Few things are more frustrating than paying to have an old road, driveway or car park resurfaced only to see cracks appearing through the new tarmac months later. The surface may have looked completely smooth when the work was completed. The old cracks disappeared beneath fresh asphalt and the entire…

Drive along a heavily used road in the UK and you may notice that certain sections look darker and shinier than the asphalt around them. The effect is often particularly obvious at junctions, roundabouts, bus stops and busy commercial entrances. In some cases, two shiny strips appear exactly where vehicle…

When a new driveway, access road or car park is finished, most people naturally judge the work by what they can see. They look at whether the surface is smooth, whether the edges are neat and whether rainwater drains correctly. One of the most important aspects of the installation, however,…