Asphalt Paving in Rice Lake
Asphalt Paving in Rice Lake, Wisconsin.
Lot paving, overlays and tear-out-and-replace for commercial properties in Rice Lake. Base graded, compacted and drained before any mix goes down.
About an hour north of Eau Claire on Highway 53. The estimate is free.
Working in Rice Lake
Rice Lake Business Park has 167 acres with the streets and utilities already in, CedarSide has 44 next to Northwood Tech, and Allram Lumber is building in the North Industrial Park now. A new lot in a park goes down on a graded, compacted, drained base or not at all, because a lot laid over whatever was there is the one that fails early.
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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 Rice Lake
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 Rice Lake
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.
Questions We Get in Rice Lake
What Rice Lake calls us about, answered straight.
More questions answeredHow far up 53 will you come for a lot?
Can I overlay the driveway instead of replacing it?
When can we drive on new asphalt?
The Lots and Surfaces in Rice Lake
Rice Lake is the largest city in Barron County, about 9,000 people an hour north of Eau Claire on Highway 53. The retail runs along South Main Street, from Cedar Mall down through the chain restaurant pads, with downtown Main Street the older spine. The industry sits in three named parks and one very large plant.
The biggest lots in town belong to Rice Lake Weighing Systems, the scale manufacturer with its headquarters, main plant and metrology lab here and more than 600 people on the payroll, and to Marshfield Medical Center on West Stout Street, a full hospital campus with inpatient and outpatient buildings. College Drive carries two campuses side by side: Northwood Technical College and UW-Eau Claire Barron County, about 110 acres with six buildings.
The parks are where the newer commercial surface is. Rice Lake Business Park is 167 acres on the north side with highway access and the streets and utilities already in, CedarSide Business Park is 44 acres next to Northwood Tech, and the North Industrial Park at Lindy Street and Schwers Avenue is where Allram Lumber just broke ground. Menards is on Decker Drive.
Where we work in Rice Lake
- South Main Street
- Rice Lake Business Park
- CedarSide Business Park
- North Industrial Park
- College Drive
Around Rice Lake: Cedar Mall, Marshfield Medical Center on West Stout Street, Northwood Technical College, UW-Eau Claire Barron County, City Hall on East Eau Claire Street.
8,971 people, 2024 Census estimate.
The state's geotechnical manual describes this corner of Wisconsin as silty glacial till with outwash sand and pockets of organic soil through it, so a lot can cross more than one kind of ground between its two ends.
Get a Free Estimate in Rice Lake
Tell us what it looks like and we'll come measure it. You get a written price before anything starts.
(715) 450-9897- Free on commercial lots and properties in Rice Lake
- 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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