Asphalt Paving and Sealcoating Questions

An asphalt paving contractor lays hot mix asphalt over a prepared base and rolls it while it is hot. Greenfield Pavement Coatings does that for driveways at homes and for parking lots at businesses. We also sealcoat, stripe, patch, crack seal, resurface and mill asphalt, and we build chip seal drives.

We are based in Clarksville and work about 75 miles around it, across Middle Tennessee and the Nashville area. Most of the work sits south and east, from Nashville and Hendersonville down to Murfreesboro, Franklin and Spring Hill. Springfield, Dickson, Ashland City and Pleasant View sit closer to Clarksville. If your job is near the edge of that range, call or text and ask.

We price each job after we see it. The size of the area, the condition of the base and how much old asphalt comes out drive the number. Thickness, access for the trucks and the paver, and any milling matter too. Call or text (931) 362-7283, and the quote comes to you in writing.

Yes. Homeowners get new asphalt driveways and full replacements, paved with the same pavers we run on commercial work. Businesses, churches, HOAs, retail and industrial sites get new lots, lot replacements, striping and sealcoating. A lot that has to stay open can be paved in sections.

Cracks and a few potholes in a sound driveway call for asphalt repair and crack sealing. A worn surface over a solid base can take an asphalt overlay. Alligator cracking across most of the drive points to a failed base, and replacement is the better answer. We tell you which one fits after we see it.

Not right away. New asphalt has to cure before a sealcoat will bond, so the first coat waits until the surface has aged. After that, sealcoating on a regular schedule keeps water and sunlight off the asphalt. Cracks get filled first, and the surface has to be clean and dry on the day.

Chip seal, also called tar and chip, is liquid asphalt sprayed over a prepared base, with stone chips rolled in. The finish is rougher than hot mix and looks more like a country road. It suits long rural drives and farm lanes, where the length matters more than a smooth finish. Hot mix asphalt is the smoother, denser surface for a suburban driveway or a parking lot.

Yes. Parking lot striping covers new layouts, restriping, arrows, stencils and fire lanes. Accessible spaces and their access aisles follow the ADA Standards for Accessible Design, which set how many a lot needs. Striping goes on after new asphalt has cured, or over a clean, dry lot on a restripe.

Hot mix has to go down warm and sealer needs dry days, so both run best spring through fall. NOAA's climate normals for Clarksville put the January low near 27 degrees and the high near 46. Winter here freezes at night and thaws by day, and the area gets about 51 inches of rain a year. Water in a crack turns into a pothole by spring, so crack sealing in the fall keeps it out.