing a lorry has to see the bollard from the cab, so service yards and docks take hi-vis bollards standing up to 1500mm above ground. They go at building corners, beside dock doors and roller shutters, at the ends of bays and along the edge of pedestrian routes through the yard.
Pedestrian precincts and public spaces
A run of stainless or galvanised bollards keeps cars and vans off precincts, school frontages and playground edges while people, wheelchairs and buggies pass between them. Concrete bollards suit landscaped squares, where they sit alongside paving, planting and other street furniture.
Galvanised or stainless steel, ragged or flanged
Galvanised, stainless or colour coated
Galvanising protects mild steel with a zinc coating and is the working finish for yards, car parks and general use. Brushed Grade 304 stainless steel suits retail and architectural frontages where appearance counts, and Grade 316 is available on request for coastal or exposed sites. HERMEQ's in-house powder coating supplies colour coated finishes in RAL colours for bollards and posts that match a building or a corporate scheme.
Ragged or flanged fixing
The ground on site decides the fixing. A ragged bollard has a root that is cast into a concrete footing, so it suits new work and any surface that can be broken out and made good. A flanged bollard has a base plate that bolts down onto an existing concrete slab or base, which avoids excavation where there are services below or the slab has to stay intact. Almost every steel bollard in the range is listed in both formats, which the trade also calls root fixed and base plated.
Spacing and height of a run
Gaps of no more than 1200mm between bollards keep a car from passing through while leaving room for pedestrians, wheelchairs and buggies. Height follows who has to see the bollard. Low fixed posts suit people on foot in a precinct, and standard bollards suit car parks. A contrasting band or reflective tape makes a bollard easier to see for pedestrians with low vision and for drivers at night.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Can you drive over a retractable parking post when it is lowered?
Yes. Once lowered, the post sits inside its ground socket and the lid closes flush with the surface, so nothing stands proud for a tyre or a foot to catch.
Does a padlockable parking post come with a padlock?
No. The padlockable RetractaPost and the removable parking posts take a padlock you supply, which lets a site keep one padlock standard across several premises. The RetractaPost GL, the Stealth posts and the hinged parking posts have their own lock and are supplied with keys.
Can one key open every parking post on a site?
Hinged and Stealth parking posts are available identically keyed, so a facilities or security team can open every bay on a site with one key. Randomly keyed versions give each tenant or resident a key that opens only their own post.
How do you keep a retractable parking post working through winter?
Keep the socket, lid and lock clear of grit, leaves and standing water, and clean out debris before it compacts in the bottom of the socket. A light lubricant on the lock before the first frosts, and a check after gritting or snow, are standard practice for any post set in a ground socket.
Are HERMEQ bollards made in the UK?
The steel protection bollard, the semi-dome stainless steel bollard and the industrial parking bay bollard in this range are made in Britain. The steel protection and industrial parking bay bollards are galvanised mild steel, and the semi-dome bollard is Grade 304 stainless steel.