Asphalt Paving
New asphalt surfaces and full replacement paving for residential driveways and commercial parking lots, built on properly graded and compacted base.
Asphalt Paving details
Cost guide
What you are paying for when you sealcoat.
Sealcoating is the cheapest work you can do on asphalt, but the price still moves with square footage, prep, and how much cracking is already there.
The short version
Coverage is the base price. Preparation is the variable.
Two surfaces of the same size can price very differently. One may need nothing more than a clean and a coat. The other may need vegetation pulled out of the joints, oil spots treated, several hundred feet of cracks filled, and a failed corner patched before coating is worth applying at all.
That preparation is not padding. Coating over dirt, growth, or open cracks is how a sealcoat job fails inside a season.
What raises cost
Where the extra work comes from.
- Heavy cracking that has to be filled first
- Vegetation growing through joints and edges
- Oil and fluid spots that need treatment
- Failed areas that need patching before coating
- Lots of edges, islands, and curb lines to cut in by hand
- Phased work to keep a business open during the job
What lowers cost
Surfaces that price efficiently.
- Surfaces kept on a regular maintenance cycle
- Minimal cracking to treat beforehand
- Open, simple layouts with few hand-cut edges
- Good drainage with no standing water
- A window where the area can be closed cleanly
- Sealcoating and striping scheduled as one visit
Driveways vs lots
Residential and commercial price differently.
A residential driveway is usually a single open area finished in one visit. A commercial lot brings traffic control, phasing, striping to reinstate afterward, and far more edge work around islands, curbs, and entrances. That is labor and scheduling, not just material.
If striping is part of the job, it goes on after the coating cures. Combining the two in one mobilization is usually less expensive than doing them months apart.
Hannibal, MO
Sealcoating cost factors in Hannibal.
A lot of Hannibal driveways are long rural or semi-rural runs where the coated area is large but simple, which is efficient work per square foot. Tree cover is the bigger variable in town, since shaded surfaces hold moisture and slow curing, and that affects how a job has to be scheduled.
Sloped drives need attention where water runs along an edge, because that is where a coating breaks down first and where cracks tend to open.
- Long rural drives that coat efficiently
- Shaded surfaces that need longer cure windows
- Edge wear on sloped drives from runoff
- Freeze and thaw cracking to treat first
Quincy, IL
Sealcoating cost factors in Quincy.
Quincy has more commercial lots per mile than the surrounding towns, and lot work is where phasing drives the price. Keeping a business accessible while sections cure means more mobilizations and more marking off, which shows up as labor.
Older residential drives in established neighborhoods often need crack filling and spot repair before coating, so the preparation line is frequently the larger half of those quotes.
- Phased lot work to keep businesses open
- Striping reinstated after the coating cures
- Crack filling on older residential drives
- Entrance and curb-line edges cut in by hand
Sealcoating work
Driveways and lots we have sealcoated.
Related services
What pairs with sealcoating.
Sealcoating
A protective surface coating that shields asphalt from sun, water, and traffic wear while restoring a clean, uniform black finish.
Sealcoating details
Asphalt Repair & Crack Filling
Targeted repair of potholes, failing patches, edge breakup, and cracks so water stays out of the base and damage stops spreading.
Asphalt Repair & Crack Filling details
Parking Lot Striping
New layouts and restriping for stalls, arrows, accessible spaces, fire lanes, and loading zones, applied to an approved layout.
Parking Lot Striping details
Grading & Site Preparation
Dirt work, excavation, rough and final grading, subgrade correction, and base preparation so the pavement above it has something solid to sit on.
Grading & Site Preparation detailsSealcoating cost questions
Sealcoating cost FAQs.
If you need something specific, call or text us and we can talk it through.
What does sealcoating cost?
Sealcoating is priced by the square footage being coated plus whatever preparation the surface needs first. Cracks, vegetation, oil spots, and failed areas all add work before any coating goes down, so we measure and quote the specific surface.
Why is crack filling quoted separately?
Crack filling is a different material and a different process. It has to happen before sealcoating, and the amount of cracking varies enormously between surfaces, so bundling it into a flat rate would only make the quote less accurate.
Is sealcoating worth the money?
On a surface that is still structurally sound, yes, because it slows the weathering that turns small problems into replacement. On a surface that is already crumbling, it is money spent on appearance only, and we will tell you that.
How often does it need doing?
It is a maintenance cycle, not a one-time purchase. How fast a coating wears depends on traffic, sun exposure, and drainage, so we look at the surface and tell you when it is due rather than putting everyone on the same schedule.
Do you charge for an estimate?
No. Estimates are free. Call or text (573) 719-6650 and we will look at the driveway or lot.