What is Infrared Asphalt Repair?
Infrared asphalt repair is achieved by using specialized equipment to heat the existing asphalt surface to a depth of 1” – 3” deep. Infrared is a true method of “Asphalt Recycling”, whereby this is achieved by heating the existing asphalt “in-place”, adding fresh plant mix asphalt as needed and then spraying a rejuvenator onto the patch before compaction.

The benefits of infrared asphalt restoration are:

• Creates a truly seamless patch that will not allow water to infiltrate to the sub-base.
• Can be performed in any weather conditions or temperatures. Infrared asphalt repair is available to be performed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 365 days a year.
• With our asphalt hot boxes and thermal storage containers, infrared repairs can be made 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, completely independent of the asphalt plant schedules. Repairs can be made during the evening, weekends or during slow periods for your business while your parking lot is not as busy.
• Environmentally Responsible.
• Can be opened to traffic in under 1 hour in most cases.

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APPLICATIONS FOR INFRARED USAGE:
UTILITY CUTS

OIL SPOT REPAIR

POTHOLES

CRACKED AREAS WITH A BASE

MAN HOLE COVERS

LEVELING FROST HEAVES

PLACING RINGS FOR RESURFACING OVER MANHOLES

LEVELING SEAMS IN PARKING LOTS AND ROADWAYS

BIRDBATHS

TRENCHES

CATCH BASINS

REWORKING CURBS

RESHAPING ASPHALT: REDIRECT FLOW OF WATER/PREVENT UNWANTED RUNOFFS

RESHAPING ASPHALT: RESHAPING AREAS AROUND DRAINS

PAVERS: JOINING SIDE STREETS TO A REPAVED STREET

MANHOLE COVERS: SHAPE ASPHALT SO SNOWPLOWS DON'T HIT LIPS

RAILROAD CROSSINGS

HELP ACHIEVE ADHESION AND COMPACTION ALONG COLD JOINTS

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How Infrared Works:

	Locate your area of repair and mark out with chalk.
	Position the infrared heater over the area of repair. In the case above, we are repairing rutting from car tires which is accumulating water and ice and becoming a tripping hazard.
	Scratch rake the area with a steel tooth asphalt rake.
	Install fresh plant hot mix asphalt as needed to bring the low area up to grade.
	Grade and lute the patch to level the area. If the asphalt is older and oxidized an asphalt rejuvenator will be sprayed onto the patch to re-introduce back some of the asphaltic oils.
	Compact the patch with a vibratory plate or asphalt roller.
	Completed repairs ready for traffic in 1 – 2 hours.