Driveways, commercial parking lots and private drives paved in hot-mix asphalt for an inner-ring suburb with heavy daily traffic.
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Main routes: Highway 40 and I-170
Highway 40 and I-170 meet inside the city limits, and the Galleria sits a short distance off both. That much traffic in a city of a couple of square miles puts real wear on commercial pavement and on every drive feeding into it.
We pave home driveways and business parking lots here, from the older streets in Hampton Park to the retail and office pavement along Eager Road, Hanley Road and Brentwood Boulevard. Residential work is detail work: clean lines at the walk, the right finished height, a rebuilt apron. Commercial work is load and drainage. Both start with base rock compacted in layers. Call (866) 490-7680 for a free estimate and 25% off.
Inner-ring lots put driveways between houses with little room to work, often running back to a detached garage. We saw clean at the sidewalk, rebuild the apron and the base under the wheel paths, and hold the finished height so the drive meets the walk and the garage floor without a lip. Home drives typically get 2 to 3 inches of compacted hot mix.
Driveway pavingRetail and office lots in this city turn over constantly, so wear concentrates at entrances, drive aisles and loading areas. We build the base for delivery trucks at those points, slope the surface toward existing inlets, and phase the work so a business can stay open. A lot with a sound base often takes an overlay and fresh striping.
Parking lot pavingPrivate drives serving apartment buildings, office parks and rear loading areas get a road section: graded subgrade, crowned surface, rock compacted in lifts and asphalt thick enough for trucks. The tie-in where a private drive meets Clayton Road, Big Bend or another arterial gets built heavier, since that joint takes the most abuse.
Road constructionPlenty of Richmond Heights pavement just needs the right repair at the right time. Full-depth patches, overlays and edge rebuilds stretch the life of what you already have. When a surface is past saving, we say so and quote the rebuild instead.
Asphalt paving
Upland soils across the county formed in loess over clay, and the county soil survey lists low strength and frost action as limits for local roads, calling for adequate base plus ditches and culverts. In a built-up city the ditches are storm inlets, but the principle holds: get water off and out of the base before winter works on it.
Bids are only comparable when they spell out the same things: base depth, compacted thickness, how edges are finished, and where water is meant to go. Ask for those before you pick a number.
Typical ranges. Your Richmond Heights estimate is sized to the soil, the traffic and the drainage on your property.
Straight answers for Richmond Heights homeowners and property managers. Anything else, call (866) 490-7680.
Usually. Most lots split into halves or quadrants so part of the parking stays open while the rest is built. It takes longer overall and needs a traffic plan, but for retail and office property that trade is generally worth making.
Most single-family drives run one to two days once the schedule opens: tear out and haul off, base work, then paving and rolling. Curing takes longer than construction, so plan on keeping heavy vehicles off it for a few weeks afterward.
No. Fresh asphalt in Richmond Heights needs time to cure before it is sealed, typically several months and often up to a year. Sealing too early can trap oils in the pavement. After that, sealing every few years helps it resist water, sun and salt.
Often it can. A settled apron on a Richmond Heights drive usually means the base under it gave way. We dig out the soft material, rebuild with compacted stone, and reset the grade so water leaves the drive instead of pooling at the garage.
We pave all around Richmond Heights, across St. Louis County and the rest of greater St. Louis on both sides of the river.
| Town | County | Miles from Richmond Heights |
|---|---|---|
| Clayton, MO | St. Louis County | 0.9 |
| Brentwood, MO | St. Louis County | 1.1 |
| Maplewood, MO | St. Louis County | 1.4 |
| Rock Hill, MO | St. Louis County | 2.4 |
| University City, MO | St. Louis County | 2.4 |
| Ladue, MO | St. Louis County | 2.8 |
| Shrewsbury, MO | St. Louis County | 3.1 |
| Webster Groves, MO | St. Louis County | 3.3 |
| Warson Woods, MO | St. Louis County | 3.5 |
| Pagedale, MO | St. Louis County | 3.7 |
Free on-site estimates and 25% off. Driveways, parking lots and private roads in Richmond Heights and the towns around it.
Tell us what you want paved and where. We'll call to set up a time to walk the site, measure, and give you a written quote with your 25% off.