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Parking lot repair and driveway repair in Manchester, NH and surrounding areas.

Expert Asphalt Parking Lot Repair services offered in Manchester, NH and surrounding areas including Concord, Nashua, Exeter, Hampstead, Haverhill, Lawrence ,and more. If your parking lot needs repair, please consider asking us for a free quote. We have the experience and expertise to repair your parking lot in a highly cost efficient, and timely fashion. Parking lots need to stand the test of time, and our longevity in business proves our commitment to providing our community with superior workmanship, and business integrity. When you call us for a free estimate, we will inspect the ailing parking lot on-site, explain why the surface is deteriorating and write up a proposal to repair it.

Knowledge is a powerful tool while trying to make a business decision, and in a desire to help the process along the following discusses why Asphalt pavement fails:

  Petroleum spills such as, gasoline, oil or fluids leaking from parked cars will dissolve the adhesive binding the aggregate particles causing the Asphalt to soften leading to a depression or rut. Regular inspection of the parking lot to find and clean these spills will keep damage to a minimum.


Oxidation of the Asphalt starts as soon as laid down, and over time will cause Asphalt to become brittle which is noted by the changing of its color from deep black to grey. The rate of Oxidation depends on exposure, sunny areas will oxidize quicker. Oxidation over time will stiffen the Asphalt, reducing its load bearing capability, resulting in many cracks. Once the Asphalt has stiffened considerably the rate of oxidation quickens to the point of complete failure. Maintenance of seal coating the Asphalt every 2 years from installation will greatly reduce the rate of Oxidation by as much as 75% helping to give a life span of 20 to 30 year.
                                                             
When Asphalt cracks in a pattern, it gives an indication of what is causing it to fail.
Alligator cracking in a deteriorating Asphalt parking lot is an indication of a surface unable to bear the traffic load it was designed for.  It could be very old and brittle, improper water drainage has damaged the base (sub-grade) or a too heavy load has traversed or rested on the pavement, such as heavy trucks- trash trucks can weigh as much as 2,000 cars and are the leading cause of parking lot damage.
    
Edge cracking are crescent shaped cracks near the edge of the lot signifying drainage problems, and lack of supportive sub-base along the edge.
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​ Pot Holes small bowl-shaped depressions in the pavement surface that have traveled through the asphalt layer to the sub-base. They have sharp edges and vertical sides near the top of the hole. They are the result of water infiltration, and usually the end result of untreated alligator cracking as it becomes more severe. The cracks create small chunks of pavement that dislodge as vehicles drive over them leaving behind an ever-deepening hole. These Pot Holes require the damage asphalt to be removed then repaired with a patch.

You may not need an entire new parking lot, you may be able to get by with parking lot resurfacing instead.