Markham Properties
What Markham Homeowners Need to Know About Residential Asphalt
Markham sits in York Region’s eastern corridor, where freeze-thaw cycling affects asphalt as aggressively as anywhere in the GTA. Properties in the Unionville historic district and the established south Markham neighbourhoods often have older driveways that have gone through decades of thermal cycling without adequate maintenance. Properties in the newer Cornell and Wismer subdivisions sometimes carry driveways that were installed quickly during construction and have not been built to the quality the homes they serve would suggest.
In both cases, the story is the same. Water gets into surface cracks. It freezes and expands. It widens those cracks, reaches the subbase, and begins the cycle of heaving and structural failure that ends in driveway replacement. Sealcoating and crack sealing applied on a consistent schedule interrupts that cycle before it begins.
Seal Canada’s residential paving in Markham is built for longevity from the subbase up, with drainage grading, proper compaction, and mix specifications suited to York Region’s climate.