BUDGET ASPHALT REPAIRS
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News blog
Body Corporates sort out trip hazards
Asphalt trip hazards are becoming an increasing part of our business particularly with Body Corporates requiring regular inspections of common areas in order to remain compliant with their insurance policies. As such we have noticed a 20% increase in this type of work.
If you are a Body Corporate manager, we can offer you the most cost effective way to remove trip hazards from pavements, driveways and surrounds that does not always mean saw cutting and removing. Keep your residents, tenants and visitors safe - for more info feel free to call our friendly team.
7 November 2013
Tidier, sealed and long lasting
When it comes to filling in potholes, we're not like some of our competitors who just fill the hole and whack it with the back of a shovel. We actually overlay the pothole and square up the edges which not only looks tidier but also seals the pothole to make the repair last longer.
17 October 2013
History of asphalt
Asphalt has been around for centuries and its uses have been wide ranging. In ancient times it was used as an adhesive in its raw form to bind bricks and stones and also to waterproof boats. It was (and still is) used in roofing. Artists also tried to use asphalt in paintings until they realised that it never completely hardened which was a bit of a problem for creating enduring masterpieces. It wasn't until the 1800's that using asphalt combined with aggregates became popular leading to what we know today as probably the most hard wearing and durable road surfacing we now see everywhere.
3 October 2013
What is asphalt exactly?
Asphalt has a number of names: asphalt, bitumen, tarmac and pitch are a few of the common ones. Other than name, they are all one and the same thing: a sticky, black and highly viscous semi-solid form of petroleum. It starts off as a naturally occurring deposit and then gets refined and processed to give us the product we use to lay asphalt surfaces. Raw asphalt needs to be heated in order to combine it with aggregates (gravel, sand and stone) to make it suitable for road and paving use.
26 September 2013
How we make speed humps
(click images for a larger view)
First we chalk line the area
Then we tack coat the area to make the speed hump stick
We use steels on the edge then form the asphalt
Then we compact the speed hump and it is ready for use
Job done! After a few days it can be line marked if required.
(This speed hump was placed on top of a concreted area.)
19 September 2013