When it comes to driveway sealcoating, there are two primary benefits that make it an essential part of owning a home: protection and quality. Both of these benefits can be broken down further, into a comprehensive list of factors that will demonstrate why driveway sealcoating is an essential service that needs to be implemented properly and maintained consistently.
Sealcoating the asphalt on your driveway is the primary way that you can prevent damage and erosion from a multitude of factors including: weather, chemicals, and vehicular activity. Weather-related driveway damage can occur from factors such as heat expansion or UV rays. Chemical-based driveway damage ranges from simple water corrosion to oil deterioration. And activity-driven driveway attrition can result from heavy vehicles whose weight is not supported by your driveway. At Beyond Sealcoating, we are consciously aware of the entire spectrum of potential factors that can harm and chip away at your driveway. Because of our domain expertise, we are able to accurately plan and counteract these factors from day one with our high quality equipment and sealer. We use Masterseal sealer with sand and additives to give you, our client the best product and protection possible.
Not only is sealcoating your driveway important for protecting you against liability, but there are a ton of visual benefits that are very important to homeowners. When you take pride in your home and your property, you want to treat these investments with the utmost care and consideration to maximize their stability and vibrance. At Beyond, we believe that the driveway is one of those investments that are a staple of your home and your lifestyle. It is the entry point that you return to every day, and also the entry point that welcomes your guests. We take great pride in our precision, making sure to keep sealer off of your concrete, Belgian block, flagstone, stamped concrete and paver walkways. Your lawn is safe with us too while we are sealcoating your driveway. We take meticulous measures and spend our time very carefully to assure that your driveway is sealcoated symmetrically and without blemishes afterwards.
Driveway Sealcoating is a process that needs to be revisited every few years, and at Beyond we make sure that those few years in between are of elite quality. When we handle your driveway sealcoating needs, we make sure that the first iteration of this process leaves your driveway looking beautiful and rejuvenated, so you can be confident in it for years at a time.
1. Weather considerations: ideal conditions for proper residential sealcoating services are generally sunny and dry weather forecasts. Residential sealcoating season is typically between the months of May and September. Avoid performing residential sealcoating outside of this time frame, to ensure proper procedures and results for the long-term health of your driveway and asphalt.
2. Provider insurance: always make sure that the residential sealcoating company that you decide to partner with is fully licensed and insured. There are a lot of damage liabilities that could possibly be connected with residential sealcoating, and need to be backed by reliable insurance policies with a broad scope of coverage for real estate property and vehicular equipment.
3. Sealer type: for residential sealcoating, your sealcoating provider should always use water-based sealers and never oil-based sealers. Oil-based sealers do more harm to your driveway and asphalt over the long term and should be avoided at all costs. For residential sealcoating purposes, Beyond Sealcoating uses only the finest premium water-based Masterseal sealer.
4. Project length: although a residential sealcoating project can be completed in a day or two, it should be noted that there are important precautions to take following the initial sealcoating process. It takes asphalt sealer 48-72 hours to dry and open to vehicular activity. Typically, sealer is visibly dry and fine to walk on within a few hours.
When you have a parking lot for your commercial or local business, it is more than just a space for your customers; it is an investment that should be protected and maintained long-term. A well-maintained and sealcoated commercial parking lot separates your business from the competition by giving you a safe and clean area just for your audience.
Sealcoating your parking lot offers several benefits: safety, insurance, and visual appeal. When a parking lot is properly sealcoated, it reduces the chance of both vehicular damage and customer accidents.
Crack sealing is also important for preserving the longevity of commercial parking lots because it reduces the need to fully or partially replace them. Our sealcoating and crack sealing process helps stop water penetration that can erode your commercial parking lot. This will save you vast liability on potential customer injuries.
A smooth and safe parking lot facilitates easy travel without any bumps on the road. This can assure that you minimize the liability and discomfort that comes with regular parking lots. Additionally, a well-maintained parking lot adds aesthetic quality to your business and increases brand trust and professionalism with your clientele. Your parking lot is an extension of your business, and should be viewed the same way as any valuable investments or properties are.
Beyond Sealcoating can bring your commercial parking lots back to life and revive their structure and visual appeal. Additionally, we have ADA-compliant line striping services that will ensure that all of your commercial parking lots are up to local codes and standards (such as spacing or number of spots). Let us help you strengthen your brand by making sure that your exterior space is the same level of premium quality as your interior.
1. Commercial sealcoating prevents damage from nearly all of the natural elements. This includes sunlight, UV rays, water, chemicals, snow, and ice. All of these factors can slowly erode the foundation of your commercial parking area, so it is always best to protect your parking lot before this happens. In addition to natural wear and tear, commercial sealcoating also prevents damage from vehicular activity resulting from customer traffic. Your parking lot is facing constant threats, and Beyond Sealcoating is here to protect it.
