Colorado Springs Asphalt Notes
Two posts to start, both about problems specific to this corner of Colorado: driveways built on hillside grades that the city's code allows up to 20 percent, and hail that arrives in the same weeks that suit sealer. Each draws on NOAA station data, city and town codes and local reporting.
The posts carry no prices. Those live on the cost page, and the climate figures behind both posts are tabled on the pavement climate data page, with the arithmetic shown.
Steep Driveways in Colorado Springs: Traction, Drainage and Sealer
A 20 percent grade changes how water runs, where ice forms and how a coat of sealer should be mixed, and both the city and Woodland Park write limits into code.
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The ice is only the first hit; the roofing trucks, dumpsters and runoff that follow a big storm can be harder on a driveway.
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