Asphalt Milling
We mill repair areas and smaller sections with our own two-foot and four-foot skid steer attachments. For a whole parking lot, we bring in a full-size milling machine.
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Asphalt resurfacing puts new hot mix asphalt over a driveway or parking lot that is worn on top. The trade calls it an asphalt overlay. It fits pavement that is rough and lightly cracked but still sound underneath. Greenfield Pavement Coatings resurfaces driveways for homes and parking lots for businesses around Clarksville and the Nashville area.
The base under the asphalt decides the job, so we look for signs of a failed base before we quote. Small failed areas get cut out and patched full depth first, which is asphalt repair work. Where the base has failed across most of the surface, a replacement is the better answer. Either way, the quote comes to you in writing.
Tell us about the driveway, parking lot or repair and where it is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.
An overlay fits a driveway with a sound base and a worn top. Raveling, where the surface loses stone and turns rough, is a surface problem. So are narrow cracks and small, shallow potholes. A pavement engineering reference advises overlaying before cracks run deep or pieces of asphalt come loose.
A common rule of thumb: an overlay fits when under about 25 to 30 percent of the surface has failed. Alligator cracking changes the answer. That web of connected cracks looks like scales, and it points to a failed base. Where it covers most of the drive, a full driveway replacement makes more sense.
Water is a common reason a base fails around Clarksville. The most common soil here, per the NRCS, is a gravelly silt loam over clay that water moves through slowly. NOAA's normals count about 78 freezing nights a year, and most of those days thaw by afternoon. Water trapped under the asphalt freezes and thaws over and over, which opens cracks and softens the base.
Prep comes first. Industry driveway guidance says weak spots and large cracks get cut out and patched with hot mix before an overlay. Smaller cracks do best with crack sealing well before the overlay. Federal highway guidance says at least a year ahead, since fresh sealant can leave bumps in the new layer.
Edges come next. A new layer adds height, so it would stand above the garage floor and the street edge. We mill those edges down first with our two-foot and four-foot skid steer attachments. That asphalt milling lets the overlay meet them flush instead of leaving a lip where water can stand.
The surface has to be clean and dry before the overlay. On old, weathered asphalt, the industry driveway guidance recommends a tack coat. That is a thin spray of diluted asphalt emulsion that bonds the two layers. The hot mix then goes down with our own pavers and is rolled while it is hot.
Parking lot resurfacing follows the same rule as a driveway: a sound base, with failed spots patched first. Overlays often start by milling off the old surface, a pavement engineering reference notes. Milling roughens what is left so the new layer grips. It also keeps the finished grade level with curbs and storm drains.
When a whole lot needs milling, we bring in a full-size milling machine for that part. Repairs and smaller sections get milled with our skid steer attachments. Where the base has failed in many places, a full parking lot replacement fits better than an overlay.
We resurface lots for businesses, churches, HOAs and retail sites across Montgomery County and the Nashville area. The overlay covers the old lines, so the lot gets restriped afterward. The U.S. Access Board's ADA guide treats resurfacing as an alteration that must include the required accessible spaces.
Call or text for a written quote. We work about 75 miles around Clarksville across Middle Tennessee and the Nashville area.
(931) 362-7283From the first call or text to the finished work, here is how it goes.
Call or text (931) 362-7283, or send the quote form. Tell us what the surface is, what is wrong with it and the town it is in.
We come out and look at the asphalt, the base under it and where the water runs. On a parking lot we also look at the traffic pattern and the striping.
The quote comes to you in writing with the work spelled out. Once you say yes, the job goes on the schedule. Weather can move the date, and we tell you when it does.
Failed asphalt is milled out, or the old surface comes up, where the job calls for it. Then the hot mix goes down with our pavers and is rolled while it is hot.
Parking lots get their striping once the asphalt has cured. We tell you how long to keep cars off the new surface. We also tell you when it will be ready for its first sealcoat.
Common questions about asphalt resurfacing around Clarksville and the Nashville area. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
We mill repair areas and smaller sections with our own two-foot and four-foot skid steer attachments. For a whole parking lot, we bring in a full-size milling machine.
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We pave new asphalt driveways and replace failed ones for homes around Clarksville and the Nashville area. Hot mix asphalt goes down with our own pavers.
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New parking lots and full lot replacements for businesses, churches, HOAs, retail and industrial sites. Our own pavers lay the hot mix, and a lot that must stay open can be paved in sections.
Learn MoreGreenfield Pavement lays hot mix asphalt with its own pavers, on a driveway and on a parking lot alike. The same equipment goes to a home and to a business.
We come out and look at the job before we price it. The quote comes to you in writing, with the work spelled out.
We are based in Clarksville and work about 75 miles around it, most of it south and east toward Nashville. Murfreesboro, Franklin, Brentwood, Smyrna, Gallatin and Mount Juliet all sit inside that range.
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Tell us about the driveway, parking lot or repair and where it is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.