2. Commercial sealcoating minimizes the amount of money that you have to spend in the long run on your parking lot and asphalt property investments. A proper sealcoating job will ensure longevity and a strong foundation for your commercial parking lot. Rather than constantly repairing cracks and potholes, one strong sealcoating job can prevent future damage and maintenance. Replacing certain types of damaged asphalt can be extremely costly and should be avoided.
3. Commercial sealcoating for business-scale parking lots often requires line striping afterwards. It is important to perform ADA-compliant line striping after commercial sealcoating to make sure that there are no code violations. This will save you a ton of hassle and potential legal trouble in the future. Beyond Sealcoating can provide ADA-compliant line striping services that can be an addition to any commercial sealcoating job that we perform.
4. A well-sealcoated commercial project not only enhances the curb appeal and visual professionalism of your parking lot, but it also prevents several legal liabilities in the future. Potholes, cracks, bumps, and other damage can lead to both vehicular accidents and pedestrian accidents for your customer base. In some scenarios, this can even lead to legal action that is not worth the headache. Taking care of your parking lot in advance with commercial sealcoating assures that you can worry less about any possible damages.
When it comes to sealcoating for residential driveways or commercial parking lots, you should always select a Sealcoating provider that uses strictly water-based sealer for your property. In recent years, water-based sealer has grown to fully replace oil-based sealer as the industry standard for safety and quality. Water-based sealer assures that the sealcoating process has more longevity and also makes it easier to maintain.
When a driveway is initially sealcoated with oil-based sealer, the driveway or parking lot becomes saturated with oil and this creates some long term problems. The main problem is that if your driveway or parking lot is initially sealed with oil-based sealer, it cannot be re-done with water-based sealer for over a year. This is a potential liability for the property owner because if there are additional cracks or potholes after an oil-based sealcoating job, you cannot maintain or repair that until the oil has fully evaporated from the asphalt surface.
Asphalt is composed of rocks and binder (which is made of tar) and needs very specific types of treatment to assure longevity and quality. Using water-based sealer ensures that your property is using the industry standard for sealcoating, and you can easily maintain and repair it going forward. Beyond Sealcoating uses solely water-based sealer because we want to make sure your property's asphalt is fully enhanced and flexible for future maintenance.
Beyond Sealcoating prides ourselves on a thorough and detailed driveway sealcoating process from beginning to end. We use precise driveway sealcoating methods to avoid any damage to your walkway and garage area.
Step 1: Cleaning
We begin every residential sealcoating process by clearing the area of dirt and debris, which also includes grass trimmings. We follow this up with both wire brooming and powerbrooming to remove dirt spots and algae from the driveway area. Finally, we finish off the cleaning process by using backpack blowers for surface cleaning.
Step 2: Preparation
After the driveway cleaning process is complete, we begin treating minor repairs on the driveway to prepare it for sealcoating. We use crack sealing equipment to seal asphalt cracks and a high performance permanent patch for minor asphalt damage like a pothole. This step of the driveway sealcoating process also helps repair damage that occurs from vehicle fluids. We use a chemical to shield the fluids from rising to the surface that will be sealcoated.
Step 3: Sealcoating
To maximize visual appeal and minimize spillage, Beyond Sealcoating uses precision edging around all concrete and belgian block. This is followed by hand brushing all residential driveways with natural fiber brushes, which provides a level of quality that cannot be achieved by sprays alone. Once the driveway is fully sealcoated, we close is for 72 hours to allow the sealer to fully bond with the driveway.
Our three-step process covers every aspect of driveway sealcoating that is necessary for a finished driveway that has visual appeal and longevity. We treat every job with total care and precision to make sure that every aspect of your driveway is considered.
Parking lot sealcoating can be the difference maker between a good business and a great business. Performing routine sealcoating and asphalt maintenance on your businesses parking lot helps facilitate easier travel for employees and customers alike. More importantly, it reduces legal liability in terms of civilian injuries and vehicular accidents. Liabilities like these can lead to customer complaints, financial risks, and legal consequences from customers or local governments. It is important to make sure that you select a parking lot sealcoating provider that gets the job done right the first time, but also maintains it properly in the future. This will assure that you don't have to worry about parking lot damage leading to bigger operational roadblocks.
One of the most important aspects of parking lot sealcoating that is often forgotten or not performed by most parking lot sealcoating providers, is line striping. Beyond Sealcoating offers ADA-compliant line striping that is packaged with every parking lot sealcoating project. Our attention to detail with line striping shows that not only is your parking lot safe and secure for travel, but the actual parking areas are clear and accessible for employees and customers. It boosts the organization and professionalism of your entire business, both visually and legally. Beyond Sealcoating is here to help make sure that you never get blindsided by unexpected legal violations from the local government, or potential liabilities from customers.