Paving Contractor in Birmingham AL

Back in June that driveway of yours looked perfectly fine. February rolls around and now there's a crack running from the street clear up to the garage door. Welcome to Birmingham.

Most of this city sits on red clay, and clay holds water rather than letting it drain away. Summer bakes the asphalt soft. Winter freeze thaw cycles pry every little hairline open a bit wider each night, and thin pavement laid over a weak base tends to quit on you inside two or three seasons. As a paving contractor in Birmingham AL, we chase the cause instead of skinning over the symptom. That means building the base, picking mixes that can take Alabama heat, and compacting to spec every single time.

Asphalt Contractor Birmingham AL carries a state license, bond and insurance. Our guys and our equipment show up, so no job gets handed off to somebody you've never met. The office is over on Reverend Abraham Woods Jr Boulevard, just a few minutes from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute. Ring 205 583 1535 for a free estimate.

What Our Paving Services Cover in Birmingham

Same crews handle everything from a two car home driveway to a heavy industrial yard. Folks typing paving contractor near me usually want one outfit that can grade it, pave it, stripe it, then swing back later for upkeep. That's us.

• On-site measure and grade check
• Subgrade prep with crushed stone base
• Hot mix asphalt paving
• Mill and overlay resurfacing
• Crack filling and pothole patching
• Sealcoating on a set schedule
• Line striping plus ADA layout
• Concrete aprons, curbing and ramps
• Drainage fixes and slope correction
• Final compaction, then site cleanup

Scope, price and timeline all go on paper before anything gets scheduled. No verbal guesses.

Our Paving Services for Birmingham Property Owners

Driveway Paving

Older homes around Homewood 35209, Forest Park and Crestwood South 35213 tend to have driveways sitting on nothing but packed clay. Soft spots get dug out, stone goes in, and the slope gets set so runoff heads for the street instead of puddling against your garage. Every driveway paving job in Birmingham includes a proper apron tie-in where it meets the road.

Parking Lot Paving

Churches, schools, strip centers. Those lots take daily car traffic plus delivery trucks, and they need to hold. Phasing the work keeps half the lot open while we pour on the other side. Planning a new build or a full tear out? Ask about parking lot paving in Birmingham.

Commercial Paving Contractor

Multi-tenant buildings near UAB and Five Points South 35205 see cars coming and going all day long. Working as a commercial paving contractor in Birmingham, we schedule around your business hours and keep at least one access lane open so tenants aren't stranded.

Parking Lot Asphalt Repair and Maintenance

Plenty of lots don't need ripping out at all. Crack sealing plus a mill and overlay can buy you another eight to ten years for a fraction of the cost. Our parking lot asphalt crew will give you the straight answer on which route makes sense.

Get your free estimate today. Dial 205 583 1535 and somebody comes out to measure at no charge.

Repair or Replace: How to Decide

Nobody asks us anything more often than this. What's going on underneath the surface usually settles it.

Stick a screwdriver down through a pothole and if it slides into soft ground, your base is finished. Paving over that is just burning cash.

How Paving Works in Birmingham Specifically

Alabama clay drives almost every bid we write. Wet weather makes it swell, dry spells shrink it back down, and whatever sits on top rides along for the trip.

Drainage gets checked first, always. Over by Railroad Park and through Lakeview 35233, a lot of the older lots sit below street grade with nowhere for water to escape. Regrading and a solid stone base handle that. Out west near Sloss Furnaces, in Ensley 35218 and Titusville 35211, loaded trailers and box trucks mean we thicken both the base and the asphalt lift.

Then there's timing. Hot mix wants warm ground underneath it to compact right, which puts most of our paving between March and November. Sealcoat needs 24 dry hours to set up. If the radar looks ugly, you'll get a call from us about moving the date.

What to Expect Step by Step

1. Somebody comes out, measures, and checks grade and drainage.
2. A written estimate lands in your hands with scope, price and dates.
3. Scheduling happens around your hours and the weather window.
4. Subgrade gets prepped, base goes down, everything gets compacted.
5. Asphalt is laid in lifts and rolled to spec.
6. Once the surface cures, striping and ADA layout follow.
7. Before the trucks leave, we walk the whole site with you.

Paving Contractor Service Areas Around Birmingham

• Driveway paving throughout Homewood 35209 and Forest Park 35213
• Parking lot paving in City Center 35203 and Lakeview 35233
• Asphalt paving across Avondale 35222 and Woodlawn 35212
• Commercial paving in Five Points South and Southside 35205
• Heavy duty paving out in Ensley 35218 and Titusville 35211
• Paving contractor work in Crestwood, East Lake 35206 and Norwood 35234
• Plus Graymont 35208, Elyton, West End, Smithfield 35204 and Druid Hills