The Meridian standard
A driveway is drainage with asphalt on it
Most drive failures are water wearing a costume. Every Meridian mat is crowned at two percent, cut to move melt toward the ditch or the drain, and laid over base we would park our own trucks on. The asphalt is the easy part — the grade underneath it is the product.
Three-year warranty on the mat
Cracking from base failure, edge crumble, standing water after a rain — if any of it shows inside three years, we repair it at no charge. The warranty is printed on the estimate, not remembered from a handshake.
Services & rates
The square-foot truth
Last season's finished-job prices around Dunmore and Harrowgate. The measure is free, the estimate is fixed, and every line already includes tack coat, edge compaction and cleanup — square-footage bands decide where in each range a drive lands, and we say which band before you sign.
New driveway, 2-lift$4.60–6.40 / sq ft
2.5 in over prepared base, tack coat between lifts, hand-tamped edges
Mill & overlay$3.80 / sq ft
Existing drive milled 1.5 in, SS-1h tack coat, fresh 2 in mat
Sealcoating$0.98 / sq ft
Two-coat sealer, squeegee-applied, cracks routed and filled first
Crack fill$2.85 / lin ft
Routed to 0.5 in and hot-rubber sealed, recessed below the surface
Pothole & skin patchfrom $145 / patch
Saw-cut square, tack, hot mix, machine and hand compacted
Commercial lotsfrom $2.90 / sq ft
Striping, catch basins, tacking and scheduling around your hours
How it goes
From measure to first car on
The same sequence on every job — the only variable is your project.
Day 0
Measure & base check
We measure the drive, read the existing base and the fall, and mark where water will go. Base that has failed gets rebuilt before any asphalt touches it — a new mat over a bad base is a scheduled redo.
Day 1
Edge prep & tack
Edges are cut square and lined, old surfaces get their tack coat of SS-1h, and the planer runs where the overlay needs room. The drive is ready for hot mix the same afternoon.
Day 1–2
The lay, two lifts
A 1.5-in binder lift goes down first, then a 1-in wearing course — each one compacted behind the screed. One thick mat is faster and worse; two lifts are the whole difference between a drive and a five-year band-aid.
Day 2
Roll & compact
Three passes of the roller, joints matched hot to hot, and hand-tamping everywhere the drum cannot reach. Density is checked before the mat cools, not assumed after it hardens.
Day 3+
Cure & handback
Foot traffic in a day, cars in three to five depending on heat, and a care card with the dates on it. First sealcoat at ninety days, then every three to four years — we will remind you, not chase you.
2025 — 2026
Recent mats
Six surfaces from the last two seasons, shot the week the lines dried. The sheen on a fresh mat is honest advertising — what matters is that the fourth winter looks like the first.
Dunmore & Harrowgate say
Driveways that drain
Our old drive was a river every spring. Meridian rebuilt the base, laid two lifts, and cut a crown that moves water to the ditch instead of our garage. Three March melts later there is not a single crack worth sealing.
Three bids, and Meridian was the only one that mentioned a tack coat, let alone two lifts. The crew showed the density numbers unprompted. The lot they paved for us draws compliments from customers, which I did not expect asphalt to do.
They milled and overlaid our half-mile lane in two days and hand-tamped the last forty feet where the big roller could not turn. The transition to the garage slab is so flush a snowblower crosses it without a bump.
Paving season books 3–4 weeks out · (555) 011-8836 · quotes@meridianasphalt.example
Measure it, price it, lay it
Address and rough square footage is enough to start. The measure is free, the estimate is fixed against the rate card above, and paving windows are confirmed by phone the week before the plant order. quotes@meridianasphalt.example