Tar and Chip Paving in Purcellville and Loudon County
If you are a homeowner or business owner in Purcellville, Hamilton, or other community in western Loudon County, and you have an asphalt or tar and chip driveway, parking lot, private lane, or other paved surface that shows signs of disrepair, it’s time to call the expert asphalt paving contractors at Standard Paving.
We are a family owned business with a 30 year history of delivering superior asphalt paving projects on-time and on-budget. We have done thousands of residential asphalt or tar and chip driveways, commercial parking lots, private roads, municipal roads, turnouts, jogging paths, and other paved surfaces. Based in Manassas, we serve all of northern Virginia including the fastest growing county in the nation, Loudon County.
Purcellville, “Loudon’s rural destination,” is a vibrant community with a rich history, over 400 businesses, and is home to some of the most attractive residences in the county. Property values are rapidly increasing. Your property is one of your largest individual investments. It just makes sense to protect it. An asphalt or tar and chip driveway, parking lot or other surface has a surprisingly significant impact on curb appeal and speaks volumes about the property’s upkeep to potential buyers and lenders. If your asphalt or tar and chip surface needs help, call Standard Paving now at 844-266-7283 and let’s talk about how we can help.
- Residential Asphalt Paving
- Commercial Chipseal Paving
- Paving for parking lots
- Asphalt laying services
- Asphalt Installation
- Driveway replacement
- Patching / Grading
- Excavation
- Site Preparation
- Chipseal roads installation and maintenance
- Coating parking areas
- Driveway construction, installation and maintenance
Tar and Chip – More Than Just an Affordable Alternative to Asphalt
At Standard Paving we mostly install hot mix asphalt paving. Its sleek, sophisticated slate black appearance and smooth surface is popular in urban areas. However, the further we get from D.C. and the closer we get to open areas and farms, the more our customers want us to install tar and chip paving. The unique “rustic” look of tar and chip paving (also known as chipseal) and its pebbly texture fits perfectly in the northern Virginia countryside.
Originally developed in New Zealand in the 1920s to provide paved roads to remote farming areas, it quickly caught on around the world and remains popular today. Why? Because it is less expensive than traditional asphalt paving. That’s why it’s a favorite with municipal street and road departments.
Tar and chip is made by embedding chip stone gravel into liquid asphalt. A roller compacts the mixture resulting in a rock hard, all weather surface that requires little to no maintenance. Asphalt, which is a mixture of asphalt cement, sand, and gravel, is made at a “batch plant” and ten needs to be transported to the job site. With tar and chip paving, the gravel and liquid asphalt are “assembled” right on the job site. And that’s the principal reason chipseal is less expensive than hot mix asphalt.
But tar and chip has another unique characteristic that attracts the eye of many customers. The color and texture of tar and chip paving depends on the color and size of the chip stone gravel used. If you have a colonial style or old South style home, its value will benefit from a driveway or lane whose color compliments the architectural style. Tar and chip paving can come in a sandy yellow, rustic orange , one of many other color combinations.
Tar and chip paving’s pebbly texture provides great traction for both pedestrians and vehicles in snowy or wet conditions. It’s a great way to turn that gravel track into a year-round road eliminating the dust clouds of summer and the mud holes of winter. It is a suitable material for use in repaving most existing asphalt or concrete surfaces. On the downside, tar and chip has a service life of 12 to 15 years or about half of that of hot mix asphalt.
Asphalt Installation:
Step 1
Our own full time experienced crew installs the asphalt with a heated self propelled paver and hand tools.
Step 2
The hot asphalt is compacted with an industrial, steel drum, vibrating roller, to form a hard surface.
Step 3
The vertical edges are hand finished and compacted for maximum durability and neat appearance.
With Tar and Chip Paving, Experience Counts
Many residential asphalt paving contractors don’t even offer tar and chip paving. If you decide on chip seal, you want a crew with experienced hands to install it. Critical installation functions for hot mix asphalt are largely automated. Self-propelled, self-leveling paving machines are used with standard asphalt. Tar and chip require an experienced operator that knows how to put down the liquid asphalt and how much to put down. The same goes for the gravel. Family owned Standard Paving hasn’t forgotten how to do the job.
When looking for tar and chip contractors in Purcellville, Virginia, you’ll want to look for skill, experience, and long-standing reputation for excellence and customer satisfaction. Standard Paving delivers on every point, providing quality workmanship and exceeding standards to ensure that your expectations are met.
We’ve been in business for over three decades. We hold a Virginia Class A Contractor license, are fully insured, and we warranty our work. We are equipped with the latest state-of-the-art paving equipment, and most importantly, we have the most experienced and talented paving crews in Northern Virginia. We do not subcontract any part of a paving project. When you hire us, you get us.
Full-Service Asphalt Paving Contractor
At Standard Paving we are staffed and equipped to tackle any size project large or small. Here is a quick list of paving services that we offer:
- New Construction. We have the excavation equipment and experienced operators to start a road, parking lot, or driveway from scratch. We work well with other trades and are very flexible in our scheduling requirements.
- Sealcoating. A maintenance treatment that protects asphalt from UV rays, automotive fluids, and deicer chemicals. Provides a sleek, slate black, like new appearance.
- Resurfacing. If you have cracks that are deeper than ¼” but there is no structural failure or subbase issues, we can restore your asphalt by removing the top layer and replacing it with new asphalt. A commercial grade roller compacts the new asphalt to ensure a solid bond and to give the surface a like new appearance.
- Repaving. For surfaces that have potholes, crumbling, low spots, and deep cracks. We cut out the failed asphalt, prepare the subbase and the bring in a self-leveling paver to provide a new installation of asphalt.
- Replacing. For asphalt that is unrepairable. Our excavation equipment removes the asphalt and grades the subbase, Completely new installation of asphalt sets you up for the next 20 to 30 years.
It’s up to you now. Doesn’t it make sense to explore your options? You know it needs to be done, now you need to know how long it will take and what it will cost. Your next step is to call us at 844-266-7283 and arrange for your free estimate. You’ll be glad you did!
