Prices on driveway paving

   / Prices on driveway paving #81  
Last asphalt ticket I looked at with a price, was about 2 weeks ago, and was $148/ton. Now, that's not including trucking, mobilzation, labor, profit, base, grading ect.
 
   / Prices on driveway paving #82  
When I got the asphalt estimate from my friend - I realized how nice it was to drive down a driveway that was paid for - 42 years ago.
 
   / Prices on driveway paving #83  
Where all this can go up; if you need a flagged lane closure, in my part of the world, that would add $1500/day hired out. Permitting, if needed, locally would only be $50 for the permit, but if you wanted to hire a permitting tech, that would probably be $500.

If they need to form, then wait a day or two for an inspection, before the pour, they would want to charge a bit more.

No idea what other issues in BC might be working against you on the price? Weather maybe; we don't pour concrete below 45 degrees F, so that can screw with a schedule (which they would build into a price).

Edit: stamping concrete would add a lot to the labor of the pour; it's a pain in the butt; got to get everything poured, screeded, bull floated, and then 2 guys with the stamps, and a guy tamping the stamp, all at just the right time to get a good stamp, without being too stiff or too wet. Died concrete also adds to the cost, but not that much.
Dyes prices depend on color, some colors are $200/ cy plus cleaning fee for truck after pour
 
   / Prices on driveway paving #84  
Chip seal is a good system; IF; the existing asphalt doesn't have a lot of dips/heaved areas, or need a lot of patching. Chip seal is normally either single or double application; 3/8" (9.5mm) rock and then on a double application, something like granite screenings. Where Chip seal shines is it seals everything up, and flexes, and can serve as a crack relief if ever paved over.

There is also a system called Micro Pave; which some cities and counties use on existing paved roads. It's only like 1/2 to 3/4" thick, and uses a different kinda paving train than normal asphalt. Not really ever been a part of Micropave, so thats 2nd/3rd hand.
In Ohio micro surface is used in many cities, it can be done over chip seal for better looking process. Asphalt emulsion is sprayed on small rock 1/8” and mixture is squeegee smooth. Setting time is temperature dependent but usually a couple of hours or less. Need specialized equipment. Thickness is usually 3/8”
 
   / Prices on driveway paving #85  
I dont know the answer to that. On a full sized paver, the screed does do a fair bit of the compaction of the asphalt, but I've never seen/heard of not rolling it. A traffic roller does help (9 wheel rubber tired roller), but that is used after the initial compaction by a steel wheeled asphalt roller (with water jets, to avoid hot asphalt sticking to the drum).

I've never paved or been around paving in the mountains.

Your hard pan, that gets soft in freezing would also concern me; but we don't deal with freeze/thaw here.
Screed will typically compact to 80 percent of max density. You want low nineties for durability. Many highway contractors use steel drum with rubber back wheels
 
   / Prices on driveway paving #86  
Figured I'd share a story from yesterday. About 6 month ago or so (it's always in the winter), a group of what we call asphalt gypsies came through the neighborhood, did about 6 asphalt driveways. All of them, I drive by, and think, dam, that asphalt looks Cold, that roller looks awful small, looks like a lot of segregation, ect; general poor quality, thin asphalt on maybe 3-4" of semi compacted base.

So, I'm mowing the rough yard (keep about 1/2 acre of yard yard, and another 3/4 acre in semi yard, ie mow maybe 3 times per year) and the ditch/right of way, and a guy pulls in. "I live right down the street, how much to move some limerock" I told him nothing, give me 10 minutes. It was one of the guys who hired the gypsies, and they just left a pile of about 5 tons of limerock base in the yard for him to deal with. The asphalt looked worse close up than I realized. No idea what he paid, but it was too much for the end product.
 
   / Prices on driveway paving #88  
I've had them interrupt me while I was mowing the front of my place. Once that happens, I'm going to say no regardless of what they are offering. It's always the same thing. They have extra from a job and don't want to haul it back, so they will give me a great deal to do my driveway. Obviously it's a lie because my driveway is 800 feet long, and nobody has that much extra material from a job!!!
 
   / Prices on driveway paving #89  
I've had them interrupt me while I was mowing the front of my place. Once that happens, I'm going to say no regardless of what they are offering. It's always the same thing. They have extra from a job and don't want to haul it back, so they will give me a great deal to do my driveway. Obviously it's a lie because my driveway is 800 feet long, and nobody has that much extra material from a job!!!
LOL! Someone has actually stopped by with the "extra material" reasoning for an 800 ft driveway? C'mon guys... That's not rational to use as an excuse to sell in that situation. Got to be more creative.

I'm curious... If they are using that excuse to get you to do the work, are they REALLY willing to just jump in and do the job RIGHT NOW? I'd think unless it was a super small driveway they'd still have to plan it for another day, which would then invalidate the entire 'leftover' concept anyway.
 
   / Prices on driveway paving #90  
I have seen a time or two when an asphalt super, while paving a main line road has spread and rolled maybe 5 tons of 'waste' for a couple hundred and some beer; but they where literally right there, I'm sure he didn't tell his boss about the side money, ect.
 

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