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Serving the entire metropolitan area.
Paradise Asphalt Maintenance presents:
Understanding the need for asphalt maintenance.
There are three factors that will cause asphalt to fail: Water, Sunlight and Petroleum.
The causes of
failure
Water: When water penetrates an asphalt surface, it
causes the base under that asphalt to soften. This in turn
causes the asphalt to move resulting in cracks or breakage. This
is not only caused through rain but daily cycles of an
irrigation system. In the winter time and spring (the
freeze-thaw season), water will freeze placing even more stress
on the asphalt causing complete asphalt failure resulting in
potholes.
Sunlight: Sunlight on asphalt will deplete the “binder” in the asphalt. This causes the asphalt to become brittle and to lose its integrity. A newly installed asphalt surface is very black in appearance as it has its maximum amount of asphalt binder in it. Within a year of installation, the asphalt will turn gray. This is the sunlight causing the asphalt surface to “oxidize”.
Petroleum: Petroleum spills in the form of leaking oil and other vehicle emissions will seep into the asphalt surface causing it to breakdown and fail.
Each of these factors alone will cause asphalt to fail. But every day, parking areas face all three of these detriments.
The solution to
failure:
Protecting your asphalt from these three elements is critical to
its long term success and to avoid costly and unneeded expenses.
The best way to protect your asphalt investment is to perform the following.
Asphalt repairs: When asphalt has broken (alligtoring surface) and potholes are present, the areas need to be removed and replaced with new asphalt. The procedure consist of saw cutting and removing the failed asphalt to a depth of six (6) inches and installing new hot mix asphalt.
Hot rubberized crack sealing: When cracks develop, water will flow directly to the sub base of the parking area causing failure. Sealing the cracks with a flexible, hot rubberized crack sealant will prevent water intrusion. The crack sealant will have flexibility to ten degrees below zero and will not track in the heat of summer. Crack sealing is the least expensive and most cost effective form of asphalt maintenance you can do for the success of a parking area. The optimum time for crack sealing is in the fall before winter and the freeze thaw process.
Surface seal
coating: Knowing the three factors that cause an asphalt
surface to fail, coating the parking area with a seal coat
material only makes sense. A quality applied seal coat product
will keep water from penetrating the asphalt, will keep the sun
from oxidizing the asphalt and will not allow petroleum spills
to penetrate the asphalt.
Paradise Asphalt Maintenance will always provide a two coat
application of a federal grade seal coat material reinforced
with sand to promote a longer sealer life and a non skid
surface. We will also apply a third coat of sealer on the main
entrances and drive lanes to promote longer sealer life against
higher traffic volume.
Seal coating will not only provide an attractive and inviting
appearance to your facility, it will also provide an easier
surface for snow removal and cleaning.
Paradise Asphalt Maintenance is committed to providing the highest quality to all aspects of pavement maintenance.
I have spent twenty nine years in the pavement maintenance industry and truly enjoy seeing our clients derive the most of their asphalt investments.
If we can help you in any way, please give us a call to schedule a no obligation evaluation of your parking area today.
816-924-7800
Sincerely,
Bob Paradise