How Is Asphalt Extracted?
Though it’s more common to refine asphalt, many plants from all around the globe also extract asphalt or bitumen directly from deposits, such as from the Dead Sea. The whole process can be chopped up into three parts: extraction, recovery, and solvents. Extraction...
6 Ways to Maintain Your New Asphalt Driveway
There is nothing quite like having new asphalt put on your driveway. Once the job is complete you will want to make sure that you do not drive or park on the surface for at least three days. If the temperatures are really hot when you have your driveway done, make...
Your Guide To Land Grading
When laying pavement for any surface, whether it’s a driveway, sidewalk, or parking lot, an important step of the process is grading. Professional grading services by Brother’s Paving allow your next paving job to go smoothly. But what does “grading” mean exactly?...
Why You Should Choose Asphalt for Your Pavement Installation
Roads play an important role in modern society, allowing people, products, and services to move more freely. Asphalt road surfaces provide a number of advantages, including cost savings, noise reduction, and comfort. Asphalt materials can boost the benefits for both...
Paver Driveways vs. Asphalt Driveways
Your driveway is one of the first things a visitor or potential buyer is going to see. It adds to your curb appeal and increases the value of your property. Is Asphalt or Paver Better for a Driveway? Whether you’re planning to add a driveway to your home or upgrade an...
What Does It Mean To Seal Coat Pavement?
At Brothers Paving, we specialize in paving, stoning, grading, and other paving services. One of the services we provide to our local customers across Maryland is seal coating and repair. Not all of our customers know what seal coating is, or why it’s important, so...
Ways in Which Parking Lot Paving Improves Your Property Value
Your apartment or commercial building can benefit from re-paving your parking lot in many ways. Asphalt is one of the cheapest and most durable options for parking lot paving. Quick to install, it is less susceptible to cracking and needs minimum maintenance. It...
3 Signs That Your Driveway Needs To Be Re-Paved
Most people use their driveway every single day (at least twice) to get in and out of their property or garage with their cars. Homeowners who commute to work every day are especially aware of how relieving it feels to pull into their driveway after a long day and...
The Benefits of Pavement Striping
You may have never stopped to consider the importance that pavement markings hold in day-to-day life. Understandable— after all, we mostly tend to drive over and past these markings with barely giving them even a glance. The uniform application of these markings on...
Asphalt Paves the Way to Superior Roads, Driveways, and Lots
Most of us probably take for granted the roads we drive on every day— not to mention the lots and driveways we park our cars into, too. What do they have in common? Well, most of the time they are made of asphalt— the unsung, everyday hero of roadway construction. ...