Asphalt repair is necessary to restore a parking lot to an acceptable level of safety. A parking lot full of cracks and oil spots among the numerous other problems which can plague a parking lot is not safe. Women can get their heels caught, and little children can find their shoe trapped in a crack. The twisting and turning in an effort to free the shoe can result in damage to the leg, ankle and the foot.
The techniques for repairing asphalt have advanced somewhat over years past when crack filling was the primary method. Many asphalt companies repair cracks in asphalt with hot crack fill, but the parking lot looks like a giant road map with pronounced lines going everywhere.
Asphalt Repair In Lansing MI uses a process called Infrared Asphalt Patching which is much more cost effective than the cut and replace asphalt method which has been used almost exclusively. Infrared repair procedures are quicker than the cut and patch method. Another benefit of Infrared repair is it results in seamless patches.
The Infrared machines heat the existing asphalt in and around the repair area to over 300 degrees. The soft asphalt can be lined to accept the fresh asphalt and then it is compacted. This is a repair that looks attractive using the recycled existing asphalt. It is a process which blends the existing asphalt into a smooth surface that leaves no cracks or ridge borders.
- The Typical Repairs that Asphalt Repair In Lansing MI works on are:
- Potholes resulting from the winter.
- Deteriorated areas which will grow worse.
- Sunken utility cuts that were not properly tamped down before the new asphalt was put down.
- Poor water catch basins and other low spots.
- Cracks including alligator cracks.
- Cleaning oil spots
The Infrared Asphalt Repair method makes the old beat up parking lot looking like it is almost new. Rip-out patching is still used so the sub-base can be seen and repaired if it has sunk or otherwise resulted in a poor foundation for the parking lot in spots. The Rip-out method requires that new asphalt replace the entire area that caused the Rip-out.
