When professionally installed, a northern Virginia homeowner can expect an asphalt driveway to give 20 to 30 years of smooth, reliable service with minimum maintenance requirements. Asphalt is an attractive, durable, cost effective paving material, but asphalt itself does not determine how long your drive will last. The key to a long-lasting asphalt drive is its subgrade. Done right, it will give you decades of trouble-free service. Done wrong and you could be looking at cracks, crumbling edges, and potholes in a year or two.
Should I Resurface or Replace My Asphalt Driveway
An asphalt driveway with multiple cracks and potholes is not only an unattractive eyesore facing you and your neighbors each day, it also lowers the curb appeal and property value of your home as well. It needs to be fixed. The question becomes, do you resurface/repave it, or do you dig it up and replace it.
Driveway Paving Company Serving McLean, Fairfax, and Other NOVA Communities
If you live in Northern Virginia and your asphalt driveway is filled with cracks you were going to repair yourself last year, or the year before, and are now more like chasms, it’s time to call the pros at Standard Paving. If 25% or more of your asphalt driveway has deep cracks (or even potholes) there is no amount of store-bought crack filler or cold patch material that can satisfactorily fix it.
Why is my Asphalt Driveway Cracking?
Our Northern Virginia climate almost guarantees that all driveways, asphalt or concrete, will crack at some point in time. The objective for the homeowner is to put off that cracking for as long as possible and then minimize the damage by repairing the cracks in a timely fashion. A well-maintained asphalt driveway will give you 20 years or more of service in Virginia despite Mother Nature’s efforts to shorten that time.
