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Asphalt Paving in Lake Elmo

Asphalt Paving in Lake Elmo, Minnesota.

Lot paving, overlays and tear-out-and-replace for commercial properties in Lake Elmo. Base graded, compacted and drained before any mix goes down.

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About an hour and a half west of Eau Claire on I-94. The estimate is free.

A freshly paved asphalt lot in deep black, running up to a white barn and silo.
4.7 Google ratingFrom 21 reviews
6-12 mo Before first sealNew asphalt has to cure
15-20 yrs Well-built drivewayIf it gets sealed

Working in Lake Elmo

Inwood Commercial has five commercial lots for sale, Lake Elmo Business Park is offered as build-to-suit or land on the I-94 frontage, and the city projects more than 21,000 people by 2040. A new lot goes down on a base graded, compacted and drained first, because the base decides how long the surface lasts. New asphalt then waits six to twelve months for its first seal while the mix cures. Where an existing lot is failing, whether it takes an overlay or a tear-out is a question about the base, not about how the surface looks.

From our jobs

Job Photos

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 Lake Elmo

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 Lake Elmo

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 Lake Elmo

What Lake Elmo calls us about, answered straight.

More questions answered
How far is this from Eau Claire? Do you actually come out here?
About 75 miles and an hour and a half, straight out I-94. For commercial lots we come out. Send the address and what the lot needs and we'll set up a time to walk it. The estimate is free.
We're a single commercial building on the frontage. Is that too small to quote?
No. A small commercial lot gets walked and measured the same way a campus does, and you get quantities and a fixed number rather than a figure off a satellite picture.
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 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.

The Lots and Surfaces in Lake Elmo

Lake Elmo sits in Washington County with Highway 36 along its north edge and I-94 along the south, about 14,000 people and roughly 75 miles from Eau Claire. Much of the land inside the city limits is still farmland and the city keeps a rural look, so the commercial ground is in two places: the interstate frontage along Hudson Boulevard and Inwood, and the old village center on Lake Elmo Avenue. It's growing fast, and the city projects more than 21,000 people by 2040.

What commercial fabric there is clusters at the interstate. Lake Elmo Business Park is in the northeast quadrant of I-94 and Lake Elmo Avenue, offered as build-to-suit, lease or land, with frontage on a road carrying more than 80,000 vehicles a day. Inwood Commercial is a five-lot commercial subdivision finishing the Inwood master plan, and Bridgewater Village platted a bank and a preschool on Upper 40th Street. The medical center on Hudson Boulevard has an approved expansion, and a storage center on the same road runs drive-up units and outdoor vehicle parking.

The rest is the old village and the public land. Lake Elmo Avenue carries a short retail row rebuilt around a pizzeria, a creamery and a boutique. Lake Elmo Airport is a Metropolitan Airports Commission field with a fixed-base operator, aircraft maintenance, fueling and flight training, and it opened a new 3,500-foot runway. Three school districts split the city, 622, 832 and 834, with Lake Elmo Elementary and Oak-Land Middle School inside the limits. The city is also putting in new wells, connecting homes to city water and designing a treatment plant under the PFAS settlement, which means trenched and restored pavement in places.

Where we work in Lake Elmo

  • Hudson Boulevard North
  • Lake Elmo Avenue North
  • Lake Elmo Business Park
  • Inwood Commercial
  • Bridgewater Village

Around Lake Elmo: Lake Elmo Park Reserve, Lake Elmo Airport, The old village center on Lake Elmo Avenue, Royal Golf Club.

14,161 people, 2024 Census estimate.

MnDOT publishes frost and thaw depths for Washington County, and those readings are what set the spring load limits on the roads out here.

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Tell us what it looks like and we'll come measure it. You get a written price before anything starts.

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  • Free on commercial lots and properties in Lake Elmo
  • A photo of the problem helps, and it can go in the message
  • Surfaces that are not ready yet get told so at the estimate

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