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Even excellent drainage can be overwhelmed by Florida rains. Keeping catch basins and storm water lines clear of debris and silt is essential to maintaining the performance of storm water systems. Chronic standing water around drain inlets accelerates asphalt deterioration. And broken or missing cast iron grates pose a tremendous hazard for pedestrians and vehicles. Florida Pavement Services offers vacuum and water jetting services. We also adjust, repair and replace catch basin grates and manhole covers.

All asphalt pavement surfaces should be maintained on a routine basis to deal with the daily accumulating stresses of traffic, moisture and oxidation. Sealcoating is a refined coal tar or asphalt surface treatment used to both maintain and extend the life of your pavement surface. Sealcoat treatments (especially coal tar based) enable asphalt surfaces to resist oxidative aging as well as degradation from fuel & oil spills. For newer pavement, sealcoating provides a tremendous value in preventative maintenance. For old and weathered pavements, a newly sealcoated surface provides instant curb appeal and extended life.

It may not be your fault but it is your asphalt.  And from time to time potholes and other distresses will need attention.  Root intrusion from adjacent planters and pavement lifted by hydrostatic water pressures can also create safety issues for pedestrians.  Early detection of problems in your pavement surfaces can prevent further asphalt erosion and help you extend the life of your pavement surface.

Pavement repairs are area specific corrective measures..  The patching process most often involves removal of the material in and around where a failure is detected and replaces the material with new asphalt.  In South Florida the typical patching process includes the following steps;

1. Outline the area to be repaired with marking paint so the customers and the crews understand the extent of each repair.
2. Cut the pavement along the outlined area with a pavement saw.
3. Excavate and/or mill and remove as much surface material and base as necessary to provide firm support for the new asphalt material.
4. In root damaged areas the exposed surface roots should be cut and removed. Then the disturbed base material would be graded and re-compacted.
5. Apply a tack coat to the vertical edges and base of the prepared area.
6. Fill the excavated area with enough asphalt mixture to ensure the patch is level with the pavement surface after compaction.
7. Spread and grade the material then compact with a steel drum roller or a vibratory plate compactor for smaller or difficult to reach areas.  For thicker repairs the new asphalt needs to be installed and compacted in multiple lifts (layers).
8. Check and the edges and clean up any excess material and debris.

A parking lot isn’t complete until it’s striped. Traffic and pavement markings define the parking pattern and provide direction for traffic flow. Solid and neat markings for parking stalls, disabled parking, directional arrows, no parking zones, speed bumps and the like, keep a property looking well maintained and organized. Striping is most often done using high quality latex traffic paint. Some situations may also call for the durability and reflectivity of hot applied thermoplastic marking material with glass beads.

“Considering that striping is possibly the least-costly maintenance upgrade a property owner can make it’s pretty easy to see that it can be the improvement that can provide the greatest value.” Allan Heydorn of Pavement Maintenance & Reconstruction