Asphalt Resurfacing
Asphalt resurfacing lays new hot-mix asphalt over pavement that is worn on top but sound below. We resurface driveways, parking lots and private roads around Sellersburg.
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SIA Paving does private road paving for roads that their owners pay for and keep up. That covers a lane several homes share and a subdivision street that a homeowners association or a developer owns. We pave them in hot-mix asphalt over a graded, compacted stone base. Private roads are one part of our asphalt paving work around Sellersburg.
Every road starts with a visit. We check the base under the road and where the water goes, then put the quote in writing. We work about 45 miles around our Sellersburg shop, in the towns across our service area. Call or text (812) 913-8411 to set one up.
Tell us about the driveway, parking lot or private road and where it is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.
A paved road is only as strong as the ground under it. A state asphalt pavement association's guide says the subgrade should be graded smooth and cleared of organic material. Weak spots should be dug out and replaced with sound material. Indiana law asks for at least two full working days of notice to Indiana 811 before that digging starts.
Then the crushed stone base is spread to line and grade and compacted. Our grading sets a crown in the road, so water runs off to the edges. INDOT's design manual calls for a paved lane crowned at a 2 percent slope to each side. The manual says that slope moves water off quickly and cuts down on ponding.
With the base set, our pavers lay the hot-mix asphalt, and it is compacted while it is still hot. Rain cools the mix and makes compaction harder, so a state asphalt association says to avoid cold, rainy days. The state road specifications also set minimum air and surface temperatures for hot-mix, and thin layers need warmer days. They bar placing mix on a frozen subgrade, too.
Water is hard on a paved road. INDOT explains that water seeps into cracks, then freezes and expands. When the ice melts, it leaves gaps, and traffic breaks up the weakened asphalt. NOAA climate normals for Scottsburg count about 90 days a year that swing across the freezing mark.
The soil adds to it. The USDA soil survey rates the silt loam soils around Sellersburg very limited for local roads and streets. The reasons it lists include frost action and low strength. So a road here depends on its compacted stone base and on keeping water out.
Weight matters too. A street that carries garbage trucks and building traffic needs a heavier build than a home's asphalt driveway. In unincorporated Clark County, a private road serving more than six homes must meet the county's residential road standard. That means a 9-inch stone base under 3 inches of binder and a 1.5-inch surface.
An old private road with a sound base can take a new layer of asphalt on top. That job is asphalt resurfacing. A state asphalt association's guide says weak spots and large cracks need repair before an overlay.
Where the edges have crumbled or new asphalt would sit too high, the old surface comes off first. We mill with skid steer planers, and a large milling machine comes in for big jobs. Milling the old asphalt lets the new surface tie in level where driveways meet the road.
An engineering reference calls alligator cracking, a web of connected cracks, a sign of structural failure. New asphalt on top cannot fix a failed base. The old asphalt comes up and the base is rebuilt before new paving. We look at the road first and tell you which job it needs.
Call or text for a written quote. We work about 45 miles around Sellersburg across Southern Indiana.
(812) 913-8411From the first call or text to the finished work, here is how it goes.
Call or text (812) 913-8411, or send the quote form. Tell us what the job is and the town it is in.
We come out and look at the surface and the base under it. We also check where the water runs off.
The quote comes to you in writing, with the work spelled out. Once you say yes, the job goes on the schedule.
Where the job calls for it, old asphalt is milled off and the base is graded and compacted. Then our pavers lay the hot-mix asphalt, or the sealcoat goes on.
A parking lot we paved gets its striping once the asphalt is ready for it. We tell you when the new surface can take traffic.
Common questions about private roads around Sellersburg and the nearby towns of Southern Indiana. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
Asphalt resurfacing lays new hot-mix asphalt over pavement that is worn on top but sound below. We resurface driveways, parking lots and private roads around Sellersburg.
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We mill worn asphalt off before an overlay or a full repave. Our two 40-inch skid steer planers handle edges and driveways, and big lots get a large milling machine.
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Sealcoating for asphalt driveways and parking lots around Sellersburg. We look at the surface first and put the quote in writing.
Learn MoreOur work is asphalt: new paving, milling, resurfacing and sealcoating. We do that work on driveways, parking lots and private roads.
Hot-mix asphalt goes down with our own pavers and is compacted while it is hot. Two 40-inch skid steer planer attachments mill off old asphalt.
Our shop is in Sellersburg, in Clark County. We work about 45 miles around it, across seven counties of Southern Indiana.
Tell us about the job and the town it is in. Call or text (812) 913-8411, or send the form, and we will set a time to look at it.
Tell us about the driveway, parking lot or private road and where it is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.