Asphalt Paving in Bexley, OH

Bexley is a small, built-out city, and asphalt paving here is almost all replacement and repair on long-established lots. The city was founded in 1908 by merging Bullitt Park and Pleasant Ridge, it sits on the banks of Alum Creek, and it is surrounded by Columbus. It covers only about 2.45 square miles, nearly all of it land. Homes here are often set close together with narrow side driveways running back to detached garages. We replace and resurface driveways, repair and sealcoat, and pave small lots for churches, schools and shops in Bexley.

Narrow side drives and detached garages

A driveway squeezed between two houses is one of the trickier jobs in residential paving. There is little room for equipment, the drive often meets a neighbor's property line, and water from two roofs may drain onto it. We measure carefully, use compact equipment, protect foundations and landscaping and set the surface so water runs toward the street or a drain rather than toward either house. Where the drive widens to a parking pad at the garage, we make sure that wider area is graded too.

A head start on utilities

In 1898 Camp Bushnell here housed 8,000 Ohio recruits, and the water and sewer lines built for them prepared the area for later development. Many homes are old enough that the driveway has been replaced more than once and the original base is gone or mixed with soil. We dig out to firm ground and rebuild the base rather than overlaying a failed drive.

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Trees and Alum Creek

The Jeffrey Mansion sits on nearly 40 acres, with stone staircases leading to trails along Alum Creek. Across the city, large old trees are part of every street. Roots lift and crack asphalt, and heavy equipment can harm roots. We plan access to stay off root zones where we can and cut out and rebuild root-damaged sections rather than paving over the bump.

Matching the street

On an older block, a new driveway should look like it belongs. We cut straight, clean edges where the asphalt meets a concrete walk or apron, keep the surface tight to the garage slab, and finish the edges against the lawn neatly so they can be backfilled. Small details like these matter on streets where every house is close to the next.

What we do in Bexley

• Driveway replacement: full tear-out, new compacted base and new asphalt
• Resurfacing: for drives with a sound base
• Repairs: potholes, aprons and root damage
• Sealcoating and crack filling: to protect good pavement
• Small lots: paving and striping for institutions and shops

Before we schedule

Streets here are narrow and often lined with parked cars, so we plan truck access with you ahead of time. If the job touches the apron, curb or sidewalk, we check what the city requires first. Call (614) 963-2681 to book a free estimate.