The Presence of Driveway Cracks

Regardless if you’re a new homeowner, or have held your home for decades, owning a home comes with a plethora of benefits! Not having to answer to a company or an owner of where you reside, free rein to paint and decorate as you wish, along with being able to customize the home when you please are some of the benefits that give you, the homeowner, peace of mind. There are, unfortunately, some aspects of homeownership that are not as peaceful.

 

When you own a home, you hold different responsibilities than someone renting. You’re responsible for lawn upkeep and maintenance, along with the work around the house that is necessary to keep it properly maintained. When an appliance or pipe/vent has something wrong with it that stops it from functioning fully, you must figure out a solution. The same is for the exterior of the home for issues such as cracks in the driveway. Driveway crack repair is a common job to outsource, and it’s important to know what is behind these cracks that appear in cement.

 

Not Enough Sunlight

The sun plays an important part in breaking down substances in the mixture of the driveway material. The sun dries the material out, causing it to wear down and break apart, ultimately cracking.

 

Weak Base

The foundation of driveway material and it’s installation is the base of how the quality of the driveway will be over time. If you have a weak base, made with lighter, cheaper materials, then the quality will most likely not be the best. Uneven pressure is placed onto your driveway when this material becomes wet and begins to expand and contract.

 

Too Much Weight

Sometimes the material that makes a driveway can only hold a certain amount of weight. Years of cars, people, bikes, etc. going across the driveway can cause cracks to form.

 

Tree Growth

When a tree grows, the roots begin to stretch out as well. When there is a tree located on the sides of a driveway, the roots typically crack into the driveway’s foundation over time, causing the material to break. This is a natural occurrence that can only be avoided by monitoring the location of where the trees around your house are planted (if you can). Driveway crack repair can fix all of this after the damage has been done.