Potholes can be a real nuisance. They can cause damage to vehicles, cause injury to pedestrians, and plus, they can be a real eyesore. When you’ve invested in a parking lot for your place of business, you don’t want potholes in it giving the public a negative impression of your space. Tucker Paving can fix those unsightly pockmarks on your paved surface for you.
The Pitfalls of Potholes
What causes potholes in the first place? Usually, what has happened is that water has worked its way through small cracks in the pavement. As the embedded water expands and contracts with temperature changes, the foundation is weakened. Traffic over the weakened area then causes the asphalt to collapse, forming the loathsome pothole.
If left unrepaired, a pothole will enlarge. As more vehicles drive over the affected area, more asphalt will crumble away. So the longer you wait to cause Tucker Paving for a repair, the more damage you are risking.
Customers who trip and fall due to a pothole can hold you liable for their injuries. The same goes for drivers whose cars are damaged from driving over a pothole in your parking lot. Even if they don’t choose to hold your company financially responsible, they are still walking away from your business with a sour taste in their mouths.
The development of potholes can indicate that there is a problem with the paving foundation or with the parking lot’s drainage system. Having Tucker Paving out to take a look can not only prevent inconvenience or injury to your customers and employees, but we also can assess the overall condition of the pavement to determine if more than just a quick pothole repair is warranted.
Tucker Paving Fills in the Gaps
Whether Tucker Paving did your parking lot paving originally or not, we’re the people you want to call when you have asphalt problems, including potholes. With over 50 years of experience serving Winter Haven and surrounding communities, you can be assured that we’ll get the job done right the first time.
