Before the winter, you may need to permanently seal and vaccinate your driveway against preventable diseases such as scaling, spalling, and surface cracking.  You might be at risk for if you live in an area with frequent freezing and thawing during the winter: (Note: Your professional concrete sealing contractor will determine what you will need, depending on factors such as the age of the driveway and treatment history, area of the country you live, and accident liability.)

To have the most benefit, consult a Sealwize distributor in your area at least 4–6 weeks before the first freeze of the season to allow time for your driveway vaccine to take effect and ensure enough time to get on the busy fall schedule. 

Even if you have less than 4 weeks before winter begins, you should still contact a Sealwize distributor for needed vaccines and obtain additional information about how to protect your driveway from illness and injury during the winter.

Sealwize of Kansas City recommends that you consult a professional concrete sealing contractor who specializes in preventative treatments that permanently strengthen concrete and protect against deicing salts.  If your driveway has any preexisting conditions, you should still seek treatment so the condition does not become more severe.  Sealwize distributors typically do not provide restoration or remediation services, and instead specialize in prevention. 

Preventative exterior concrete sealing is recommended even if your driveway currently appears healthy and unblemished.  In fact, this is the best time to seal and protect your driveway.  And at less than 1/7^th the typical price of replacement, it is difficult to accept the risk of inaction. 

Permanent concrete sealing in Kansas is kind of like getting a Yellow Fever vaccine before traveling to Central America for three months a year every year.  You know the risk, and it is always better to be safe than sorry at a fraction of the cost and hassle.  If you think about it this way, driveway spalling and deterioration is a vaccine-preventable condition.  Permanent concrete sealing from Sealwize is the closest thing to a preventative vaccine for driveway scaling, spalling and deterioration. 

If you would like to have your Kansas City area concrete driveway sealed, please request an estimate online.  One of your knowledgeable and friendly staff will follow up to schedule a no hassle free consultation and estimate.  Or you can call us at 913-575-1469.

Disclaimer – This article is written to help property owners understand the importance of sealing exterior concrete and is not intended as a literal comparison that implies complete prevention of surface deterioration is possible.  Sealwize of Kansas City cannot unequivocally guarantee concrete sealing treatments can prevent all concrete surface deterioration.  Although our Lithium-based concrete hardener/densifier is the best treatment for weak concrete, it cannot completely overcome problems associated with a poor concrete mix or poor finishing techniques.  We are unaware of any concrete treatment that can guarantee 100% prevention protection.