Parking Lot Paving in Waterbury, CT

Parking lot paving in Waterbury covers small lots behind storefronts and three-family homes, church and school lots, and the larger lots around offices, medical buildings and the industrial sites in the valley's old mill districts. Every one of them gets plowed many times each winter, salted, and driven on by delivery trucks. A lot needs more structure than a driveway, and different parts of the same lot need different amounts.

Design by area

HomeGuide lists commercial and heavy-use pavement at 4 inches of asphalt or more. Drive aisles, entrances, dumpster pads and loading zones carry the heaviest traffic and need the most base and asphalt; parking stalls need less. We size each area for what it carries, so the budget goes where the loads are.

Repair, overlay or rebuild

Lots usually fail in patches: around catch basins, at entrances, where trucks turn and where plowed snow piles melt. We map those failures, cut them out and rebuild them, then decide whether the rest of the lot needs an overlay, a mill and overlay, or just crack sealing and sealcoating. HomeAdvisor lists asphalt lots at about $2 to $4.50 per square foot, or $400 to $1,130 per space, and estimates most lots need resurfacing every 15 to 20 years.

Drainage on sloped lots

Many lots in the valley are cut into hillsides. Water has to reach a catch basin or curb opening without crossing walkways or freezing in a drive aisle. Low spots around basins are the most common failure point. We regrade where needed and rebuild basin tops and surrounding pavement so water goes in instead of around.

Snow storage

Where plowed snow is piled, meltwater soaks into the pavement for weeks and refreezes at night. We recommend snow storage areas at the low, downhill side of the lot where meltwater can drain off rather than across the parking.

Striping and accessible parking

The Department of Justice says restriping a lot triggers the 2010 ADA Standards. Lots with 1 to 25 spaces need one accessible space, 26 to 50 need two, and 51 to 75 need three, with one of every six accessible spaces van accessible. Car spaces need at least 96 inches of width plus a 60-inch aisle, and the slope cannot exceed 1:48, which matters on hillside lots. We lay out accessible spaces on the flattest part of the lot.

Keeping you open

We phase the work so part of the lot and at least one entrance stay open, and schedule paving around business hours where possible.

Maintenance plans

A simple plan keeps lots out of the full-replacement column: crack sealing every year or two, sealcoating every few years, patching failures as soon as they appear and restriping when lines fade. We can price each item separately so owners can budget several years ahead.