Asphalt paving for Baton Rouge homes, businesses and churches
The jobs we price fall into three groups. Homeowners who want a tired or broken driveway taken out and replaced with fresh hot-mix. Businesses, churches and HOAs whose lots have gone gray, cracked and patchy and need a rebuild or a new surface course. And repairs that have waited a season too long: a sunken spot by the garage, an edge crumbling where tires ride off, a pothole at the entrance that customers keep hitting. Blacktop and asphalt are the same material here; it is hot-mix laid by a paver or by hand and compacted with a roller while it is still hot.
Base and drainage decide how long asphalt lasts in this climate
Baton Rouge gets close to five feet of rain in an average year, much of it in short heavy storms, and the summers are long and hot. Asphalt itself handles heat well enough. What ruins it is water getting under the surface and softening the stone and soil below, so the pavement flexes every time a car rolls over and starts to crack in a web pattern. Most lots in the parish are flat, a lot of the ground is clay that swells when wet and shrinks in dry spells, and the live oaks that shade so many yards send roots out under driveways. So before we talk about asphalt thickness, we look at where the water goes, how firm the ground is, and whether there are roots in the way.
That is why a written price from us starts with the base: how much old material comes out, how much crushed stone goes back in, and how it is compacted. The asphalt on top only lasts as long as what it sits on.
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Driveway, lot and repair work across the city
Driveway paving
Tear-out, new stone base and fresh asphalt laid to drain toward the street.
Driveway resurfacing
A new top layer over a driveway whose base is still firm.
Asphalt repair
Crack sealing, cut-out patches, sunken spots and broken edges.
Pothole repair
Square-cut hot-mix patches on private driveways and lots.
Sealcoating
Cleaning, crack fill and two coats of sealer to slow the graying.
Parking lot paving
New lots, overlays and base repair, phased so the business stays open.
Parking lot striping
Layout, stall lines, arrows and accessible spaces on fresh or old asphalt.
Comparing paving companies in Baton Rouge
When you collect prices from asphalt contractors, the numbers only line up if the jobs line up. Ask each one the same questions. How thick is the asphalt after compaction, two inches or three? How much stone base goes down, and is the old surface removed or paved over? How will water leave the driveway or lot, and what happens at the street, the garage slab and any ditch crossing? Who hauls the old material away? A price that skips these answers is not cheaper, it is just vaguer. Ours puts each of them on paper.
Neighborhoods and towns we cover
Inside the city we price work in Mid City, Southdowns, Shenandoah, Sherwood Forest, Broadmoor, Westminster, Inniswold and Bocage, across ZIP codes 70806, 70808, 70810, 70815, 70816 and 70817. Outside the parish line we also take on driveways and lots in Denham Springs, Prairieville, Gonzales, Zachary and Central. The service area page lists the ZIPs, and the asphalt driveway cost guide shows how a price is built before you call.