One of the less pleasant smells associated with the changing seasons comes shortly after winter thaw and spring rains – the extended summer season of highway repair and driveway installation. As you're driving by, trying to ignore the dark fumes, it's hard to think of asphalt as a particularly “green” substance.

However, it is! Environmentally friendly asphalt is much better for the planet than most people assume. It's a fine choice if you're looking for a paving material that does as little damage to the earth as possible.

Blacktop sealcoating is easily one of the best investments a homeowner or business can make into the longevity of their asphalt. Like how lacquer sets a piece of wood, sealcoating keeps the elements out of your blacktop, giving it a much longer lifespan.

It's known that you need to get new sealcoating every few years as it wears out, but many don't know that there are simple things you can do to extend your sealcoat investment!

Water is an amazing and powerful force, essential to life.  But it’s also the primary agent of entropy for other materials, eroding way surfaces or getting inside them and damaging from the inside out.  Given enough time, a smooth surface can become like the Grand Canyon, just from the power of water. 

While the Grand Canyon might be awe-inspiring, this same force applied to a surface you need to remain smooth can be a real issue.  You certainly don’t want your driveway or business parking lot to have anything in common with that craggy canyon!  Fortunately, we here at Wolf know how to keep water damage at bay.

Protect Against Water Infiltration

Here at Wolf Paving, we care about ensuring our work is the very best it can be and that it lasts as long as possible. To achieve the best results, we carefully consider every aspect of a paving project, literally from the ground up. What kind of soils exist at the site? If paving has been done before, what materials were used and are they re-usable in the current project? We ask these questions because we know an excellent base is required for an excellent result. A weak base could result in the pavement above it shifting, cracking, or even sinking.