What causes asphalt cracks on pavement?
There are a number of factors that make pavement especially vulnerable to asphalt cracks every year. We perform regular crack repair in Las Vegas at businesses throughout the community to help preserve and extend the life of their pavement.
Why does my pavement have cracks?
For starters, the sun we love and appreciate so much can be hard on asphalt. The frequency and intensity of that sunlight causes asphalt to dry out more rapidly than it would in other, less-sunny climates. That dryness, combined with the oil and other chemicals that get inadvertently dumped onto your asphalt, speed up the deterioration of the surface.
Think of the Las Vegas sun as a sort of first phase of asphalt deterioration. That constant beating down of UV rays dries out the formerly liquid asphalt that holds the pavement together. Because the liquid asphalt can no longer expand and contract with the weather — it begins to crack.
When those cracks appear, even tiny ones, water can get into the base of the pavement and cause it to erode. Eventually, an entire area of pavement can collapse if neglected for a long enough period of time.
The frequently rapid storm surges that we have in Las Vegas can pour down a hefty amount of rain on your asphalt in a short amount of time. If the sun has prepped your pavement for a long enough period, it will have produced cracks that channel water to the base immediately.
Las Vegas has enough sun and intense rain to make it an almost ideal place for asphalt destruction. The fact that Las Vegas continues to grow in population also means that your parking lot is probably seeing heavy use, which means a large amount of oil and other chemicals is being leaked onto your asphalt, another destroyer.
If you have edge cracks, channels, ruts, alligatoring, potholes or other evidence of asphalt in need of repair, don’t delay a call to Affordable Sealing & Striping. The longer you wait, the more time the sun and rain have to grow cracks in your asphalt and lead to much larger bills in the future.
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Call 702-222-9009 today for a free estimate and consultation. Affordable Sealing & Striping is the Las Vegas expert at repairing asphalt cracks and maintaining asphalt parking lots.
