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AQUAPHALT Case Study
Parking Lot Repair for Pacific Living Property in California
A large leak in an underground potable water line in the parking lot of a major property .
P acific Living Properties , an apartment community company with properties in California , Montana and Washington , regularly uses Aquaphalt for repairs on their sites . Aquaphalt is a revolutionary permanent asphalt and concrete repair material that can be poured straight from the bucket , sprinkled with plain water from a hose or a bucket , and tamped down into the hole or problem area . It begins to harden immediately and is fully cured by the next day . In this particular patch , Jay Tew , Pacific Living Properties Regional Maintenance Supervisor for California , and his very small team had to deal with a large leak in an underground potable water line in the parking lot of one of Pacific Living ’ s major California properties . After cutting the asphalt , digging down about four feet and repairing the line , they filled the large hole , and leaving two inches at the top they first covered the area with Aquaphalt 9.0 , the coarse grade of Aquaphalt patch material , watered it and tamped it into place . Next , they spread Aquaphalt 4.0 , the fine grade of Aquaphalt material on the top , watered and tamped that layer . Tew and one other co-worker used 14 buckets of Aquaphalt and the job was complete in a little under two hours . “ Aquaphalt has been a great product we use on our properties routinely . It is very effective in patching potholes or deteriorated asphalt , and I especially like that there are different types of aggregate depending upon the application I am using it for ,” says Tew . “ Often times repairs are needed but it ’ s very inconvenient to shut down large sections of parking lots . I love that shortly after Aquaphalt has been tamped down , you can drive right over it . We also can handle the repairs quickly ourselves , without having to re-pave entire lots or come back later and do the patch again because we used cheap cold patch .” As labor costs continue to rise , it no longer makes sense to make the same repair twice . Making an asphalt repair with a cheap , temporary cold patch , and then coming back with hot asphalt and a huge paving crew at a later time is very costly . With Aquaphalt , the repair is made properly the first time and maintenance services don ’ t need to mobilize a paving crew or any large equipment . It can also be laid directly from its container by one person and installation is as easy as pour , water , tamp .
Aquaphalt can be installed in any weather including very hot temperatures and below freezing temperatures . And Aquaphalt is 100 % environmentally friendly and is backed by a 3-year warranty .
For more information , please contact Aquaphalt at ( 866 ) 784-5031 or info @ aquaphalt . com . www . callape . com [ 34 ] 1.800.210.5923