A well-maintained parking lot has several benefits for your business – it creates a positive image of your establishment, improves curb appeal, and ensures customer or resident safety. Staying on top of this is in everyone’s best interest, especially yours as a business owner. If you’re interested in creating the best parking lot for your
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December, 2019 - Arnold Asphalt
23 Dec
Repairing Sinking or Heaving Asphalt
Sinking and heaving asphalt can be disastrous to your asphalt pavement. Here is why that happens and how to fix it. Sinking Repairs can take different forms depending on the extent of the damage. After we assess the problem, we can decide on the best course of action that will allow you access to your
16 Dec
What Makes a Good Asphalt Driveway?
Whether it’s an asphalt driveway, walkway, or parking lot, there are a few essential rules for installation, maintenance, and repair that, when followed, will create asphalt that looks nice and has a long life. The contractor will make any amendments needed to the soil, compact it accordingly and apply the proper subgrade. They will also
15 Dec
Arnold Asphalt
Arnold’s Asphalt was started by me and my wife “Sara Arnold” in or around 1997. She is known as “THE BOSS” BTW, and we both started our business venture in the asphalt industry doing simple and yet quite effective measures in this trade. We hired a few guys along the way and we sure did
15 Dec
What Elements Create the Most Stress on Asphalt?
Cracking Several different types of asphalt cracks can develop in asphalt pavements. Some cracks are load-related, and some are attributable to temperature or environment. Fatigue cracking is caused by load-related deterioration resulting from a weakened base course or subgrade, too little pavement thickness, overloading, or a combination of these factors. Block cracking is a series
15 Dec
What Elements Make the Best Asphalt?
Aggregates Aggregates are a mix of crushed stone, gravel, and sand. Aggregates make up about 95% of hot mix asphalt pavement. Aggregates act as the skeleton, providing skid resistance, stability and workability. Aggregate is primarily responsible for the load-supporting capacity of a pavement. Aggregate types are natural or uncrushed (smooth and round)—or crushed with single
15 Dec
Why Should Your Commercial Site Get Paved -Every 15-20 Years?
Asphalt is constantly bombarded with UV rays, water and expanding and contracting ice during the winter months. Over time, the combined attacks of water, oxidation and thermal fluctuation cause the asphalt surface to dry, grow brittle, and break down. Tiny cracks form in the dried surface, which loosen the aggregate and let water in. Oil
15 Dec
Top 3 Reasons Why You Should Repave Your Industrial Lot
Let’s look at indications that you should repave a parking lot. Are you looking at your parking lot wondering how you are going to fix the damage? How you are going to make it more appealing? Are you trying to decide if you can wait to have your lot repaved and/or touched up? Your parking
15 Dec
The Latest Technology in Commercial Asphalt Paving
Advancing technology plays an important role in everyday life. When it comes to the asphalt paving industry, however, you likely don’t think about how new technology plays a role in the repair and installation process of asphalt paving. While some may get excited about the latest tablet to hit the market, we asphalt professionals get
15 Dec
What Equipment Should Your Asphalt Company Be Using for Your Industrial Lot?
You may think, does it matter what equipments are being used by our asphalt company? Following equiprements, you should check while selecting the asphalt company. Asphalt Pavers If a parking lot is 250,000 square feet in size, with some islands, landscaping and decorative pavers, the project will require 3,500 to 4,000 tons of dense-graded asphalt