Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Restore The Look Of Driveways With Asphalt Sealcoating Somerset County Contractors

By Tracie Knight


Asphalt is a cost effective material in installing pavements, however, it requires good care and maintenance. Once you have constructed the driveways and parking lots, you need to maintain them properly. You will time and again have to inspect the surfaces to determine whether there are deformities that need to be corrected. Consulting an asphalt sealcoating Somerset County contractor ensures that you provide a weatherproof coating on pavements, which prevents them from damages.

As the heat from the sun bakes the blacktop, it makes it brittle and flaky something, which leads to formation of cracks. Sealcoats applied at the right time can avert premature damages on your drives and parking lot surfaces. Having faded and cracked asphaltic pavements seems to be a norm in many homes and business premises.

With proper planning on maintenance and sealcoating of pavements, you can be able to cut down the cost of maintenance significantly. Sealcoats act as barriers and covers of pavements from environmental conditions like rainfall and ultraviolet rays. The sunrays can bake the blacktop thus increasing its oxidation process.

Although blacktop oxidizes normally and naturally, once it is laid down, if it is acted upon by ultraviolet rays, it loses its elasticity and becomes brittle. This means that it starts wearing out fast and soon cracks form. The first cracks you will see are fine hairline cracks. They occur at the same time when the color of blacktop is changing from the initially beautiful jet-black to a grayish appearance.

Once you have installed pavements using asphalt material, an oxidation process begins right away. This is a lifetime chemical process in which the hydrocarbons in the asphalt material shuffle and rearrange themselves as they seek for an equilibrium state. This oxidation process is accelerated by factors such as gasoline products and the ultraviolet rays.

With the weight of vehicle, you are likely to experience speedy deterioration of driveways. If you want to keep the driveways and lots looking attractive and with good structural integrity, you have to sealcoat them regularly. With regular sealcoats, you ensure that you incur low maintenance costs. The coat may be applied after every 3 to 5 years but this depends on how fast the previous coat wears out.

If you do not seal the surfaces, soon the cracks will enlarge and become big thus needing more expensive forms of repairs. With hairline cracks, they are not that much a problem. At times, it may not be easy to see them, and they can be restored by applying the sealcoat. Usually, sealcoats are not repair techniques but preventive maintenance processes. However, for the case of fine hairline cracks, the sealants can be used to seal the cracks at once.

If you want to restore the jet back color of parking lots and drives, you have to apply a sealant material. With help of a Somerset NJ paving contractor experienced in asphalt pavement installation, you will be able to restore the look and strength of your driveways and lots. In the long run, you will incur less maintenance costs while you keep the pavements looking great.




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