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Asphalt Paving in Fall Creek

Asphalt Paving in Fall Creek, Wisconsin.

Asphalt driveways, overlays and small lot paving in Fall Creek.

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What an Asphalt Paving Job Looks Like in Fall Creek

Three parts of Fall Creek generate nearly all of its pavement work, and they could not be more different from each other.

Brickyard Street is the industrial one. The village business park sits there, twenty-odd acres beside Highway 12, and it carries the heaviest truck traffic and the largest private lots in the village. East Hoover Avenue is the school campus, elementary, middle and high all on the same site, which makes it the single largest parking demand in town and a job that has to happen inside a summer window. Lincoln Avenue is the main street: banks, bars, the cafe, the post office, all with small frontages and shared access.

The fourth is seasonal. The grain and feed co-op on East Miami Avenue takes farm truck traffic in a concentrated few weeks, which is hard on a surface in a way that steady daily use isn't.

Asphalt Paving specifically in Fall Creek

Gravel-to-asphalt conversions come up on the rural fire-number properties along Highway 12 and the county roads. The setup on a long drive is spread over more area, so ask for the number before assuming.

The Driveways and Lots in Fall Creek

Fall Creek sits on US Highway 12 about twelve miles east of Eau Claire, with I-94 another twelve miles on and County Road K running north toward Highway 29. The village takes its name from the rapids on the creek that runs through it, and the Eau Claire River passes just to the north.

A small village of about two square miles, so the housing is what you would expect: a compact grid of older homes near Lincoln Avenue and newer building out toward the edges. Drives here are shorter than the township average and longer than a town lot, which usually puts a whole driveway inside a single visit.

The more interesting pavement in Fall Creek isn't residential. For a village this size it carries an unusual amount of commercial and industrial surface, and that's where most of our work here happens.

Fall Creek

We work the whole village rather than a named handful of neighborhoods.

Around Fall Creek: Fall Creek Memorial Park, Keller Park, Randall Park, Beaver Creek Reserve, Hobbs Observatory.

Same freeze regime as the rest of the valley, with footings at 48 inches minimum. The creek and the Eau Claire River both run close, so the low ground near them holds water into spring longer than the higher parts of the village.

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A large freshly paved asphalt lot curving around a landscaped island in front of a low institutional building
A lot repaved, edge to edge
A freshly paved asphalt driveway running up to a three-bay garage, caution tape across the street end
A driveway repaved and taped off to cure

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Overlay or tear out and replace?

An overlay is new asphalt laid over the old surface. It's roughly half the cost of a replacement, it goes down in a day, and it's the right answer when the existing base is sound and the surface has simply worn out. It's the wrong answer when the base has failed, because an overlay follows the shape of what's underneath. Lay one over a surface that's cracked into squares and those cracks come through the new mat within two or three years, and the overlay only delayed the replacement. That conversation is worth having before the quote, not after.

What Decides the Price in Fall Creek

Asphalt tracks the oil market, so a number from last season is not a number for this one. Every job here is measured on site and the number is fixed before work starts.

Overlay

Per square foot

Measured on site

  • Existing base sound, surface worn out
  • Overlay or full replacement, priced after the base is checked

Tear out and replace

Per square foot

Measured on site

  • Old surface out, base rebuilt, new mat laid and rolled

Gravel to asphalt

Per square foot

Measured on site

  • Common out in the townships, where drives are long
  • Grading and drainage are most of the work and most of the cost

The setup on a long rural drive is spread over more area than on a short town one. If you've been told a long drive is prohibitive, it's worth a second number.

How the Work Goes in Fall Creek

The base is the part you never see and the part that decides everything.

Work out where the water goes

Before anything else. Grade and drainage decide the lifespan, and they're the one thing that can't be fixed later without starting again.

Remove, or prepare what stays

Full replacement means the old surface comes out. An overlay means the existing surface is cleaned, failed areas cut out and patched, and the edges prepared.

Base, graded and compacted

Compacted in lifts to the right depth for what will drive on it. A driveway and a lot that takes delivery trucks need different bases, and building both the same way is how one of them fails early.

Lay and roll

Hot mix laid to the design thickness and rolled while it's hot. Compaction is time-limited, which is why paving is a day that runs to the weather.

Tell you when to seal it

Not this year. New asphalt needs six to twelve months to cure before its first seal, and sealing too early traps the oils and does more harm than leaving it alone.

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Questions We Get in Fall Creek

What Fall Creek calls us about, answered straight.

More questions answered
Do you come out to Fall Creek for a single driveway?
Yes. It's fifteen minutes from Eau Claire and we're out that way regularly, so a single drive isn't a problem. If a couple of neighbors want theirs done at the same time it costs everybody less, because most of the price of a small job is getting the crew and the equipment there.
We're on Highway 12 with a fire number rather than a village address. Still in the area?
Yes, comfortably. The rural stretch along Highway 12 either side of the village is well inside where we work, and long rural drives out there are measured rather than guessed at.
The co-op takes farm trucks for a few weeks a year. Is that hard on a surface?
Harder than year-round car traffic, and in a different way. Concentrated farm truck movement puts axle loads on a surface for a short window with no recovery between passes, and the damage shows up as rutting and edge break-up rather than as cracking. The East Miami Avenue site is the clearest example of it in the village. The useful thing about a concentrated season is that the rest of the year is a working window.
Is the low ground near the creek different from up in the village?
Yes, and it is worth knowing before anybody quotes. Fall Creek and the Eau Claire River both run close to the village, and the low ground near them holds water into spring longer than the higher parts do. A base that stays wet through the thaw heaves harder than a dry one, so on those lots keeping surface water out through crack sealing is worth more than the appearance of the surface suggests.
How much does a new asphalt driveway cost?
It comes down to three things: the square footage, whether the existing base can be built on or has to come out, and how much of the drive a truck can reach. An overlay over a sound base is the cheapest way to a new surface; a full tear out and replace is the most expensive and is sometimes the only thing that lasts. Asphalt also tracks the oil market, so a number from last season is not a number for this one. We measure it and price it, free either way.
Can I overlay the driveway instead of replacing it?
If the base is sound, yes, and it saves roughly half. If the surface is cracked into squares that flex underfoot, no: the base has failed and those cracks will come through a new overlay within a couple of years.
When can a new driveway be sealed?
Six to twelve months after paving. New asphalt needs to cure and release its lighter oils first, and sealing early traps them. Anyone offering to seal brand new asphalt is telling you something about how they work.
How long does a well-built driveway last?
Fifteen to twenty years if the base was done properly and it gets sealed every two to three years. Without sealing, closer to ten, because oxidation and water take it from the surface down.
Can you pave a gravel driveway?
Yes, and it's common out in the townships. The grading and drainage are most of the job, and the setup on a long drive is spread over more feet.
When can we drive on new asphalt?
Cars after about 24 hours once it has cooled properly, heavy vehicles after several days. In hot weather keep the wheels moving when you turn for the first few weeks, because fresh asphalt scuffs.

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