Asphalt Paving in North Richland Hills, TX

Asphalt paving in North Richland Hills covers seventy years of pavement. The city started in 1952, when Clarence Jones began subdividing his 268-acre dairy farm around today's Cummings Drive, and it incorporated in 1953 with about 500 residents. From there it grew decade by decade: 8,662 people in 1960, 30,592 in 1980, 55,635 in 2000 and 69,917 at the 2020 census. The driveways and parking lots that came with each wave are now anywhere from a few years to more than sixty years old, and each age needs something different.

What is under the pavement

The mid-cities do not sit on one kind of ground. A geology primer on the Metroplex describes sandy Woodbine sediments outcropping from Arlington north to Grapevine, the soil that once supported the Cross Timbers oak belt, and clay-prone layers like the Eagle Ford whose swelling clays cause construction problems. In practice, some North Richland Hills driveways sit on sandy ground that drains well but needs good edge support, and others sit on clay that softens when wet and pulls away in drought. We dig and probe where the old pavement has failed before setting the base depth.

Base and thickness

Cost guides describe a typical residential driveway as 2 to 3 inches of compacted asphalt over 6 to 8 inches of compacted gravel, with 3 to 4 inches over 8 to 10 inches for heavier vehicles and 4 inches or more for commercial lots. We write the depths for your job into the bid. Soft ground found during excavation is removed and replaced with compacted stone, and the bid explains how that is priced if it turns up.

Drainage on private lots

The City of North Richland Hills says it is not responsible for drainage on private property, and that diverting or concentrating runoff onto a neighbor's lot is against state water law. That matters on every driveway and lot we regrade. We set slopes that carry water to the street, a gutter or an existing drainage path, and we do not solve one property's puddle by sending it next door.

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Heat and timing

DFW's average first 100-degree day is July 1 and the average last is August 27, and 2011 brought 71 of them. Asphalt is placed hot and has to be compacted before it cools, but a freshly paved surface on a 100-degree afternoon stays soft for hours. In summer we pave early and keep traffic off longer. Spring and fall are the easiest seasons, though May, June and October are also the wettest months at Fort Worth's Meacham Airport, so we plan around rain and saturated ground.

Getting a permit

North Richland Hills requires contractors to have a contractor license application approved in the city's e-portal before applying for their first permit, and it reminds homeowners that making sure the contractor pulls the right permits is the owner's responsibility. Before work at the curb, approach or sidewalk, we confirm with the city what your project requires.

What we do

• New and replacement asphalt driveways
• Commercial and church parking lots
• Resurfacing and overlays
• Pothole, edge and trench repair
• Sealcoating and crack sealing
• Line striping and ADA layouts

Commercial lots along Davis Boulevard, Mid Cities Boulevard, Precinct Line Road, Rufe Snow and the I-820 corridor see steady traffic and delivery trucks, and we build heavier sections in the lanes and entrances that carry them.

North Richland Hills is home base. We also work in Richland Hills, Haltom City, Watauga, Keller, Hurst, Euless and Bedford next door; Colleyville, Grapevine, Southlake, Roanoke and Trophy Club to the northeast; Saginaw, Haslet, Lake Worth and River Oaks to the west; and Fort Worth, Arlington and Kennedale to the south. Housing ages, soils and HOA rules vary a lot across that area, from 1940s neighborhoods in River Oaks to 2010s subdivisions in Saginaw, and each city runs its own permit office. The city pages explain what we know about each one.