Expert Asphalt Patch and
Crack Repair!

A very important part in extending the life of your driveway or parking lot surface is the filling of cracks in your asphalt.

One primary reason you want to repair the cracks in your asphalt is to prevent moisture penetrating under the pavement surface and further causing more damage to your driveway or parking lot. Another important reason to repair cracks is to prevent vegetation growing within the crack and generating a root system. As the plant root gets bigger it can actually push the pavement up and create even more damage. In addition once water does penetrate the crack and seeps under the asphalt surface this often creates a soft spot which will eventually develop into a pothole. In our northern mid-west climate that moisture problem also compounds into the freezing action of buckling and pushing the pavement up.

Often when acted up early when the cracks are still small and on the surface of the pavement a sealcoat application will be enough to fill and seal the developing crack. Sealcoating the asphalt in effect prevents smaller cracks into developing into those larger cracks capable of allowing moisture to seep into the base material.

Larger cracks require that the crumbled debris be removed before its filling. For the larger cracks Happy Sealcoating employs a hot melt crack filler system which both melts a solid rubberized material at roughly 400 degrees and being mobile, creates a stripe of melted material directly on top of the cracks. The elastic material drys very quickly and the sealcoat layer can be applied the same day. This type of hot pour crack filler stays firm and black for 3-4 years.