Asphalt Resurfacing
Asphalt resurfacing puts a new layer of asphalt over worn pavement that still has a sound base. We look at the old surface and put the quote in writing.
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Private road paving is for roads the public does not own. Some are shared lanes that serve a few homes, and some lead to a business. Others are the streets of a new development, which stay private unless the township or borough accepts them. NS Paving and Landscaping paves these roads across Carbon, Monroe, Northampton, Lehigh, Schuylkill and Luzerne Counties.
A shared road takes more traffic than one driveway. Delivery trucks and plows use it, plus the cars of every home along it. So the work starts below the asphalt, with a stone base graded and compacted to carry that weight. It is the same base-first approach behind our asphalt paving in Lehighton.
Tell us about the job and where it is. We will look it over and put the quote in writing.
Water is one of the main reasons a private road fails. Rain that runs down the road instead of off it eats at the edges and soaks the base. The usual cross slope of a paved road is 2 percent, per Penn State's dirt and gravel road center. That quarter inch of fall per foot sends rain to the side.
Shoulders count too: one sitting just above the road can trap water on it. The soil around Lehighton adds to the problem. USDA soil data flags frost action as a road-building limit on every soil mapped near town. Several also rate low in strength, so the compacted stone base has to carry the load.
Lehighton averages about 27 inches of snow a year, by NOAA's normals. About 132 days a year dip to freezing or below. A plow blade pushes stone off a gravel road, while on asphalt it rides a hard surface. Freeze and thaw then work on any road that holds water.
Pennsylvania's Municipalities Planning Code ties final approval of a new subdivision plan to its streets. The streets must be improved as the local ordinance requires, or the developer posts financial security to cover them. When the road is finished, the municipal engineer inspects it before that security is released.
A development road usually gets two layers of asphalt over a compacted stone base. The binder course goes down first, and the wearing course goes on top. The ordinance and the approved plans set the thickness of each layer, and we pave to those plans. Parking areas inside a development fall under our commercial parking lot paving.
Grading a new road also falls under the state's erosion rules. Pennsylvania requires a written erosion and sediment control plan once earth disturbance reaches 5,000 square feet. At one acre, the project also needs coverage under a state construction stormwater permit. The county conservation district is the local office for these rules.
Many private roads start as stone. A stone road that is firm and drains can stay in place as the bottom of the new road. Where the stone is thin, more goes in, and soft or wet stretches get dug out and rebuilt.
Asphalt over a soft stretch cracks once the ground under it moves. That is why we look at the whole length of the road before we put the quote in writing.
Owners who would rather keep a stone surface can look at stone driveway regrading instead. An old paved road with a sound base may only need asphalt resurfacing.
Call or text for a written quote. We work about 40 miles around Lehighton across Carbon, Monroe, Northampton, Lehigh, Schuylkill and Luzerne Counties.
(484) 545-5072From the first call or text to the finished work, here is how it goes.
Call or text (484) 545-5072 and tell us about the job and the town it is in. Send photos by text if you have them.
We look at the site and measure the area. Soils around Lehighton are prone to frost heave, so we also check the base and where the water drains.
You get a free estimate, with the quote in writing. Once you say yes, we set a date, and paving days follow the weather.
For new paving, we grade and compact the stone base, then lay hot asphalt and roll it smooth. Landscaping work follows the plan we agreed on with you.
We look over the finished work with you and clean up the site. We also tell you when the new asphalt is ready for cars.
Common questions about private roads around Lehighton and Carbon, Monroe and the surrounding counties. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
Asphalt resurfacing puts a new layer of asphalt over worn pavement that still has a sound base. We look at the old surface and put the quote in writing.
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Sealcoating for home driveways and commercial lots, including latex commercial sealcoating. A fresh coat helps protect the asphalt from sun and water.
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We patch potholes and crumbling spots in asphalt driveways and parking lots. Each hole gets a hot asphalt patch, compacted in place.
Learn MoreOne call covers the asphalt and the yard work around it. You deal with one company for the whole job.
We pave home driveways and long lanes. We also pave commercial lots and the roads inside developments.
We look at the job before we price it. You get the quote in writing, so you know the work and the price before we start.
Lehighton sits at the center of our service area. We work across Carbon, Monroe, Northampton, Lehigh, Schuylkill and Luzerne Counties.
Tell us what needs paving or landscaping and where the property is. Call or text (484) 545-5072 or use the form, and we will set up your free estimate.
Tell us about the job and where it is. We will look it over and put the quote in writing.
