subject: Michigan Concrete Driveway Repair and Maintenance [print this page] Michigan Concrete Driveway Repair and Maintenance
The ever-changing temperature extremes of Michigan can lead to driveway and parking lot safety hazards for residential and commercial properties. However, drivers and pedestrians have come to expect snow and ice every winter in Michigan. Regular concrete driveway repair and maintenance is required to prevent accidents on driveways, parking lots and walkways.
While salt is a main source of snow and ice removal, it can also be very corrosive and damaging to concrete. If any cracking or standing water exists in the concrete during initial installation, salt brine can seep in and decrease the strength of the concrete.
Specific parts of a parking lot or driveway should be monitored for cracks or damage, including catch basins. Catch basins are storm drains that work to properly catch run-off water. However, catch basin integrity can be compromised by thawing snow and ice. As salt from snow removal runs into the drains with the melting snow, it can damage the mortar supporting the blocks.
Collapsing catch basins can also cause sinkholes which are a danger to pedestrians and vehicles alike. However, businesses and residents do not have to wait until spring or summer to repair these liabilities. It is recommended they seek concrete crack repair immediately before their condition worsens. Continued water seepage will erode the sub base, causing more cracking of the concrete.
With 20 years of excellence in customer service, Louise Pernicano operates Sommerset Paving, an Ann Arbor, Michigan-based asphalt and concrete paving company. Offering competitive prices and higher quality products than other competitors, Sommerset Paving focuses on the customer's needs first to deliver longer-lasting concrete solutions.
