FAQ

• Is Infrared Asphalt Repair Expensive? - No.  In comparison to traditional full-depth patching or mill and pave repairs, our infrared method of repair is very cost effective.  Depending on the details of the project, savings can be seen upwards of 50%.  Using less machinery, materials, manpower and time results in these savings - there is no requirement of cutting out, removing, replacing, transporting and disposing of large quantities of asphalt.  The end result is a seamless restoration that is thermally bonded to the surrounding pavement.
• Is Infrared Asphalt Repair Only Good For Small Areas? - No.  Using multiple heats in succession, infrared can be used very economically on large potholes, utility cut trenches, and alligator cracking areas.
• Can Infrared Be Used To Correct a Sub-Base Problem? - No.  Infrared asphalt repair corrects the asphalt course of the roadway only.  This type of problem can only be corrected by excavating and making repairs to the sub-base.  Once the sub-base problem has been corrected, infrared restoration is still the most effective repair to the asphalt.
• Why Choose Infrared Asphalt Repair? - This technology allows Commonwealth Infrared to provide radiation from a heating unit optimized to produce infrared energy that is directed towards the pavement section to be repaired.  The asphalt layer absords the infrared radiation through the process of radiation heat transfer.  It is this absortion that creates heat within the pavement layer allowing us to create a strong join-free thermal bond joining the existing road surface to the newly repaired area.
• Is Infrared Asphalt Repair A High-Quality Solution? - Yes, unless a sub-base problem exist.  Infrared asphalt repair allows the restored pavement area to be fused to the existing pavement area.  It creates one continuous asphalt repair that is flush to the existing surface.  Thermal bonding of the asphalt repair with the surrounding pavement makes the repair an integral piece of the pavement.  Cold seams allow water to re-enter and cause joint failure, conversely this is not the case with thermal bonding.