Asphalt Resurfacing
Asphalt resurfacing puts a new layer of hot mix asphalt over a worn driveway or parking lot. It fits pavement whose base is still sound.
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Chip seal, also called tar and chip, is a stone surface held down by liquid asphalt. The liquid asphalt is sprayed on first. Stone chips go over it right away, and a roller presses them in. The finished drive looks like gravel, but the chips are set in asphalt and the surface sheds rain.
Greenfield Pavement Coatings is an asphalt paving contractor in Clarksville. We lay chip seal on long driveways and farm lanes across Montgomery County and the Nashville area. We look at the drive and the base under it first, then put the quote in writing. Call or text (931) 362-7283.
Tell us about the driveway, parking lot or repair and where it is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.
It starts with the base. A chip seal is only one stone thick, so its strength comes from the gravel and ground under it. It goes down over a firm, compacted gravel base or a sound old drive. The federal highway agency's chip seal checklist rules it out on pavement with structural damage.
On an old drive, failed spots get repaired and cracks wider than a quarter inch get sealed. The surface is swept clean and dry. Then liquid asphalt, usually an emulsion, is sprayed across it. Stone chips go down before it sets, and the first roller pass follows within two minutes.
Rolling presses the chips into the binder, and the federal checklist recommends a rubber-tired roller for it. A pavement engineering reference says about half of each chip should sit in the binder after the final rolling. Then the extra stone is swept off. A double chip seal adds a second layer of smaller stone on top.
Tar and chip earns its place on a long drive. On a lane that runs hundreds of feet to a house or a barn, cost per foot adds up fast. National cost guides put tar and chip below hot mix asphalt per square foot. The rough stone face also gives tires grip on a hill.
A chip seal driveway looks like a country road. The color comes from the stone, and the finish is rough and matte. A short drive in a subdivision gets tight turns and basketball games. There, a hot mix asphalt driveway is usually the better fit, smooth and black with a clean edge.
The ground around Clarksville sits on the Highland Rim. The federal soil survey maps much of it as cherty silt loam over clay that drains slowly. Water that gets under a seal sits on that clay. So the base under a chip seal has to be firm and pitched to shed water.
Chip seal needs warm, dry weather. The federal checklist calls for air and surface temperatures of 50 degrees and rising, with rain chances near zero. NOAA's climate normals put Clarksville's last spring freeze near April 5 and the first fall freeze near October 31. Chip seal here goes down between those dates.
Expect some loose stone for the first few weeks. Chips that never bed in get flicked to the edges, and a broom clears them. Drive slowly and make turns gradually while the binder cures. Turning the wheel while the car sits still can twist chips loose, and so can a steel plow blade.
After that, upkeep is light. A national cost guide notes that minor cracks in a chip seal usually reseal on their own. When the stone wears thin, a new layer of binder and chips renews the grip.
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 chip seal around Clarksville and the Nashville area. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
Asphalt resurfacing puts a new layer of hot mix asphalt over a worn driveway or parking lot. It fits pavement whose base is still sound.
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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.
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.
Tell us about the driveway or the lot and the town it is in. Call or text (931) 362-7283, or send the quote form, and we will get back to you.
Tell us about the driveway, parking lot or repair and where it is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.
