Frequently Asked Questions

Request one through our contact form or by phone. For most standard residential driveways and commercial parking lots, you don't need to be present — we can perform the on-site assessment, take precise measurements, and email you a detailed proposal. If you'd like to walk the property with us and discuss options, we're glad to schedule that instead.

Completely free, with no obligation. We visit, measure, assess condition, and send a written fixed-price proposal within 48 hours. If you decide not to proceed, that's the end of it — no follow-up campaign, no expiring discount, no pressure.

Two to four weeks for most projects. Our peak season runs from late spring through early autumn and the calendar fills quickly. Commercial properties needing weekend or after-hours work should book earlier to secure a preferred date. Urgent safety hazards are prioritized regardless of the calendar.

We can discuss ballpark ranges, and our published rates for sealcoating, crack sealing, and line striping will give you a realistic sense before we visit. But a firm price requires measuring the surface and assessing its condition. Be cautious of any contractor who commits to a number without seeing the property — that number usually changes.

Move vehicles off the work area and clear anything portable — planters, basketball hoops, trailers. If you have an irrigation system, run it before rather than during, and let us know where the heads are. Beyond that, we handle the preparation, including cleaning, debris removal, and any necessary masking.

No. We mask edges, protect adjacent surfaces, and clean up thoroughly before leaving. Our crack cleaner also edges the pavement perimeter where grass has crept over it, which usually leaves the boundary looking better than it did.

It depends on the service. Cold mix patches are trafficable immediately, infrared repairs reopen in roughly 30 minutes, crack sealing sets quickly, and striping is dry to the touch in about half an hour. Sealcoating is the long one: four to six hours before walking, 24 to 48 hours before vehicles.

Yes, and we frequently do. Commercial properties, medical facilities, and churches often need work performed outside operating hours, and we schedule around your operations rather than the other way around. Larger lots can also be phased in sections so you never lose full access.

Sealcoating has a noticeable odor during application and while curing, which typically dissipates within a day or so as the surface cures. For properties where this matters — medical facilities, restaurants, homes with sensitivities — tell us in advance and we'll schedule around it.

Keep pets off the work area and off freshly treated surfaces until they've fully cured. We'll tell you exactly when the surface is safe before we leave.

They're different trades. Paving contractors specialize in heavy machinery, ripping out old roads and laying fresh hot-mix asphalt — that's the right call when pavement has genuinely failed. We specialize in preservation and restoration: defending, repairing, and maintaining the pavement you already have so you can defer major reconstruction as long as possible. A paving contractor's incentive is a new surface. Ours is making yours last.

Repair works when the sub-base is sound and the damage is confined to the surface or to defined areas. Replacement becomes necessary when the base beneath has failed across a large portion of the property — usually visible as widespread alligator cracking, significant settling, or pavement that flexes under load. Our assessment tells you which situation you're in, including when the honest answer is that repair would be throwing good money after bad.

Yes, in three parts. Workmanship is warranted for one full year from completion — covering adhesion failure, premature separation, and improper application. Materials carry their respective manufacturer warranties, and we use commercial-grade products from established manufacturers on every job. Satisfaction issues such as missed areas or finish appearance should be reported within five days of completion so we can return and correct them promptly.

The one-year workmanship term is deliberate. It means your pavement goes through a complete Ohio freeze-thaw cycle while still covered — which is when workmanship problems actually reveal themselves. A shorter warranty on summer work would expire before the season that tests it.

Full warranty terms and exclusions are detailed in your proposal. In general, the warranty covers our work, not damage caused afterward by snow plowing, chemical spills, vehicle damage, or failure originating in the underlying pavement.

Damage from snow plows and de-icing equipment, fuel or chemical spills, vehicle damage such as power steering scuffs or dumpster placement, failure originating in the sub-base beneath the pavement, and normal wear from traffic and UV exposure. New cracks forming in previously uncracked areas also aren't covered — new cracking is a normal result of Ohio's climate rather than a defect in work already performed. Complete terms are in your proposal.

Commercial-grade products throughout: industrial hot-pour rubberized joint sealant, heavy-duty commercial sealer, UPM and Aquaphalt cold mix, GatorPave for alligator cracking, and DOT-approved traffic paint. We never use watered-down retail products, on residential or commercial work.

Sealer will not bond to asphalt saturated with oil, gas, or chemicals. Prior to application we scrub and treat those areas with a specialized petroleum oil spot primer, creating a synthetic barrier over the stain that lets the sealcoat adhere properly and prevents the oil from bleeding back through the new finish.

Yes. We document every project with detailed before-and-after photography, available on request, and recent work is featured on our homepage. For commercial and municipal bids, we can also provide customer references on request.