Seamless Cold-weather Asphalt Repair Can Be Achieved İn Under 20 Minutes

Winter rain, ice, and extreme weather are notorious for multiplying potholes and asphalt damage in public and private roads and parking lots. Snarled traffic, vehicle damage, injury, and even litigation can result if the asphalt damage is not repaired in a timely manner. But many contractors using traditional “remove and replace” asphalt repair essentially cannot work in winter.

Cash-strapped contractors, homeowners, businesses, and municipalities benefit from upgraded seamless infrared asphalt repair in under 20 minutes, at a fraction of traditional “remove and replace” cost

“Municipal engineers typically prohibit asphalt repair in cold weather, because if the asphalt goes down cold, it starts to ravel or fall apart,” says Don Jimenez, owner of Asphalt Technology, a Clovis, CA-based asphalt repair company of public and commercial surfaces. “Water intrusion just accelerates the asphalt failure, particularly after the subgrade is compromised.”

Financial cutbacks in the tough economy have also made fixing potholes more difficult, as traditional “remove and replace” asphalt repair can take three vehicles and six men several hours to saw cut, jackhammer, and remove old asphalt, then replace with new asphalt in a typical 5’x5’ patch.

Fortunately, an upgraded infrared asphalt repair technology is making short work of winter potholes, as seamless cold-weather asphalt repair can be achieved in under 20 minutes at a fraction of traditional remove and replace cost.

Typical infrared technique shortens asphalt repair by heating, fusing, and compacting recycled asphalt with minimal equipment, labor, and new material.

Jimenez, however, turned to a new upgraded infrared asphalt repair option by Kasi, a worldwide leader in infrared asphalt repair, that makes the process even faster, deeper, and more uniform, which can accelerate winter asphalt restoration. The infrared chamber upgrade enables seamless asphalt repair in under 20 minutes (of a typical 5’ x 5’ patch including preparation and clean up), and doubles infrared chamber longevity to over 10 years. The improved infrared technique can provide superior public, commercial, or residential asphalt repairs (such as roads, parking lots, and driveways) at one-third the cost of conventional methods.