Driveway Sealing

The Scoop On Driveway Sealcoating in the Oxford and Quaker Farms Village area of New Haven County

Types of Sealers for Asphalt Driveways in Oxford Connecticut

Even if it's a highly processed tar residue sealer or an asphalt originated sealer, you really want to lay down a film to slow down the decline of the hot-mix asphalt pavement. Is it going to help prevent the wear and tear from coming about? Absolutely not. However it will reduce the decline of your parking area or drive.

Basically, the factors for seal coating blacktop revolve around the restrictions of the blacktop pavement on which it's used. Blacktop pavement offers poor resistance to ultraviolet transmission and the sun's rays. Oxidation allows the allure of rainwater particles, which accelerates heat and stress chipping, as well as surface area heaving.

In this way the reasons to seal coat are exclusively related to what driveway sealants may do to deal with all of these particular issues.

Assuming that almost all blacktop pavements are contrived and built right, meaning the rough driveway material is solid and compacted, the necessary support material is installed and compacted properly, and the proper height of hot-mix asphalt is laid and compressed properly, then asphalt sealcoating will extend pavement life by safeguarding the asphalt adhesive from oxidation, consequently stalling the inescapable deterioration.

Sealer is only as good as the bituminous pavement to which it is applied. It will not prevent the cracking of bituminous surfaces brought on by excessive voids, poor mix stability, poor compaction or low use areas.

Lessening The Oxidation of Bitumen Driveways

The process of oxidation depreciates asphalt and the binder within asphalt pavement very fast. Oxidation accelerates the maturation of asphalt pavement, so anything you may do to slow the oxidation process will increase pavement life. Asphalt sealcoating will slow down the process of pavement oxidation.

When you put that blacktop pavement down it's seeping with oils, and you need to have a lot of that oil to oxidize out, which bolsters the tarmac. As the oils seep out, the asphalt gets harder and tougher. But if you allow a lot of the oils to leak out, the pavement becomes frail and more prone to cracking. So you need to put in driveway sealcoating long before that takes place.

As corrosion proceeds, fine aggregate fragments are released from the parking lot surface, exposing the larger aggregate, and as the pavement continues to dry out and is exposed to traffic, as well as a variety of weather conditions, asphalt aggregate can be pulled out of the pavement and small cracks begin to form. These cracks, if left untreated, eventually become larger, providing a way for water to work its way beneath the pavement.

The minute you get only one split therein you're going to get water in the sub-grade and that water starts creating mini sinkholes. As traffic drives over that part of the pavement the soft sub-grade makes it easier for the pavement to crack, and pretty soon you have alligatored areas that can only be fixed through remove-and-replace by the crew at VP Asphalt Paving of Oxford.

Driveway sealing gives protection to the blacktop surface by slowing down corrosion and by leveling the subtle cracks that ultimately are able to turn into entryways for moisture and ice augmentation. It at the same time displaces several of the small aggregate eliminated through corrosion and eroding and fills up fine crevices.

If left totally exposed, the asphalt binder, or glue that secures the rock and fine sand in place, loses strength and the top surface ends up being weak, enabling rock and sand to roll out. The asphalt will crack, making it possible for clean water to penetrate, setting up cracked locations, potholes, and some other faults.

If you live outside of Oxford or Quaker Farms Village don't worry. VP Asphalt Paving covers a wide geographical service area in New Haven County, Litchfield County and Fairfield County.