Drainage

If you’re going to have a successful asphalt paving installation at your property – whether you’re looking to install driveway paving, a new roadway, a parking lot, or anything else – you need to make sure that the drainage infrastructures in place are more than adequate for the amount of precipitation that you’re likely to get. At PaveRite Asphalt Services Utah, we have a number of highly experienced asphalt paving contractors who understand these issues deeply, which means there’s no chance that any asphalt paving set-up we give you will cause you problems later down the line. Below, you can learn more about the importance of carefully considered drainage for asphalt, as well as find out about just why we’re the perfect commercial asphalt company to take on this type of work for you. If you’d like to book in a consultation or you’re seeking out further information, our customer service representatives are always happy to help.

What is Drainage Important?

Drainage is important for making sure that your installation can handle the precipitation that it will undoubtedly face during its lifetime, but why is this? Let’s put it this way: water is a natural enemy of asphalt. Any asphalt with consistent exposure to standing water will suffer for it, with potholes the likely outcome. Additionally, water below the surface structure – in the aggregate base and subgrade – can cause considerable issues. It has the potential to upset the structural integrity of the installation, and even then, there’s more to worry about! Freeze-thaw cycles, where water gets into the cracks in paved surfaces before expanding when it freezes, are also highly detrimental. Your primary defense against these insidious forces is proper drainage – that’s why it matters.

Long Term Health

The installation of a new driveway, parking lot, or even sidewalk can be a fairly big procedure – and that means that you’re unlikely to want to have to deal with a reinstallation any time soon. With that being so, it’s clear that you need to do whatever you can to keep your installation in a good condition moving forward – taking maintenance and sealing procedures seriously at all times – but it also means that the initial installation needs to be carried out flawlessly too. Our drainage service ensures that you have an installation that won’t have any troubles with water that might undermine the health of the surface.

Slope Concerns

The slope of an asphalt surface is hugely influential on the effectiveness of the drainage systems that you have in place, given the impermeable nature of asphalt. Most experts recommend a minimum 1% slope gradient, ensuring that water is channeled to the areas where you need it to be.

Service Experience

One of the advantages of using our team for the installation of asphalt paving, where we ensure drainage is up to standard, is that we’ve seen and done it all before. Our wealth of experience allows us to see problems far into the future, taking steps to ensure that they don’t come to fruition in the first place.