Local Conditions
What actually shortens joint life in Mission Viejo.
Heat is the headline and the daily swing is the real story. Summer afternoons well into the hundreds expand a concrete deck substantially, then the night drops far enough to pull it back. That full cycle happens every day for months, and every cycle asks the bead to stretch and recover. A sealant with flexibility left in it does that indefinitely. One that has hardened tears, usually straight down the middle. In Mission Viejo that shows up on the decks around Lake Mission Viejo, Canyon Crest, Palmia and Casta del Sol, which is where most of our Orange County work starts: a joint that still looks continuous from the patio door and is already open when you kneel on it.


