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Creve Coeur Paving's owners and employees care about the environment. Asphalt can be associated with environmental harm, pollution, and waste. We are an ethical and moral business trying to reverse that perception. Our attitude crosses over into how we manage our company. We've committed to help the environment by altering how we manage different aspects of our company.
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St. Louis based, Creve Coeur Paving debunks myths pertaining to maintenance of asphalt pavements. Are you wasting money, or possibly even shortening the lifespan of your blacktop? To help shed light on the subject, Richard Dinkela II will outline the key points of when, how, why, and who you should plan on maintaining your pavement.
In the past decade as our workforce loses out to foreign competition, many people have decided to go into business for themselves. A very easy and lucrative business is asphalt sealing. A person can get started with as little investment as a couple hundred dollars and no experience. This has led to even more problems in an industry that is already marked with scars from bad ethics and scrupulous scams. Until wide spread use of the Internet, consumers have been limited to educating themselves regarding pavement maintenance through the actual installers. The problem is, most of the installers have little knowledge themselves.
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Asphalt prices got you down? In the last couple months of this season, asphalt prices have jumped to unexpected levels. Why is this happening? Well it’s directly tied to crude oil. When oil producers refine crude they are left with different types of petroleum products ranging from fuels to lubricants. After fractional distillation, residual oils are left over. In simple terms, that oil is asphalt. The surface you see on your roads, parking lots, and driveways is not actually asphalt alone. Rather it is the mixture of asphalt and different varieties of stones and aggregates. Asphalt is the glue or cement that holds the mix together. This mixture is what composes blacktop or pavement.
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So what can you do keep from spending too much? As of August 1st asphalt has already increased by over 70% for the 2008 season. There are several options to consider when choosing asphalt:
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