The Asphalt Kingdom Blog

Your parking lot should be safe for customers and visitors. The experience should be seamless – pull in, park easily, step through the doors. However, if your parking lot doesn’t drain properly, the area could be a hazard. Not sure how to improve parking lot drainage or what problems poor drainage might cause? This blog post is for you.

The winter holidays are almost upon us, and that means increased hustle and bustle, especially at shopping centers, malls, and places of worship like churches. As you see more people at your business or church, more money can flow in.

...But there is also an increase in something else.

The chance for an accident in your parking lot!

If you're concerned about parking lot lawsuits, which is a very common concern, read on for how you can improve your parking lot safety!

Key Takeaways

• Lawn care is a stable market ($105 billion), recurring revenue, competitive, and seasonal. 
• Pressure washing is a growing market ($1.8 billion), with high profits, low startup costs, seasonal, and physical. 
• Asphalt maintenance is a specialized niche ($4 billion), high demand, profitable, and requires investment and knowledge.

Starting a home services business can be an exciting and profitable venture. With a variety of options available, it can be challenging to determine which niche is the most lucrative. In this blog, we will compare three popular home service industries: lawn care, pressure washing, and asphalt maintenance. We'll explore the profitability, market trends, and potential for growth in each sector, ultimately highlighting how asphalt maintenance can complement other home services.

Potholes. They don't just ruin parking lots and driveways. They are also a hazard to you, your family, or customers. Potholes can damage cars, injure someone, and are very costly to property owners if neglected. 

Homeowners' associations, or HOAs, are a relatively new invention. The first homeowners' associations sprouted around the 1950s. But it wasn't until the 1960s and the '70s that the number of HOAs around the country skyrocketed.

Parking lots. You might think they're one of the safest places on your property (cars are mostly stationary and people usually drive at lower speeds), but they're not.

According to the National Safety Council, parking lots are some of the riskiest areas for drivers and pedestrians alike. The main cause of accidents is distracted driving, but many mishaps can also be attributed to damaged and improperly maintained parking lots.

These accidents are costly not only for you and your patrons. Worse, they can also cause injuries or even deaths.

There's nothing much you can do with distracted driving, but pavement safety is something you can control and should be your priority. Here are four asphalt maintenance tasks you can do to prevent parking lot accidents.

Are you a mobile park or RV park owner or property manager looking for resources on in-house asphalt maintenance? Then you're in luck because we recently met with Mike Fiala (virtually, of course), national community manager of Airway Mobile Home Park, and we talked about crack repair, sealcoating, and more. Check out our interview below to learn more about how DIY crack filling and sealcoating extended the lifespan of the property's roads and driveways.

As a business or property owner/manager, you always want to make sure that your premises are safe for your employees and your customers. So you ensure that your building follows the city's fire code, the elevators are always working, and that all tripping and fall hazards are eliminated.

Winter may be your favorite season, but not when it comes to asphalt maintenance. You're worried that your driveway or parking lot might not survive all that frequent snow plowing. But did you know that you can reduce snow plow damage just by sealing your pavement?

Mixing asphalt sealer in 55-gallon drums properly is one of the most important things you have to learn when starting out in the business. If you're new to the asphalt maintenance business or you're looking to refresh your knowledge, then let us teach you how to do that.