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Answers to common questions and helpful guides for property owners and contractors.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions from property owners and contractors.
What areas do you serve?
Tallahassee and surrounding North Florida communities including Crawfordville, Quincy, Havana, Monticello, Perry, Madison, Lake City, and more.
Do you work with general contractors?
Yes. We regularly partner with building contractors on commercial projects that need striping, asphalt repair, sealcoating, concrete work, or ADA compliance.
How do I get a proposal?
Call us or fill out the contact form. We'll schedule a site visit, assess your needs, and provide a detailed written proposal at no charge.
What types of properties do you service?
Commercial parking lots, shopping centers, strip retail, movie theaters, restaurants, medical and dental offices, professional offices, apartment complexes, HOA communities, hotels, banks, dealerships, churches, schools, funeral homes, government facilities, daycare and preschool facilities, gas stations and convenience stores, veterinary clinics, fitness centers, country clubs, storage facilities, and mobile home parks. We also apply our commercial-grade standards to residential driveways.
Are you licensed and insured?
Yes. American Curb Appeal is fully licensed and insured with over 40 years of combined experience serving North Florida.
Can you handle large commercial projects?
Absolutely. We've completed projects for property management companies, developers, and government agencies throughout the region.
How often should a parking lot be re-striped?
Standard thin-coat applications often fail in three years, or sooner. We apply the correct mil spec thickness of FDOT traffic paint designed for 4 to 8 years of durability, depending on traffic. If your stripes are fading every 18 to 24 months, they weren't applied to the blueprint standard.
How often should I sealcoat?
There are many variables that affect longevity, but they all boil down to four categories: contractor knowledge, environmental conditions, asphalt condition, and traffic volume. A typical spray-and-go coat often wears completely off in 12 to 18 months because it lacks the mix-design integrity to actually bond. If your sealcoat job shows serious wear in a few months, it was not protected, it was just colored. Even professional commercial-grade sealers are not ready-to-go when put into the spray tank; it takes contractor experience to tailor the components to each lot's unique needs and ensure it is applied correctly with proper time to cure.
How often should a restaurant parking lot be restriped?
Restaurant lots see constant turnover with pull-in/pull-out traffic at every space, plus delivery trucks at off-hours. That power-steering stress wears stripes faster than office or retail use. Most North Florida restaurant lots need a restripe every 2 to 3 years to keep ADA spaces, fire lanes, and stalls clearly marked. We coordinate restriping around your slowest day of the week so service is not disrupted.
Does a movie theater need ADA-compliant parking?
Yes. Movie theaters fall under public accommodation rules under the ADA, and they have specific accessible-space ratios based on total parking count, plus van-accessible space requirements, properly marked access aisles, and signage at the correct mounting height. Many older theater lots fall out of compliance because the layout was sized for a smaller capacity. We do a compliance audit on theater lots before any restripe to identify what needs to change to current code.
How do HOAs and apartment complexes approach parking lot maintenance?
HOAs and apartment complexes need to plan parking lot maintenance on a multi-year capital schedule so the cost is predictable. We recommend a sealcoat every 3 to 5 years, a full restripe every 4 to 7 years, and crack sealing as needed in between to keep water out of the base. For multi-building complexes, we phase the work building-by-building so residents always have parking. We provide written proposals broken out by phase, which makes board approval and budget allocation easier.
What is involved in sealcoating a shopping center or strip retail parking lot?
Shopping center lots have heavy daily traffic, multiple tenants with different operating hours, and customer-facing curb appeal that affects every store's bottom line. We typically work in sections starting at the end of the lot farthest from the busiest entrance, so customers always have access during the job. We use a polymer-modified, high-solids sealer that holds up to constant tire turn and oil drip patterns from delivery vehicles. Most strip retail lots benefit from a sealcoat every 3 to 4 years, with crack sealing every other year.
How often should a medical or dental office parking lot be maintained?
Medical and dental offices serve patients who may have mobility limitations, so trip hazards in concrete, fading ADA markings, and rough asphalt are an outsized liability risk. We recommend an annual walkthrough to identify deteriorating ADA spaces, cracks wider than 1/4 inch, and any concrete heave at sidewalks or curb cuts. For most medical office lots in Tallahassee, that means a restripe every 4 to 5 years, a sealcoat every 3 to 4 years, and crack sealing as soon as cracks open up.
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