After the city had a cement pad installed, the asphalt road base had a sizable bump where the two met. We were contracted to raise the asphalt. The best way to deal with this is using a thermal heater to re-heat the material, add in enough new material to raise and roll.
If you were to simply add a couple of inches of new asphalt on top of the already existing, worn asphalt. That type of fix wouldn’t last a single winter season.
By using Thermal Repair, you are able to re-roll these types of repairs and the road is left looking brand new and last longer.
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The Thermal Bond Repair unit is put into place.
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The asphalt is now heated up.
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[pl_carouselimage title=”Rake and add new asphalt” imageurl=”https://www.midwestasphalt.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/MWA-2005-Dec-30_848.jpg” alt=”Asphalt raked and new asphalt added”]After the first portion of the repair is heated up, we roll the thermal heater to the next spot. Then rake up the current material and add new hot mix asphalt.
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This image shows the first spot fully raked with new asphalt added, it is ready to be rolled.
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The first spot is now being rolled while the 2nd spot is being prepped.
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This image shows the finished Thermal Bond Asphalt Repair. This leaves no seams and in the case of this project, there is no longer a bump felt by drivers when going from asphalt to concrete.
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