Driveways, parking lots, sealcoating and resurfacing in Pinckney. Family owned for over 30 years, owner supervised on every jobsite, free estimates.
Pinckney is a small village on M-36 at the heart of the Pinckney Recreation Area and the Huron River chain of lakes, in the southern part of Livingston County. The surrounding Hamburg and Putnam Townships are lake country: Portage Lake, Zukey Lake, Base Line Lake, Strawberry Lake and a dozen others, with lakefront cottages that have become year-round homes and long rural drives on the wooded lots between.
Asphalt Express LLC has paved in Pinckney and the chain of lakes area for years. The lake lots are the signature job: narrow, often steep drives down to the water on wet ground, shared access roads serving a cluster of properties, and turnaround areas squeezed onto small parcels. Off the lakes, it is long rural drives and private roads that need to carry real traffic and last through hard winters.
The owner is on every job, which on a difficult lake lot is exactly what you want.
Every service we offer is available in Pinckney. Lake lots, shared access roads and the businesses along the main corridors each need something a little different, and we do all of it with the same owner-supervised crew.
New asphalt surfaces for driveways, private roads and parking areas, from excavation and base construction through hot-mix installation and compaction. On Pinckney's lake lots that means a base built for wet ground and a surface graded to shed water away from the house.
Parking lot paving, resurfacing, repair, sealcoating and line striping for businesses of every size. For Pinckney businesses along the main roads we phase the work so the lot stays open and customers keep parking.
Protective sealcoating, crack filling and routine maintenance that keep water out of the base and extend the life of the surface. On Pinckney's shaded, wet lake drives it is the single most cost-effective thing you can do to make the surface last.
A new wearing course over an existing surface whose base is still sound, restoring a worn driveway or lot to like-new condition. Where a Pinckney lake drive has a sound base under a worn surface, resurfacing restores it for far less than replacement.
Driveways, walkways, private roads and turnarounds for homeowners, built to carry real use and finished to match the property. In Pinckney that includes narrow, steep and shared lake-lot drives built for wet ground and winter traction.
Recycled asphalt pavement, delivered, graded and compacted into a firm, dark surface for drives, yards and parking areas. For a long access drive or parking area on a Pinckney lake property, millings give a firm, dust-free surface at a fraction of the cost.
Complete removal of a failed surface, correction and recompaction of the base, and installation of new asphalt. On Pinckney lake lots where a thin old drive has broken up on wet ground, this is usually the honest answer.
Pothole repair and patching, crack filling and sealing, surface levelling and line striping for existing lots. For Pinckney businesses that means quick pothole and section repair so the lot stays safe.
The water table across the chain of lakes is high, and a driveway base that stays saturated will heave every winter and rut every spring. On lake lots we excavate deeper, add drainage aggregate and geotextile fabric, and grade the surface so runoff has a proper path away from the house and the water.
Many lake drives drop steeply toward the water, and a steep asphalt drive needs proper compaction and a surface texture that gives traction in winter. We build them to hold and recommend regular sealcoating.
Seasonal weight restrictions and road standards in Livingston County are set by the Livingston County Road Commission; for hot-mix specifications we work to the Asphalt Pavement Association of Michigan guidance.
We look at the ground, the access and the drainage, and give you a free, honest estimate for what the job actually needs.
Excavate to the right depth, correct soft ground with fabric and aggregate, and compact a base that will not move.
Shape the surface so water sheds away from the house, the lake or the building, and toward ground that can take it.
Hot mix placed at the right temperature and rolled to spec while it is workable, with clean edges and transitions.
Striping where needed, a clean site, and a sealing schedule so the surface stays tight through Michigan winters.
Lake lots are where a driveway either lasts or fails, and it is decided at the base. The owner checks the ground, the base and the drainage on every job.
Three decades of paving around Southeast Michigan's lakes. Most of our Pinckney work comes from referrals and repeat customers on the same lake.
We come out, look at the ground and the access, and tell you what the drive actually needs. No pressure, no surprises.
Deeper excavation, drainage aggregate and geotextile fabric where the site demands it. That is the difference between a lake drive that lasts and one that heaves.
We serve the Village of Pinckney and the surrounding Hamburg and Putnam Townships, including the chain of lakes communities on Portage Lake, Zukey Lake, Base Line Lake, Strawberry Lake, Whitewood Lake and Gallagher Lake, the properties along M-36, Pettysville Road, Hamburg Road and Dexter-Pinckney Road, and the rural roads toward Dexter and Brighton.
Anywhere in Pinckney, call (248) 889-5357 or use the form below. For permits and right-of-way rules, check the official Pinckney website.
The questions Pinckney property owners ask us most, answered honestly.
Yes. Steep lake drives are a large part of our Pinckney work. We build the base for wet ground, grade for drainage and finish for traction.
We do, and we can provide a single quote for a group of neighbours who share the road.
Most lake-lot driveways are completed in one to two days depending on access and how much base work the ground needs. We confirm the schedule when we quote.
Foot traffic is usually fine within a day. We ask you to keep vehicles off for a few days while the asphalt cures, and we will confirm the exact timing for your job.
Yes. Every estimate is free. We come out, look at the ground and the access, and give you our honest recommendation while keeping your budget in mind.
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Over 30 years of asphalt work across Livingston County. Call today for your free Pinckney estimate.
