Is your Durango driveway breaking down? Is your Ridgeway parking lot riddled with potholes? Colorado’s Four Corners paving contractor, Animas Asphalt, offers cost-effective pavement repair methods called asphalt patching for potholes and other damage.
Asphalt Patching: Targeted Pavement Repairs
To understand patch repairs, property owners need to know how paved surfaces on roads, parking lots, and driveways get damaged. The blacktop is paved in layers with a gravel base and asphalt layered on top. When sunlight and stress crack the top layers, it lets water down into the layers, where it can freeze and break up the materials and then wash them away in spring. Over time, this causes a pothole, and if the damage gets deep enough, it can hit that gravel and cause the whole structure to shift or collapse.
What does this have to do with patching? When damage is localized and the base layer is still stable over most of the area, an asphalt patch is the most effective and cheapest fix. If that damage has gone all the way through all layers, then it’s time for demo and paving, a more involved (and expensive) process. This is why you shouldn’t wait to call your local paving contractor when you notice cracks or depressions in your paved surfaces.
Methods of Patching
In general, the process goes like this: cut away broken pavement, remove all the debris, check the base layer to ensure it’s okay, do any repairs the base needs, apply special binders and new hot asphalt, and then compact it to match existing paved areas. That said, different methods for performing this repair service tackle various types of damage.
Patch categories include skin, partial-depth, and full-depth. Asphalt patching, less expensive than complete replacement, is waterproof and can properly adhere if applied correctly. Cold patching, suitable for low temperatures, prevents cracking and cures solid in 3-4 hours. Skin or surface patches involve applying a thin layer of heated bitumen on deteriorated pavement surfaces.
Trust Animas Asphalt for reliable patching solutions in Colorado
Invest in the longevity of your paved areas by acting swiftly. Whether it’s cracks or depressions, don’t hesitate to reach out to Animas Asphalt, your local paving partner in Colorado’s Four Corners area, including Durango and Telluride.
Ensure the resilience of your surfaces with our expert patching services. Call or email us today!
