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4 Easy Steps to Asphalt Maintenance

These video and blog resources will show you everything you need to know about the four critical yet easy steps to asphalt maintenance.

A well-maintained, crack-free asphalt surface with a dark coat and crisp lines is an attractive feature enhancing the value of any property. It serves as an invitation to residents, guests and customers, and adds significant curb appeal. Keeping asphalt that way demands consistent maintenance, however.

These video and blog resources will show you everything you need to know.

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How to Stripe a Parking Lot

Painting professional lines on an asphalt parking lot requires the proper preparation, measurements, line striping machine, and cleanup.


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Fresh lines can have a significant impact on the organization and curb appeal of any parking lot. Fortunately, achieving that professional look is also a very simple process when you follow the four major steps below:

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Topics: Asphalt Maintenance, Line Striping

Here's What to Do After Sealcoating

After sealcoating, keep traffic off the asphalt until it's fully cured, clean stains immediately, wash it frequently, and paint new parking lot lines.

Sealcoating is one of the most important measures a property manager can take to maintain the long-term health of an asphalt surface. It creates a barrier that will protect the blacktop from constant threats. The job doesn’t end once the sealer has stopped spraying, though. To reap the full benefits of complete asphalt maintenance, there are several additional steps you should take after you’re done sealcoating.

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Topics: Asphalt Maintenance, Sealcoating

How Sealcoating Protects Asphalt

Sealcoating protects asphalt by applying asphalt sealer every two years. It forms a shield to your blacktop from the sun, rain, temperature, and traffic.

Asphalt is not a solid fixture to be laid down once and left to the elements, never to be maintained. It is a dynamic material that requires ongoing care for a prolonged lifespan. Sealcoating the surface every two years is therefore critical. While applying sealer is easy enough that anyone can do it with little knowledge of how it works, understanding exactly why asphalt deteriorates and how sealcoating prevents this will better equip you to care for your asphalt—sealcoating, and beyond.

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Topics: Asphalt Maintenance, Sealcoating

The Benefits of Using a Line Striping Machine

To complete the asphalt maintenance process, having a line striping machine can get the job done faster, with less materials, and better results.

Line striping is a necessary step in any complete asphalt maintenance process. It’s that finishing touch that takes a fully maintained and sealed parking lot to the next level, while creating an attractive means of keeping traffic on the property organized and safe. With such important purposes, it’s critical to accomplish this in the most efficient and effective way possible—for the good of your property and your wallet.

Using a line striping machine to do so holds three significant benefits:  

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Topics: Asphalt Maintenance, Line Striping

Winter Asphalt Damage

Find out the three most common winter asphalt damages and what you need to address them before permanent damage occurs.

After one of the coldest, snowiest and stormiest winters in over a decade, and as the snow finally starts to melt, a lot of parking lot owners are seeing the unexpected consequences of winter damage on asphalt surfaces.

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Landlord Pavement Maintenance: A Landlord's Money-Saving Guide

Landlord pavement maintenance is a crucial part of protecting any building's second-largest asset: find out five tips to help you keep yours in great shape

Keeping tenants happy is one of the most important tasks of managing a commercial asset. And what any sophisticated landlord understands is that there is a direct link between bottom line of the building and your tenant's overall satisfaction -- both inside and outside the building. A tenant's experience starts the minute they pull into your property. Not only can a well-maintained parking lot help command higher rental rates, but it can also positively impact your tenant's experience. Maximize tenant satisfaction and minimize liability with these five tips.

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Save Money By Using Recycled Asphalt

Thinking of asphalt recycling? Learn ways to save money by using recycled asphalt while taking care of your asphalt investment.

Whether you are looking to buy recycled asphalt or are looking to recycle your own asphalt and simply refresh your asphalt surface, you will save money by using recycled asphalt.

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Topics: Asphalt Maintenance, Pothole Repair, Property Management

How to Cut Asphalt: Your Complete Guide | Asphalt Kingdom

How to cut asphalt is an important skill to learn. Find out everything you need to know about cutting asphalt from the professionals at Asphalt Kingdom.

If you are undergoing a paving project that requires blacktop excavation, it's important to understand the specifics of how to cut asphalt. This guide will help you get started.

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What is Asphalt?

Asphalt is a composite material made up of mineral aggregates and bitumen used for roads, parking lots, and airports.

  • Learn what asphalt is made of and where it is commonly used.
  • Find out why asphalt is one of the most recycled materials on the planet.
  • It's easy to maintain asphalt and extend its lifespan.

We drive on it, walk on it, play, and bike on it. Even our planes land on it. But we seldom stop and think about what asphalt is or how to care for it.

In this blog, we're going to talk about this ubiquitous construction material, what it's made of, its installation cost, and its lifespan. 

We're also going to talk about the differences between asphalt and pavement (concrete).

But first, let's take a look at asphalt ingredients.

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Topics: Asphalt Maintenance, Property Management

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