Don’t Let Damaged Asphalt Endanger Your Bloomington Property
Neglecting pavement damage on your Bloomington property creates serious safety liabilities and hidden structural destruction. When cracks go unsealed, rain and spring thaw runoff penetrate deep into the base gravel.
During Minnesota’s brutal winter freeze cycles, trapped subsurface water expands into ice, lifting the pavement and shattering the internal asphalt bond. J&W Asphalt solves this with advanced infrared thermal restoration.
By heating the existing pavement and blending fresh hot asphalt directly into the damaged area, we produce a unified, watertight seal with zero cold seams or saw-cut joints. Here are the most common types of asphalt pavement damage we can repair and replace in Bloomington:
- Surface Cracking (Alligator & Hairline): Triggered by binder oxidation, heavy traffic loads, and seasonal temperature swings. Hairline fissures let moisture soak into the subgrade, where freeze-thaw cycles turn them into widespread, interconnected "alligator" cracks.
- Settlement & Low Spots: Forms when sections of pavement drop below original grade due to poor soil compaction or water erosion below the slab. These dips catch pooling water, which rapidly accelerates asphalt breakdown.
- Potholes (Full-Depth Failure): A severe structural failure where both the top asphalt mat and the underlying aggregate base have collapsed. Potholes present severe vehicle damage hazards and tripping risks, requiring complete hot-mix thermal fusion to fix properly.
- Edge Cracking & Raveling: Occurs along outer borders where lateral soil support has washed away. We rebuild the compacted aggregate base along the perimeter and thermally fuse new hot-mix asphalt directly into the existing edge.