ASPHALT REPAIR SERVICES LANSING MI

The key to increasing the life of your driveway or parking lot and maintaining its integrity is regular maintenance. Repairing pavement failures as they occur will help prevent large, expensive repairs in the future, as well as avoiding dangerous trip hazards and damaging potholes. Asphalt repairs are done with hot mix asphalt, and are considered temporary solutions to avoid the expense of resurfacing or replacing your entire driveway or parking lot. Minor repairs can be done with cold patch, which can be expected to last a few months to a year. The four methods of asphalt repair we offer are:

Infrared Patching

Infrared patching uses infrared heat to reheat the existing pavement to 400 degrees, then, we scarify the heated area, add new virgin asphalt to the heated area, level with a lute and compact with a roller. Infrared patching creates a patch with no cold seams as it makes a hot asphalt to hot asphalt bond. This works excellent when repairing potholes as this easily outlasts any cold patch. Infrared repairs can be expected to last approximately five years.

Surface/Skin Patching

Surface patching is the easiest way to repair asphalt when the base is sound. This may also be the preferred option for the “budget minded” when appropriate. The procedure starts by cleaning and prepping the area of the patch, applying a glue or “tack coat” and finishing with a compacted layer of hot mix asphalt. Expect the surface of the patch to be slightly higher than the rest of the existing pavement. Surface patching is reasonably priced, and repairs can be expected to last approximately two to five years.

Remove and Replace

Remove and replace is the best way to repair asphalt when it has become severely deteriorated and the base is defective. This requires saw cutting for neat, clean edges, and the removal of asphalt. Once the asphalt is removed, the stone base should be inspected for soundness before the asphalt is replaced. Hot mix asphalt is then installed and compacted. If sealcoating is added to this type of patch, you can expect the surface to blend nicely with the original asphalt. This method is usually three times the cost of surface patching, and repairs can be expected to last approximately ten to fifteen years.

Emergency Pot Hole/ Asphalt Repair

Great Lakes Asphalt Solutions offers emergency asphalt repairs of potholes and other detrimental imperfections in your asphalt year around. Holes in your asphalt represent a tripping hazard to pedestrians and can cause damage to vehicles that run over them creating a liability for the owner. In most instances, we can have your repair completed within 24 hours of you contacting us. We use Perma-Patch that can be used rain or shine and in any temperature. It can even be applied to areas where standing water is present without any adverse effects. This material is not like typical cold patch that cures over time as the hydrocarbon solvents evaporate. Perma-Patch that Great Lakes Asphalt Solutions uses sets up through dynamic pressure rather than evaporation which means that by immediately exposing it to traffic helps speed up the setting or curing process. Perma-Patch is so strong that in most cases it outlast the surrounding hot mix asphalt so it is considered a permanent repair.