Judson Burdon

Painting parking lot lines is a great stand-alone business or add-on to an existing sealcoating or property maintenance business.  It's fast, satisfying work and it helps improve traffic flow and a building's aesthetics.

Inflation is beyond our control, but we can adjust to it so our business can survive and thrive. Here are some ways to cope with higher prices of goods as an owner of an asphalt maintenance contracting business and ensure its survival.

Ordinary people like you most often start asphalt maintenance companies. One of the many success stories is Veteran Kenneth Evans of Evans Asphalt & Concrete. He began with a few success tips from his cousins and grew his business to employ multiple crews in a few short years.

Why Potholes Are a Problem for Driveways, Lots, and Walkways

Potholes are more than just an eyesore—they’re a trip hazard, a liability, and a sign your pavement is breaking down. Whether you're dealing with a crumbling driveway, commercial parking lot, or concrete walkway, ignoring a pothole can lead to bigger and more expensive problems.

Thankfully, there's a fast, reliable solution that doesn’t require a crew or hot mix. With the right pothole fix method, cold patch repair, and a surface primer, you can get the job done in minutes—and make it last.

A parking lot or road without clear traffic lines and symbols where necessary can look incomplete or tired, but finding paint to apply those important features requires more than grabbing just any can from your local hardware store. When choosing paint for your asphalt surface, it's important to know which kinds are best for your purposes. 

If you're a contractor, property manager, or someone starting an asphalt maintenance business, knowing how to properly apply Crack-Stix can save you time, labor, and long-term repair costs. These permanent crack filler ropes are trusted by professionals for sealing both asphalt and concrete surfaces—without the need for expensive melters or mixing equipment.

In this guide, we’ll break down step-by-step Crack Stix instructions for both asphalt and concrete applications using either 1/4 or 1/2 inch diameter Crack-Stix. Whether you're patching a commercial parking lot or managing sidewalk maintenance, this guide will show you how to get the job done right.

Asphalt cracks and gaps can develop all over an asphalt surface. It’s more common, however,  on sections where joints and seams meet, such as where asphalt edges meet the street, concrete curb, garage floor, or house foundation.

There are many possible causes of cracking, such as exposure to the weather and natural elements, freeze-thaw cycles in cold-weather locations, vehicle damage, and incorrect installation. If not filled and sealed in a timely manner, these cracks allow moisture from rain, melted snow or runoff from garden hoses to penetrate the sub-grade, as well as the foundation or basement walls, causing them to grow weak and compound the damage.

Sealcoating asphalt is an investment; however, many people are unclear on exactly why sealcoating matters so much. When you sealcoat your driveway or parking lot every three years, you’re fighting asphalt deterioration and delaying replacement.

As you all probably know dripping oil, grease or gasoline can be very bad for asphalt paving; they actually eat into and dissolve the asphalt.

There’s something quiet and deceiving about humidity. It creeps in. Rain and heat announce themselves pretty blatantly, but humidity is more like a weight in the air. 
Humidity can mess with your schedule, delay your drying times, and throw a wrench into what should be a routine job. But here’s the thing: it doesn’t have to. If you understand the relationship between asphalt and humidity, you can work with it, not against it.
Let’s break down what’s really happening when moisture lingers in the air, and how you can keep your sealcoating jobs on track even in less-than-ideal conditions.