Roads and atmospheric agents: an often unhappy combination. Sometimes, however, the solution is simpler than you might think. To prevent water in summer and ice in winter from having a negative impact on a road surface, simply opt for natural floors that use environmentally friendly but cutting-edge technologies, perfect for increase the durability of roads and paths, both vehicular and pedestrian. But before finding out how the natural floors with water and ice, let's take a step back to discover first of all when a flooring can be defined as natural and, above all, why atmospheric agents can have negative consequences on road surfaces.
Discovering natural flooring: what is it?
Le natural floors include all pedestrian, cycle and driveway surfaces created with eco-friendly materials with low environmental impact. The use of ecological raw materials, however, absolutely does not mean making a road or pavement less performing, but adapting it to a new and widespread feeling that brings sustainability to the top of the list of priorities, productive and otherwise. The use of eco-compatible materials, in fact, in addition to guaranteeing the creation of environmentally friendly flooring, ensures at the same time high performance both from the point of view of resistance and durability. As we will see, in fact, the ecological roads they react excellently to presence of water and, in winter, to ice formation. In addition to guaranteeing a draining surface, therefore, it is also avoided formation of potholes.
Natural pavements, water and ice: what is the connection?
Let's look at some examples that you will have come across at least once in your life. How many times have you found your driveway flooded? And how many times have you found new potholes on the country or city road you usually travel on? This is no small problem, because it is the traffic itself that pays the consequences, whether pedestrian or on board motor vehicles. The reasons that lead to the roads to be ruined are to be found essentially in the reaction of the material with which the road surface is made atmospheric phenomena. So let's find out how they behave traditional flooring e natural floors with water and ice.
Traditional flooring
Le traditional flooring, including sidewalks, are often made from asphalt, a conglomerate sensitive to both temperature changes and the presence of rainwater. An example will clarify the dynamics that lead, for example, to the crushing of the road surface: asphalt made from bitumen is softer in summer, and becomes harder and more fragile in winter. The sudden drop in temperatures will cause the road to be subject to the formation of cracks, which in turn will cause rainwater to infiltrate when it rains, without however disposing of it correctly. In winter the water will tend to freeze, expanding the pavement and creating "empty" areas: in the long run the road surface will detach, forming dangerous potholes due to the infiltration of the water and the subsequent formation of ice.
Natural floors
The situation changes if we are treading on natural flooring which, with water and ice, gets along much better. Why does this happen? The "secret" is all in the used materials for its creation: technological innovation has in fact led to the creation of environmentally friendly mixtures which have the characteristic of possessing a greater thermal stability.
Furthermore, the floors are natural draining and permeable, above all to meet the principle (which often becomes a constraint) ofhydraulic invariance. This allows water to flow easily into the underlying ground without it remaining trapped within the flooring itself. The correct flow of rainwater will avoid expansion zones in the road surface, especially in the event of sudden frosts. The flooring, therefore, will maintain its high performance over time, avoiding the formation of cracks or, worse, potholes that are dangerous for both pedestrians and two or four-wheeled vehicles.
In natural floors, water and ice are not a problem
It follows that choose ecological walking surfaces solves the problem of atmospheric precipitation and their impact on roads, car parks and pedestrian or cycle paths in nature. Today there are many solutions that you can count on, both at a private and individual municipal level. There stabilized earth by Terra Solida, a leading company in the natural flooring sector, is for example perfect for paths in nature that do not want to give up functionality. The range of eco-friendly binders designed by the company is also perfect for creating surfaces also suitable for the city context (such as parking lots or squares), but environmentally friendly. In short, today there is absolutely no shortage of solutions, and we hope that the future of traffic can be increasingly green.
