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ASPHALT PAVING
Specializing in driveway paving and parking lot paving
At Driveway Experts full paving services are available to residential and
commercial properties in Ottawa and throughout Ontario.
Our workmanship reflects the highest quality standards in the industry.
We pride ourselves on our cleanliness and attention to detail. We take special
care around flower beds, sidewalks, cement, garage doors, etc. After
completing the job, your site will be tidy, clean and attractive. Weather
permitting, we finish on time and within budget. All paving jobs include a
minimum one year written guarantee.
In order to maximize the life of your asphalt parking
lot, it is important to speak with a professional that can plan routine inspections and ongoing preventative
maintenance. Maintenance for asphalt pavement includes the following:
Skin
patching
Skin
patches are patches generally 1 inch or less in
thickness. Skin
patches are often used to fill depressions, in which case
the patch could be as thick as 3-4 inches.
A skin patch goes over the existing pavement and
is only used when the base has not failed. This allows for drainage or for a low budget short term fix. Usually skin patched areas are used to improve the appearance
of pavement or to stop water penetration.
Resurfacing
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Resurfacing an area involves the placement of one or
more asphalt overlays on top of existing pavements.
A hotmix asphalt overlay can include a leveling course
to even out the pavement surface and a second uniform
coarse to provide the necessary thickness. Resurfacing
in parking lots generally requires only one overlay.
When preparing pavements for resurfacing, the base must
be blown or swept completely clean in order for a tack
coat to adhere. This tack coat will ensure that the
new pavement sticks to the older asphalt surface. |
Crack Filling
Ottawa Driveway Experts offers Hot Applied Elastomeric
(Rubber) Crack and joint sealing. We have found that
cold pours simply can't perform well enough in Ontario.
This process usually goes hand and hand with sealcoating.
Generally the pavement is cleaned, crack sealed and
Micro Pave 2000 sealcoat is applied. We recommend that
if a pavement is cracked it be inspected every year.
Any new cracks that have formed or old cracks that have
reopened should be resealed, especially before winter
sets in. The intrusion of water into pavement is bad
news. Water destroys pavement. It breaks down the rock
properties and softens the subgrade (clays and soils)
causing eventual pot holes and pavement failures. When
water enters a crack and freezes, it expands and either
causes the asphalt to explode or crack further eventually
resulting in a pot hole and further failures.
Most customers agree that black lines of crack fill
in a roadway or parking lot are not attractive. They
will even look worse than the cracks themselves (unless
a fresh coat of sealer is applied for uniform color).
However, the alternative of not crack sealing can be
devastating economically in the long run.
For
more information, or to request a quote, e-mail admin@ottawadrivewayexperts.com.
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