Frequently Asked Questions

Published national ranges are about $5 to $12 or more per square foot for a new asphalt driveway (HomeGuide) and $7 to $15 per square foot (Angi). A 400-square-foot driveway runs about $2,000 to $4,800 in HomeGuide's figures. Your price depends on size, removal, base work and access, and we put it in writing after a visit.

New asphalt is softer during its first hot season, so it can scuff where tires turn in place. Proper compaction during paving, staying off it for the first few days, and varying where you park reduce that. After a few months it hardens, and sealcoating every few years keeps the sun from drying it out.

Usually. On flat ground, a new driveway or an overlay can be built with a crown or cross-slope so water runs off. If the water has nowhere to go once it leaves the pavement, we may add a swale or a culvert. We look at the whole path the water takes.

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet requires a permit for access to a road on the state highway system, and its Permits Manual covers entrances. If your driveway connects to a state route, we flag it at the estimate. City and county roads have their own requirements, which we check.

Cost guides put asphalt driveways at 15 to 30 years. Base quality, drainage and maintenance decide where yours lands. Sealcoating every few years and sealing cracks in the fall make a real difference.

Often, yes. If the gravel is deep and firm, it can be regraded, topped off and compacted as the base. If it is thin or mixed with dirt, more stone is needed first. We check before quoting.

Spring through fall, when the ground is warm and dry. We avoid paving on cold ground in winter, and during the hottest stretches of summer we schedule work to give the new surface time to cool before it is driven on.

National guides list about $5 to $12 or more per square foot (HomeGuide) and $7 to $15 (Angi). An 800-square-foot driveway runs about $4,000 to $9,600 in HomeGuide's table. We price yours in writing after a visit.

If it is deep, firm and not mixed with dirt, yes. That can lower the cost of a conversion.

If your driveway crosses a roadside ditch, usually yes, so water keeps flowing. We look at the ditch at the estimate.

Usually after a few days, longer in hot weather. We give you timing on the day.

Most driveways take one to three days. Long rural drives can take longer.

HomeAdvisor lists about $2 to $4.50 per square foot nationally, or $400 to $1,130 per space; a 10-space lot runs about $10,000. Truck areas and drainage change that.

Yes. Existing gravel can often be used in the base, and we schedule around services.

If it connects to a Kentucky state highway, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet requires a permit for access. In Indiana, INDOT handles state road entrances. We flag it early.

Usually, with phased work and at least one entrance kept open.

HomeGuide estimates 20 to 30 percent savings over full replacement. Heavy patching reduces the savings.

Often, by leveling low spots and adding crown in the new layer. If the base has sunk, it may need rebuilding.

Some may over time. Sealing them before resurfacing slows that down.

Until the height at the garage and street becomes a problem; then the old layers need to come off.

HomeGuide lists $100 to $400 for a typical pothole, plus minimum service fees of $100 to $250.

Usually because it was cold patch over a wet, broken base, or because the water that caused the pothole is still getting there.

Yes. The deformed area is cut out and replaced with properly compacted asphalt.

It starts darker and weathers toward the old color. Sealcoating evens it out.

HomeGuide lists $1 to $2 per square foot for driveways, about $600 on average. HomeAdvisor lists lots at about $0.15 to $0.30 per square foot.

Every few years for most driveways. Full sun and heavy use mean more often.

Yes, in dry weather under about 95 degrees. On very hot days we work earlier.

Yes. Sealer covers the old lines, so we schedule striping right after.

HomeGuide lists $4 to $5 per standard stall, $25 to $40 per accessible stall, and $500 to $1,200 for a 30- to 50-stall lot, plus a mobilization fee.

Yes. The Department of Justice says restriping triggers the 2010 ADA Standards.

One for 1-25 spaces, two for 26-50, three for 51-75, four for 76-100, with at least one van accessible.

Yes, where practical.