Asphalt Paving in St Louis and St Charles
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Asphalt Parking Lot Paving St Louis and St Charles MO
 Before paving over existing asphalt, roads and parking lots are cleaned of debris using gas powered blowers. Tack coat is applied to the asphalt surface as an adhesive to help adhere new hot asphalt to the old asphalt surface. |
| Asphalt Tack Coat Application |
 Milling in front of concrete sidewalks, entrances and others areas where the new asphalt will need to be paved flush, will be done before resurfacing with new asphalt. New concrete sewer inlets which need to be installed, will be raised with 2″ inch riser rings, to maintain the same level as before the new asphalt overlay. |
| New Sewer Inlet Installation Before Asphalt Overlay |
 Resurfacing or overlaying parking lots with 2″ inches of new asphalt, require a paving crew of two operators, two shovel guys and two lute men and two roller operators. Two asphalt paving machine operators are responsible for adjusting the paver to maintain a finished level surface. |
| Asphalt Paving Machine Operators |
 Shovel men will get asphalt from the paving machine, while directed by the lute men, will toss the asphalt to a spot on the parking lot. The lute men will then rack out the asphalt in low areas which may have created a puddle. Lute men are also responsible to level out seams created by the paving machine. |
| Lute Man Working an Asphalt Seam |
 Compaction of the new asphalt is typically done by two people, on two different size rollers. A larger roller for the initial compaction, followed by a person on a smaller finish roller. Both are vibratory rollers which require water, which is slowly being poured over the drums to help prevent small asphalt pieces sticking to the drums causing marks in finished surface. |
| Vibratory Asphalt Compaction Roller |
 A tandem double axle dump truck ( one axle in front, two in the back) returns to the job site after picking up 15 tons of hot ( typically 320 degrees ) asphalt from the asphalt plant. The asphalt is then dumped on an older asphalt area, pick up by a skid loader and placed in the hopper of the paving machine. |
| Double Axel Dump Truck Dumping 15 Tons of Hot Asphalt |
 Once the parking lot overlay paving is completed, it’s time to restripe ( paint ) the new asphalt. If the customer wants to make changes to the layout of the parking lot, or make changes to be ADA compliance, this decision needs to be made before paving the parking lot. The transition from paving to striping happens quickly, so any changes need to be finalized ahead of time. |
| Painting New Parking Lot Handicap Area |
