Regular maintenance of your paved parking lot is critical for ensuring its durability and longevity. Promptly having cracks repaired and filled, and regular seal coating can reduce the need for major repairs and/or replacement down the road.
Drainage considerations are important when it comes to paving roads and other municipal surfaces. Water that’s allowed to remain on top of the asphalt road will weaken the surface, over time creating potholes, cracking, and rutting.
One of the latest techniques for repairing asphalt pavement is using infrared heat. This method softens the affected area, is scarified, and then filed with new asphalt and leveled and compacted to create a seamless repair.
Tar and chip driveways are somewhere between asphalt paving and simple gravel. A layer of hot tar is laid on the ground with crushed stone chips rolled into the tar. A driveway made of tar and chip paving typically lasts around eight years and is worry-free and low maintenance.
In the new construction of a commercial parking lot, top soils first need to be excavated before a crushed aggregate base course (or stone base) is installed. Then the base is shaped, graded, and compacted with a vibratory roller to attain maximum compaction.
Why is porous asphalt an ideal type of asphalt to use in areas where snow and ice are a concern? Because studies have shown that plain untreated porous asphalt performs the same as conventional asphalt treated with deicing chemicals.
Ninety-six percent of the roads in the U.S. are paved with asphalt concrete. The rest are paved with cement concrete, loose gravel, oil/stone, bricks, cobblestones, wood, and dirt.
Many homeowners wish to have a turn around installed with their driveway. Be aware that today’s large cars require a turning radius of about 60 feet in diameter, to make a complete turn without reversing.
Liquid asphalt is also known as natural asphalt, tar, or bitumen. Asphalt building material is a combination of liquid asphalt and aggregate. It's also known as asphalt pavement, tarmac, macadam, plant mix, asphalt concrete, and bituminous concrete.
Adding double porous concrete or plastic paver blocks can create a green, environmentally-friendly driveway. Living plants can be created inside the blocks, and rain easily passes through the ground under them so that there is no soggy yard or rain runoff to worry about.
Did you know asphalt pavement is built in layers? The first step is to remove topsoil and compact the earth. Then, a base, which is constructed of stone or both stone and asphalt, is placed and compacted to help carry the load. Two more layers of hot mix asphalt finish the pavement.
There are several reasons why asphalt pavement construction should be suspended in inclement weather such as rain. Not only will the rain cool the asphalt mix, making proper compaction more difficult, but the asphalt lifts may not be able to properly bond together.
In the 1800s, road builders used much more primitive materials than are used to day in order to construct roadways. Primarily stone, gravel, and sand would be used for construction, with water used as a binder to help give some consistency to the surface.
Before seal coating is applied to your commercial parking lot, the surface is thoroughly cleaned of all dirt and debris and any cracks filled. Two coats of a commercial grade coal tar emulsion are then applied, filed by the sealer itself.
There are several common causes of asphalt driveway deterioration (which will eventually necessitate repair or even replacement). This includes weathering, drainage problems, excessive loads, and exposure to fluids from leaky vehicles on the driveway.
Over time, a golf cart path can not only get filled with potholes and bumps, it can also get almost taken over by tree roots. Fortunately, golf course paving experts know how to give you a smooth golf cart path without damaging the trees in the process.
At certain times of the year golf courses may impose a ‘path only’ rule that prevents carts from entering the fairway. In the winter months, while the grass of the fairway is dormant, it can be damaged and eroded away by the use of golf carts.
Asphalt is known by a variety of names in the United States-asphalt pavement, blacktop, macadam, asphalt concrete, tarmac, bituminous concrete, and plant mix, to name a few.
Having your asphalt pavement resurfaced is a smart and cost-effective way to maintain its attractive appearance and extend its functional life. Professional resurfacing involves patching any cracks and repaving the entire surface with a fresh coat of asphalt.
In the early 1800s, John McAdam engineered a high-quality road using broken stone, “which shall unite by its own angles so as to form a hard surface.” To reduce dust and improve longevity, the stone was coated with hot tar to create a “tarmacadam” surface.
Almost all paving asphalt used today comes from processing crude oils. After everything of value is removed from the oil, the byproduct is made into binder and mixed with stone, gravel, and/or sand to make asphalt.
For an inexpensive brick look on a driveway, use colored red asphalt stamped to look like brick. Edgings or borders with cool patterns give your driveway a touch of style, while certain materials can be stained to match the home or vegetation.