Asphalt prices per sqft?

[bx24]

Next spring I want to pave some more driveway area (2000+ sqft). I am going to get estimates from local companies when I get closer, but her in the Indy area, what kind of prices do you think I will get?

FYI - the base is ready to go, all I need is the asphalt (how ever many layers or overall thickness ....)

 

[gordon21]

I recently inquired here in NC and the office manager told me all these things will affect price.

Thickness
Steepness of slope Important here in NC-they can do 30 degree drives
Size of job
How soon you want it
Cash or charge
Time of year
How busy they are
How flexible your schedule is
Is the base ready or able to be prepped in a couple hours or less

I asked what would get me the lowest possible price. She said that for 2000-3000 SF I would need to put my name on a "standby" list and be ready to pay cash/check at the end of the day they did it. I would be on standby for anywhere from 3 days to 3 weeks in the fall or winter. They would show up and do the job on their schedule, not mine. Bottom line would be about $1.35-$1.45 SF for 2" thickness. If you add in variables, the price goes up. She said their "average" charge was closer to $2.00-$2.50 SF due to walkways and little flexibility on scheduling.

 

[sandman2234]

I may be totally off base with this, but as fast as the price of oil is climbing, waiting till spring could affect the price, unless I am wrong and asphalt isn't oil based.
David from jax

 

[Red55]

The guy that did my driveway was going nuts when oil hit over $50 a barrel! I was also concerned if the asphalt plant would start screwing around with the mix in order to keep costs down and of course the end users wouldn't know for years and then the plant would (like every other manufacturer) blame the install for failure. It is too cold or starting to get too cold for paving up here. Ed

 

[rpoage]

Next spring I want to pave some more driveway area (2000+ sqft). I am going to get estimates from local companies when I get closer, but her in the Indy area, what kind of prices do you think I will get?

FYI - the base is ready to go, all I need is the asphalt (how ever many layers or overall thickness ....)

I don't know anything about your situation so ignore me if I'm off base here. I think you are going at this the wrong way. Asphalt is kind of a art form as a lot of factors determine how long it lasts and how well it looks. I would get a couple of recommendations from people who had work done similar to yours and get bids from their pavers. Don't be surprised if they have different views on your base and prep work as at the end of the day it's their reputation on the line. I had the paver I wanted and got two additional estimated to make sure our guy was in the ball park. Around here the pavers will lock in a bid for price as long as you do the work in 6 months. This takes the cranky Arab factor out of the mix.

 

[SnowRidge]

One of my neighbors just got quotes for his driveway. Concrete was the same as asphalt. He is going with concrete. In this area, the newly paved driveways seem to be split about 50/50 between concrete and asphalt.

 

[davkir]

Don't know anything about your application, but a 2" asphalt driveway probably won't survive heavy traffic.
Dump trucks bringing stone or fill dirt, heavy hay wagons...etc. Drivers sometimes will make you sign a waiver before they will deliver.

 

[bx24]

The good news in my case is that they just re-did the road in front of my place. I brokered a deal with the road contractor that they could park their equipment on my property and in return, the did some dirt work for we as well as dumping dozens of truck loads of the millings they made as the planed down the old roadway. Using 1'-1.5' feet of this stuff as my base, now I just need to finish it off. I would guess that I would want somewhere in the 3" range (two layers total) for the job???

I tried to talk the road crew into doing the asphalt as well, but I could not pull that one off.

Snowridge's comment about concrete scares me. Most of the driveways here are concrete as well. Last year I was paying $85 per yard for concrete and this year I am paying over $100 from the same company. If concrete is going for the same about as asphalt, I am really going to be over the $100 barrel!

 

[Bird]

One of my neighbors just got quotes for his driveway. Concrete was the same as asphalt. He is going with concrete. In this area, the newly paved driveways seem to be split about 50/50 between concrete and asphalt.

The prices do fluctuate with the price of oil, and some other factors. It's been a long time ago now, but I was project director on building a new police auto pound and to handle the heavy traffic the "experts" said we needed 4" of concrete or 6" of asphalt. The asphalt was considerably cheaper so that's what we did. As with many government jobs, we had said we needed 30 acres and got to do 15, so a couple of years later, we got the go ahead to do the other 15. And at that time, the concrete was cheaper, so half of that lot is paved with concrete and half with asphalt.

 

[loulou61]

With a 2" asphalt drive you will never be able to have concrete poured at your house. A full concrete truck will eat up a an asphalt drive. You better have a alternate route thhru the yard for concrete or heavy dirt hauling trucks.