Parking Lot Maintenance: Three Important Questions to ask… It’s time to protect your investment and make your parking lot look nice and black, so you call a few local asphalt maintenance companies to come give you recommendations and a quote. Before accepting a quote, there are a few questions you should ask each company to […]
What is Slurry Sealing: A mixture of emulsified asphalt, fine aggregate, mineral filler, water and additives is proportioned and mixed on site using special equipment. The slurry is uniformly spread in a very thin layer (as thick as the largest aggregate) with a spreader box over a properly prepared surface. Some slurry seals may be […]
When old asphalt is scheduled to be torn out and removed from the immediate project area, you may wonder what happens to it afterward. In fact, reclaimed asphalt can be used in other construction projects over the coming weeks and months. Reclaimed material possesses a number of unique properties that allow it to be recycled. […]
While bright sunshine and warm temperatures make for the best paving weather, construction projects can get a bit dicey in adverse weather conditions. Light sprinkles can usually be handled without any serious problems. Moderate rainfall events, on the other hand, will generally require the paving project to be postponed. Steady downpours will cool the asphalt […]
Scuffing on sealcoating is inevitable, especially when the project is completed in the hot weather conditions that are so prominent during the summer. Sealing, in fact, requires about six months or so to cure. During the first few months, some superficial scuff marks will likely be noticeable. In most cases, the sand within the top layer […]
While asphalt and concrete are both widely used in the construction industry, the former offers a number of benefits over the latter. Because asphalt is a bit more malleable than concrete, it can more easily handle stress. In fact, when cracks begin to appear in the pavement, they can be filled and sealed pretty routinely. […]
2014 Minnesota County Engineers Association (MCEA) Annual Conference This annual professional development conference provides opportunities for county engineers and staff to gain insight into new trends and professional practices related to county highway engineering and related issues, such as pavement maintenance. This year’s conference was held January 21-24 at Cragun’s Resort in Brainerd. Fahrner Asphalt […]
Here at Fahrner Asphalt Sealers LLC, we hope that you enjoyed 2013 and are ready for another great year in 2014! During the course of last year, we had the opportunity to work with great customers and to provide all of them with the best asphalt-related services in the midwest. We would like to thank […]
What is Micro surfacing: Micro surfacing has improved immensely as testing on emulsions, aggregates, mix designs and improvements on equipment have became required on almost all job sites. Micro surfacing is known as a high performance enhanced slurry seal composed of a mixture of polymer modified emulsified asphalt, dense-graded crushed fine aggregate, mineral filler, break […]
The sealing season has come to an end for the year, and you might be concerned that your parking lot is destined to suffer damages this winter if you missed it. Just because you didn’t have your parking lot sealed prior to the cooler months doesn’t mean that there is nothing you can do to […]