Driveways, aprons and small lots paved in hot-mix asphalt in a north county city where the whole area is a historic district.
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The entire city is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, which is unusual for a place of about a fifth of a square mile. Driveways sit close to the houses they serve, so clean edges matter as much as what goes under the surface.
We pave home drives, aprons and the small lots that serve schools and churches nearby, including Jefferson Elementary in the Normandy Schools Collaborative. Much of the work is rebuilding. Pull the failed blacktop, fix the base, reset the grade so water leaves the drive instead of pooling at the garage. Hot mix then goes down in a compacted lift and gets rolled tight. Free estimates, and you get 25% off.
Older neighborhoods put drives between houses, tight to walks, planting beds and a garage set back from the street. We saw clean lines at the sidewalk and apron, rebuild the base where it has softened, and hold the finished height so the drive meets the walk and the garage slab without a lip. A home drive typically finishes at 2 to 3 inches of compacted hot mix.
Driveway pavingLot work in a residential city usually means a school, a church or a small apartment building. Those lots take buses, delivery vans and heavy trash trucks at the same few points every week, so the base gets sized for that instead of for cars. We slope the surface toward planned outlets and stripe once the asphalt has cured.
Parking lot pavingShared drives behind apartment buildings and short access lanes need a road section rather than a driveway section: graded subgrade, crowned surface, rock in compacted lifts and asphalt thick enough for the trucks using it. Edge support keeps the pavement from breaking where tires drop off the side.
Road constructionNot every job is a full rebuild. On older Pasadena Hills pavement we often start with the smaller fixes: cutting out a failed patch, resetting a sunken section by the garage, or putting a fresh overlay over a surface whose base is still sound. We tell you which of those your asphalt actually needs, and we put it in writing.
Asphalt paving
Frost action is the quiet problem here. Water sits in a weak base through a freeze-thaw winter, lifts the pavement and leaves cracks behind. The St. Louis County soil survey flags low strength and frost action on many upland soils and calls for adequate base material plus side ditches and culverts. We build the rock section and the drainage to match.
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 Pasadena Hills estimate is sized to the soil, the traffic and the drainage on your property.
Straight answers for Pasadena Hills homeowners and property managers. Anything else, call (866) 490-7680.
Asphalt reads as a neutral surface, and most of the visual difference comes from the edges and the apron. We keep the lines straight, hold the grade to the walk and match the finished height to what is already there, so the drive sits down quietly.
Usually. Roots under a drive are a real cause of humps and cracks, so we look at what is there before quoting. Sometimes the answer is a thicker base over the root zone, sometimes a slight shift in the line. We flag it at the estimate.
Sometimes. If the base under your Pasadena Hills pavement is still solid and the surface only has shallow cracking, an overlay can work well. If the pavement is sinking, rutting or breaking into alligator cracks, the base has failed and it needs to be rebuilt first. The free estimate is where we sort that out.
Yes. Shared drives and alley aprons in Pasadena Hills get the same treatment as any other job: a firm base, a clean saw-cut edge where new meets old, and a surface shaped to move water. When a drive is shared, it helps if every owner sees the estimate.
We pave all around Pasadena Hills, across St. Louis County and the rest of greater St. Louis on both sides of the river.
| Town | County | Miles from Pasadena Hills |
|---|---|---|
| Pasadena Park, MO | St. Louis County | 0.3 |
| Norwood Court, MO | St. Louis County | 0.4 |
| Normandy, MO | St. Louis County | 0.5 |
| Glen Echo Park, MO | St. Louis County | 0.6 |
| Northwoods, MO | St. Louis County | 0.6 |
| Beverly Hills, MO | St. Louis County | 0.7 |
| Velda City, MO | St. Louis County | 1.0 |
| Bellerive Acres, MO | St. Louis County | 1.1 |
| Velda Village Hills, MO | St. Louis County | 1.1 |
| Uplands Park, MO | St. Louis County | 1.2 |
Free on-site estimates and 25% off. Driveways, parking lots and private roads in Pasadena Hills 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.