Parking Lot Repairs and Re-striping (concrete and asphalt)

Parking lots are a major repair that are often neglected far too long and usually require much more work than if the repairs were done by a professional on a regular schedule.

Today most parking lots are made of asphalt and are easier to repair. The first step in a parking lot repair, whether it is large or small, is to get it clean. A small lot can be swept with brooms, but a large parking lot requires an industrial sweeper. After an asphalt parking lot has been swept all holes must be filled and compacted with hot asphalt, then all cracks must be filled with a hot tar substance. The final stage is to seal the entire parking lot with an asphalt sealer and let dry.

A repaired asphalt parking lot must be re-striped and this is best done by professionals as the there are laws that must be followed in most cities and the process requires a skilled professional to figure out the width, slant, front pull in spacing and the very important back out spacing. After all these measurements are figured out the stripping paint needs to be applied by a professional with the right paint and paint machine. A professional striped parking lot is a work of art and functions correctly.

Concrete parking lots are a more difficult repair because concrete is hard and heavy and totally inflexible. Holes in concrete parking lots must, in many cases, be jack-hammered out before the patch is applied. After the holes are ready to be repaired new concrete must be poured so that the parking lot surface remains level.

After the holes are filled the parking lot needs to be cleaned before any cracks are filled. Filling cracks in concrete parking lots requires special fillers that blend with the existing concrete, tar filler makes the parking lot look like an old road and is ugly. The filling of cracks in a concrete parking lot is the work for contractors who know what they are doing and understand the special properties of concrete.

Re-stripping a concrete parking lot is difficult even if the original lay out of the stripes is exactly the same which is usually not the case. If the layout of the concrete lot is to be changed all the old lines must be grinded off the concrete. Removing paint from concrete is time consuming and difficult. Contractors who do this work have the necessary equipment.

Once the old lines are removed the new stripes may be applied. Again lots of measuring must be done and all current laws followed in the final painting of the stripes. To achieve the very best repair of a concrete parking lot a professional needs to do the work.

You want your parking lot repair done correctly and quickly. You cannot afford for your parking lot to be closed for days or weeks waiting for the repairs to be finished. You want the repairs to be done correctly so they do not have to be redone on a frequent basis. Parking lot repairs and parking lot restriping is best done by an experienced professional contractor. The investment in a professional is worth the cost in the efficiency with which he will complete the job and the quality of the repair.