Don’t Let Damaged Asphalt Endanger Your White Bear Lake Property!
Properties in White Bear Lake and Bald Eagle Lake face constant moisture exposure and subsurface moisture movement. When surface cracks remain unsealed, rainwater and lake-adjacent groundwater seep directly into the underlying base gravel.
As winter freeze cycles hit the northeast metro, that trapped subsurface water expands into ice lenses, pushing upward and fracturing the internal asphalt bond. When spring arrives, the softened sub-base shifts, leaving hollow pockets that cause the surface to sink and collapse under vehicle weight.
J&W Asphalt interrupts this destruction using advanced thermal infrared equipment. By reheating existing pavement in place and blending fresh hot mix directly into the affected area, we form a continuous, watertight seal with no cold seams or saw-cut joints.
Here are the most common types of asphalt pavement damage we can repair and replace in White Bear Lake:
- Surface Cracking (Alligator & Hairline): Caused by natural binder oil oxidation, sun exposure, and traffic stress over time. Untreated hairline fractures allow moisture to penetrate the foundation, where freeze-thaw cycles turn them into webbed "alligator" failure patterns.
- Settlement & Low Spots: Occurs when sections of pavement drop below the original surface level due to sandy soil shifting or sub-base erosion. These dips catch standing water, which rapidly accelerates asphalt breakdown.
- Potholes (Full-Depth Failure): A complete structural failure where both the top asphalt mat and the underlying aggregate base have broken down. Potholes create severe vehicle damage hazards and tripping risks, requiring deep hot-mix thermal fusion to repair correctly.
- Edge Cracking & Raveling: Develops along exposed pavement perimeters where lateral soil support has washed away. We rebuild compacted aggregate fill along the edge and thermally fuse fresh hot mix directly into the existing border.