Red Flags That Your Parking Lot Needs Repairs
February has a big emphasis on love, dating, and relationships…including knowing the red flags you should look out for in these scenarios. But relationships aren’t the only thing waving their red flags for everyone to see. It might be time to evaluate your relationship with your property if you see these red flags in your parking lot:
Dullness
The satisfying and rich black shade of freshly laid asphalt is very pleasing to look at…but it won’t last forever. Just about anything and everything starts to wear down asphalt and begin reacting with its own materials, from chemicals like oil and exhaust leaks, to natural elements like the sun and rain. Before you know it, the color will be fading into a lighter and lighter gray as time goes on, meaning your asphalt is experiencing oxidation. This decreases the strength of the asphalt, and since cars and trucks driving over it are not exactly lightweight, it can lead to…
Cracks
Cracks form due to the stress your asphalt experiences from the combined efforts of heavy loads and the elements causing rust to form amongst the layers of asphalt that make up your parking lot. In the formation of rust, the reaction causes it to expand in size, meaning that the cracking and damage will only continue to spread. And the more cracks your parking lot experiences, the more water that can get in, and the damage exponentially increases.
Pools
Kind of like emotions, if something builds and builds over a period of time, it usually ends up boiling over. Well, the same thing goes for water that seeps into the cracks in your asphalt. Especially without proper drainage, this is likely to cause potholes, sunken areas, and further damage and oxidation.
Time
If you can’t remember the last time you gave your parking lot a little TLC, that’s definitely a bad sign. Rather than wait until problems build up and you have to resort to the equivalent of divorce (maybe selling your property?), nurturing and maintaining a parking lot is the key, just like in a relationship! Services like parking lot cleaning, street sweeping, pressure washing, and seal coating can take your property the distance.
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