TIMES MAY BE TOUGH, BUT IS IT TIME TO CHANGE YOUR ASPHALT MAINTENANCE PLAN? |
In addition to the current economic situation in the U.S., it has also been a hard winter on your asphalt pavements. Spring is right around the corner and signs of this past winter will soon be showing on your parking lots and roads. If tighter budgets have you thinking of changing or postponing your asphalt maintenance planning, you need to call Rowles Asphalt now. Let us show you how to receive the most value without sacrificing one of your most important assets. We can evaluate your property and recommend which of our services, seal coating, rejuvenator, crack filling, repairs, overlay or drain work is best suited for your site. Rowles Asphalt is entering our 30TH year in the asphalt maintenance business. Our primary purpose is to provide the highest Rowles Asphalt and Sealing Co. started in 1979 when the U.S. was coming out of the oil crisis of 1973-1975 that quadrupled the price of oil and sent paving asphalt skyrocketing. The use of asphalt maintenance products such as coal tar seal coating came of age. As Rowles Asphalt grew into one of the leading asphalt maintenance contractors in the tri-state area, we added additional services like asphalt resurfacing to our business. Most of the projects were for clients with whom we had successfully worked to maintain and extend pavement life with the use of repairs, crack filling, and coal tar seal coating. Through our continuing efforts to lead the industry, we researched a new product entering the market, Rejuvenator Sealer. At this time, oil prices may have dropped, but paving asphalt has temporarily stabilized which is good for now. However, one of our concerns with the stimulus package, is that billions of dollars will be going to road construction. This could cause short supplies and higher costs for paving asphalt and other related products this year, and beyond. |
| The best course of action is to use the appropriate product to maintain and protect your existing asphalt pavement to avoid the higher cost of repaving. Post- poning pavement maintenance at this crucial time could pose critical consequences down the road. Rowles Asphalt has always looked on tough times with confidence and an opportunity to serve our customers. The true measure of an organization is how it deals with change and challenges. You can count on us being up to the task and together we will overcome the difficulties facing us. We will strive to keep you on budget so every dollar spent will result in the most cost effective long range accomplishment. |
| Blacktop or Asphalt Cracking: The pavement wears from the top but falls apart from the bottom. Wear and weathering of the top surface is the first area of maintenance that will protect the bottom or base from major deterioration. |
As a result of tight budgets and rising materials costs, contractors, property managers, and owners are looking for alternatives to extend pavement life through proactive preventive maintenance methods. You now have three choices; DO NOTHING has proven to be the most costly approach! SEAL COATING: Rowles Asphalt uses and recommends the use of emulsion seal coating on pavements that have already been sealed but over time the build up of this product on the pavement surface will cause sealer cracking. However, on pavements that are new or resurfaced and have not been sealed, you have the option to use Rejuvenator REJUVENATION TECHNOLOGY: The success with rejuvenator is simple. “It works.” It offers more than the other products at a competitive price. Rejuvenator is designed to last 4-5 years with a 2 year warranty instead of the 2-3 years for the emulsion sealer products. For example, a coal tar seal coat job bid at $4,500 would on average be redone three times in ten years at a total cost of $13,500. Rejuvenator would be applied twice at a total cost of $10,000, a cost saving of $3,500, or a 35%. better value. Rowles Asphalt can provide you with competitive bids for all of your pavement maintenance needs. |