Driveways, small lots and shared drives paved in hot-mix asphalt for a north county village where most of the work is residential.
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No interstate or state route runs through Riverview. Chambers Road crosses the village and everything else is neighborhood street, which puts driveways at the heart of the work here, with church and small business lots close behind. It is a compact place, under a square mile, and the houses sit close together.
Most drives in a village like this were built decades ago on a thin base, and they show it: cracks along the wheel paths, a sunken apron, water standing near the garage. We remove what has failed, correct the subgrade with compacted rock, reset the grade so water leaves, then place and roll hot mix. Call (866) 490-7680 for a free estimate and 25% off.
A short village drive takes the same traffic every day in the same two wheel tracks, so that is where the base gives out first. We dig out the soft material under those paths, compact rock in layers, and reset the pitch so water sheds toward the street rather than pooling at the garage. A home drive typically finishes at 2 to 3 inches of hot mix.
Driveway pavingChurch lots, small shop pads and apartment parking are the commercial work in a village this size. Delivery vans and trash trucks hit the same spots every week, so the base is sized for them rather than for cars. We pitch the surface toward planned outlets and lay out parking so vehicles are not backing over the weakest pavement.
Parking lot pavingShared drives, rear alleys and short private lanes get built like small streets: graded subgrade, crown, rock compacted in lifts and asphalt matched to the trucks using them. Where a private drive ties into Chambers Road or a village street, that joint gets extra base, because it takes the hardest hits.
Road constructionPlenty of Riverview 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
North county sits on loess upland over clay. The county soil survey flags low strength and frost action for local roads and recommends adequate base material with side ditches and culverts. Water that gets into a thin base and freezes is what lifts pavement and opens cracks, so drainage and rock depth come before asphalt.
The part of the job you can see is the last two inches. Ask what is underneath, how it will be compacted, and which way the finished surface drains.
Typical ranges. Your Riverview estimate is sized to the soil, the traffic and the drainage on your property.
Straight answers for Riverview homeowners and property managers. Anything else, call (866) 490-7680.
In the short run, yes. Patching makes sense when the base is sound and one area has broken up. When cracks run the full depth across the drive or the surface has settled in several places, patching keeps costing money every year and a rebuild ends up cheaper.
It depends what is under there. Sound asphalt over a good base can take an overlay. Broken concrete, heaved slabs or a failed base get removed, because anything left in place keeps moving and sends cracks up through the new surface within a year or two.
No. Fresh asphalt in Riverview 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 Riverview 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 Riverview, across St. Louis County and the rest of greater St. Louis on both sides of the river.
| Town | County | Miles from Riverview |
|---|---|---|
| Bellefontaine Neighbors, MO | St. Louis County | 1.1 |
| Glasgow Village, MO | St. Louis County | 1.2 |
| Moline Acres, MO | St. Louis County | 1.7 |
| Castle Point, MO | St. Louis County | 2.2 |
| Spanish Lake, MO | St. Louis County | 3.1 |
| Jennings, MO | St. Louis County | 3.2 |
| Flordell Hills, MO | St. Louis County | 3.4 |
| Dellwood, MO | St. Louis County | 3.6 |
| Country Club Hills, MO | St. Louis County | 3.8 |
| Ferguson, MO | St. Louis County | 4.6 |
Free on-site estimates and 25% off. Driveways, parking lots and private roads in Riverview 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.