Sealcoating & Crackfilling For Asphalt Parking Lots
Preventative maintenance is an important consideration to help your commercial asphalt driveway or parking lot investment last. If you want to bring your asphalt back to life, consider the benefits of sealcoating and crackfilling services from Ramsey Asphalt.
Improve Curb Appeal and Save Money with Sealcoating
Sealcoating your asphalt surface is an easy way to extend the life of the asphalt and improve the curb appeal of your property – saving you money in the long run.
A properly installed, quality sealcoat product will protect asphalt from fuel, oil, weather and traffic wear. If you do not properly maintain your asphalt surface with regular sealcoat applications and minor cracking filling repairs, you could run into larger issues, like alligator cracking and the formation of potholes.
Ramsey Asphalt offers a variety of Sealcoat colors:
Ramsey Asphalt proudly uses ChromaPave® Asphalt Sealcoat and Hotmix Colorants. Color options include:
- Midnight
- Brick Red
- Everglade Green
- Adobe
- Cobblestone
The Benefits of Asphalt Sealcoating include:
- Reduces long term repair costs.
- Protects your pavement from oxidation, oil and chemical spills.
- Protects against water penetration, rain, frost and snow damage.
- Enhances the appearance of your building and landscape.
- Prolongs pavement life, safeguarding your investment.
Why is Crackfilling important?
Crackfilling prevents water from entering and weakening the base and subgrade, prevents debris (incompressible materials) from entering cracks and joints. Crackfilling is also a great way to prepare the road surface for the overlay or maintenance treatments. It’s a cost effective “fix the roof now so you don’t have to fix the house later”. We provide several asphalt crack repair options to address all of your repair needs.
Hot Asphalt
There are several ways to approach asphalt crack repair; the method of dealing with them depends on their size and depth. Large cracks of 1” or greater, should be filled with Hot Asphalt Mix. In these cases, the cracks will be blown out and cleaned of debris, then filled with fine mix asphalt (asphalt with little or no rocks). The asphalt in the cracks will then be compacted using a vibratory plate.
Hot Rubberized
Cracks of 1” or less will typically be filled with Hot Rubberized Crack Fill or Cold Pour. Hot rubberized crack fill involves blowing out the cracks with compressed air and filling them with a hot, rubberized fill material. Following this procedure, the asphalt will typically be slurry sealed. However, crack fill is not a final solution to the problem of cracking; it is realistically a temporary fix for a more complex problem. The natural expansion and contraction of the asphalt itself will often tend to squeeze the mixture up and out of the crack or, in the case of contraction, will cause the material to sink deeper in the crack. Additionally, in areas of extreme temperatures or in areas of very porous soil, the high temperatures can actually cause the material to melt and dissipate into the soil beneath.
Cold Pour
Cold Pour is often used in asphalt crack repair instead of hot rubberized crack fill. The applications are similar to the hot process. The advantage of the hot mixed process is better adherence to the existing asphalt and usually a longer lasting product. Cold Pour consists basically of a substance that is nothing more than a thickened version of the same material used in Slurry Seal.
From helping you maintain the look of your parking lot or commercial roadway, Ramsey Asphalt has the expertise to help you. Our attention to detail is what separates us from other pavement contractors.
With over 20 years of Asphalt Sealcoating and Crackfilling experience, we are your local source for all of your Sealcoating needs. Contact us to schedule a free consultation and estimate.
