Asphalt Repairs: Why Waiting Can Be Expensive

No pavement can remain in pristine condition forever, and an asphalt pavement is no exception. Sooner or later, you will begin to notice signs of deterioration or damage. This is perfectly normal and to be expected. What is critical, however, is what you do when you need asphalt repairs. Delaying essential repairs can end up costing you a boatload of money in ways that you might not expect.

What Do Paving Professionals Classify as Asphalt Repairs?

Although every experienced parking lot paving contractor understands the meaning and various names of all the different procedures, there is less consensus when it comes to classifying them as repairs, routine maintenance, or paving. For example, some contractors consider asphalt resurfacing as an asphalt paving procedure, but other contractors classify it as parking lot maintenance & repair. To simplify matters, the following list consists of asphalt repair procedures to correct problems that can impact the safety or structural integrity of a pavement.

• Pot hole repair typically requires a technique known as asphalt patching to rebuild the hollowed-out pavement.
• Asphalt patching can also be used to repair areas that are suffering from alligator cracking.
• An Orange County asphalt repair contractor may sometimes install an overlay to mend damage that is too extensive to make patching cost-effective, but which is not extensive enough to justify resurfacing the entire pavement.
• Crack repairs are usually considered as maintenance procedures by asphalt paving Orange County professionals. However, they are included on this list because cracks are almost always the starting point for alligator cracking, potholes, and other severe damage.

What Are the Potential Financial Repercussions of Neglecting Repairs?

There are quite a number of ways that deferring your asphalt repair could potentially impact your finances. Here are four of the most common ways that you could experience financial repercussions.

1. Your pavement will suffer increasingly severe damage that will be much more expensive to repair in the long run. If you neglect repairs long enough, your pavement could have its useful life drastically reduced, so a parking lot that should have lasted 25 or 30 years, for example, could require a complete replacement in 10 or 12 years.
2. You could be cited for failure to comply with accessibility regulations. The Americans with Disabilities Act includes stringent requirements for pavements in accessible parking spaces, along accessible paths, and at accessible entrances. Large cracks, potholes, soft spots, and depressions could conceivably be construed as obstacles for people with mobility issues.
3. You could face lawsuits, insurance claims, or fines if anyone damages their vehicles or suffers an injury on your property. Employees, customers, delivery drivers, tenants and their customers or employees, service technicians, and virtually any visitor could potentially hold you responsible for their medical bills, lost wages, property damage, or other costs.
4. You could lose customers or tenants. Whether you manage a restaurant, an apartment complex, a shopping center or retail store, or an office park, your income could decline if people fear that your pavements pose risks to themselves or their vehicles.

Whether you need asphalt paving, concrete installation, concrete repair, parking lot striping, sealcoating, bollards, warehouse striping, asphalt resurfacing, pavement markings, shot blasting, traffic signage, ADA compliance assistance, asphalt milling, line removal, pot hole repair, or asphalt patching, you can count on Peterson Grading & Paving for help. We are an experienced Orange County paving company with an exemplary reputation and impeccable references. We serve clients in Anaheim, Fullerton, Garden Grove, Huntington Beach, Irvine, Orange, Santa Ana, and other communities in the counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, and Ventura. You can request a free quote over the phone by calling 949-402-6979, or you can fill out the online form.