We want to help HOAs, property owners, building owners or property managers. These often oversee the maintenance of their property's driveway and parking areas. We can help save you money through preventative maintenance.
We can show you how being proactive with maintenance on your concrete and asphalt areas is your best defense against liabilities and serious parking lot problems. And like any outdoor surface, your parking lot and driveway are no exception to wear and tear from use, boiling hot Florida Summers, and other weather elements.
But even if the weather remains relatively mild, asphalt pavement inevitably experiences oxidation and degradation over time. Your parking lot is subject to impacts from the sun, water, wind, air, traffic load, temperature fluctuations, and chemicals that come into contact with it.
Aside from those deteriorating factors, asphalt naturally degrades over time because it’s composed of organic materials that, like all organic materials, have a finite, functional lifespan. While the life expectancy of a properly designed, installed, and maintained asphalt parking lot can be as high as 30 years, a poorly maintained lot can last as little as 5-7 years. Poor maintenance on your driveway or parking lot will actually cost more in the long run, compared to properly maintaining it.
If you’d like your parking lot and driveway to last as long as possible, read on to learn how proactive asphalt maintenance can help you make that a reality.
When it comes to asphalt pavement, preventative maintenance services are designed to correct minor distresses in the asphalt while the pavement is still in good condition.
Performing these maintenance actions proactively has been proven to extend the service life of the pavement by protecting the asphalt from the natural stressors it’s routinely subjected to.
Ultimately, proactive maintenance actions save property owners money by reducing the need for frequent or serious pavement rehabilitation.
Depending on the current condition of your pavement, maintenance actions may include the following.
Crack Sealing, which seals existing, age, temperature, or load-related cracks in the asphalt to prevent water from entering those cracks. This prevents grass and weeds from rooting in and negatively affecting the aggregate base layer beneath the asphalt.
Once grass and weeds penetrate the asphalt, the life of your driveway or parking lot will be greatly reduced and failure is emanant.
Seal Coating applies a layer of asphalt emulsion to the existing pavement to protect the asphalt from water intrusion and damage from harmful UV rays that cause oxidation.
Some people say "it's just black paint". Well, in a way that's correct. Paint helps preserve wood and other surfaces. Asphalt Emulsion is a huge benefit to preserving one of the biggest expenses of your property . The longer your asphalt last is money in your pocket. There's a saying "spend a little now or spend A LOT later". Seal Coating your asphalt driveway or parking lot is a small maintenance task that saves large amounts of money by postponing or preventing premature replacement.
Patching, which fills in stress cracks and/or potholes in areas where the asphalt has completely deteriorated. Generally, asphalt patching is used as a quick, affordable fix, but longer-lasting solutions are recommended for prolonged pavement performance.
Milling and Overlaying adds a new layer of asphalt over top of the existing pavement to improve the strength, curb appeal, and performance of the driveway or parking lot. This process is more on the rehabilitative side of the spectrum rather than the preventative maintenance side.
Other asphalt services, such as full-depth reclamation and full reconstruction is on the rehabilitation side of the spectrum rather than maintenance. Your pavement will eventually be at the point that it will require this when it’s reached the end of its service life.
And the added Cosmetic benefits of proper maintenance on the first impression of your property is priceless. We offer professional blacktop paving services in East Central Florida including Volusia and Putnam Counties. Call today for more information.