Be sure to Maintain! Your asphalt parking lot needs some thoughtful TLC every few years in ordinary conditions, but after extreme weather you truly cannot afford to ignore the maintenance urgently required to save your pavement and spare you large repair costs. Need the 101 basics on this inevitable repair? • When water penetrates paved… Read more »
When it comes to the application of sealer, thicker is not better. Thick coats don’t cure evenly, are prone to tracking and can lead to surface cracks. A thicker coat takes longer to cure, which can lead to degradation and will reduce the life of your sealcoating project. A sure sign of a driveway that… Read more »
Peeling is caused by sealcoating not bonding to oil spots or any other surface contaminants like dirt, grease, etc. or oxidized pavements. Prior to sealcoating application, the pavement surface shall be thoroughly cleaned, oil spots be treated with an oil spot primer. And oxidized surface be primed either with a specialty primer or a thin… Read more »
Asphalt is laid throughout North America, the UK and most of mainland Europe for surfacing roads, car parks and driveways. It is seen as a practical, relatively low cost surface but as with any other external product, over time the surface will start to deteriorate due to vehicle use, the effects of the weather and… Read more »
Times are tough and moneys tight however, asphalt maintenance and parking lot maintenance still needs to happen. It’s times like this that property owners and managers should take some time to pull out their expense files and look to see if they are getting the appropriate return on their parking lot maintenance investments. If your… Read more »
