Sealcoating A Parking Lot: 5 Facts About This Service

At Quality Parking Lot Maintenance, sealcoating a parking lot is one of our areas of specialization. Let’s take a quick look at how this service can extend the life of your parking lot and improve the look of your commercial property. 

1. Sealcoating Helps Combat Florida Weather

Hot temperatures, frequent rain and plenty of sunshine abound throughout Florida, not to mention the occasional hurricane. All of this takes its toll on your asphalt, but when you seal coat a parking lot using high-quality materials, this can protect your lot from weather-related damage.

We recommend scheduling sealcoating services every two years. If your lot is not well-maintained (with proper drainage), you may need to schedule this service more frequently. However, you might be able to stretch the time between sealcoating a bit by keeping your lot as clean as possible, although two years is a fairly standard time frame for sealcoating.

2. Sealant Repels Water, Oil & Chemicals

Asphalt naturally will absorb oil as well as some chemicals. These substances can break down the surface of your asphalt and cause damage. While we recommend cleaning up any spills as quickly as possible, when you regularly seal coat a parking lot, this can protect your asphalt from these substances.

The sealcoat acts as a barrier against water penetration, one of the main causes of asphalt degradation. By preventing water from seeping into the asphalt, sealcoating helps avoid the formation of cracks and potholes.

3. Sealcoating Can Save Money

Sealcoating a parking lot does cost money, there’s no doubt about that. However, it’s far less expensive than replacing your entire asphalt lot. With proper maintenance and regular sealcoating, you also can avoid making costly repairs, such as filling in cracks and potholes.

4. Sealcoating Improves Parking Lot Aesthetics

Some people love an ocean view, others enjoy the beauty of forests or the mountains. In our opinion, however, there’s nothing quite as lovely as the look of a freshly seal-coated asphalt parking lot with new line striping.

We may indeed be a bit biased, but it’s also true that seal coating greatly improves the look of your commercial property, and this can entice new customers or tenants, whereas an old lot with cracks and faded lines tends to suggest that your property may be the victim of deferred maintenance.

5. Sealcoating Can Increase Safety

When we add a fresh seal coat to a parking lot, this improves the visibility of traffic lines and markings, which can enhance safety. Sealing the lot also creates a more skid-resistant surface, which reduces the risk of slips and falls.

If your line striping looks a bit worse for the wear, we can provide you with quality line striping services when we come to handle your seal coating tasks. Whether you just need us to paint over existing lines or would like us to improve your current parking lot design for improved flow and accessibility, we can help with that as well.

What About Concrete Lots?

Concrete lots aren’t as common as asphalt parking lots, especially in Florida. Concrete has a higher initial price tag for installation, and it requires a significant period of time for curing once the lot is installed. This means it can be weeks before the lot can be used by patrons. Asphalt can be used within a day or two after installation and sealing is completed.

Still, well-maintained concrete can last longer than asphalt and it can be quite decorative, which is why it can be a good choice in some situations. Just like an asphalt parking lot, concrete parking lots also need to be sealed. However, with proper maintenance, you might be able to go 3-5 years in between sealing with a concrete lot.

Quality sealant can protect the concrete from stains and sealing helps prevent water absorption and protects the concrete from the effects of general wear and tear. Sealants also improve the appearance of your concrete, which makes your property more appealing in general.

Trust Quality Parking Lot Maintenance

We have a large team of experienced commercial paving contractors that can handle any type of asphalt or concrete project, large or small. Based in Tampa, we provide commercial paving services for properties throughout the state of Florida. In addition to sealcoating a parking lot, we can provide you with many parking lot maintenance services, including patching and repairs, milling and parking lot line striping for both asphalt and concrete.

If you need a new parking lot, we can provide you with complete asphalt paving for any size parking lot. If your lot seems plagued by constant issues, we also offer excavation and investigation services to determine the source of the problem. Whether you need us to seal coat a parking lot or need another of our many services, contact our commercial paving company at any time and we can provide you with a free cost estimate for our services.