After a few years under the hot Baltimore sun, your once dark and pristine asphalt surface will start to show its age, losing its color and beginning to develop fractures and cracks. Aside from looking poorly maintained and creating an uneven driving surface, this kind of damage can significantly reduce the life of your parking lot or driveway and needs to be properly addressed. To make sure you get the full value out of your asphalt installation, it is important to be able to identify the signs of damage and know how to properly address them. Thankfully, most damage to an asphalt surface, especially that which is done within a few years of its installation, can be easily repaired with crack fill.
Address Damage Quickly
When cracks form on an asphalt surface they will penetrate deeper into the asphalt with continued stress. If left untreated, these fractures will damage the base and sub base of the asphalt and let water seep into the material, causing serious damage and limiting repair options. Too many untreated fractures in a parking lot can comprise the entire surface to the point that it will need to be replaced. However, with timely crack fill service, a parking lot can last up to15-20 years before it needs to be replaced.
Take Care of your Baltimore Business
Maintenance like crack fill, mill and pave, and sealcoating, is such a great investment because of how much it can extend the life of your asphalt surface. Installing an asphalt parking lot is a necessity and big investment. It will be a major expense and possibly interrupt your business to find after several years that your customers complain about the state of your parking lot you find it in such a bad state that it needs to be completely replaced. Asphalt maintenance, on the other hand, especially crack fill, is fast and cheap to get done, but will do wonders to save your business time and money in the future.
PTG Enterprises: Baltimore Crack Filling
Asphalt may seem tough and durable, but add up the effects of traffic and the elements, and you’ll see how quickly you can start to see cracks and damage in commercial asphalt. PTG Enterprises has paved, filled, and repaired thousands of miles of asphalt lots in Baltimore and beyond, and our crews work quickly and professionally.
If you have any further questions about Crack Filling, please contact PTG Enterprises aka My Pavement Guy today by calling 410-636-8777, or click here today! You can check us out on Facebook and Twitter as well!
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