Driveway Paving
We build new asphalt driveways and rebuild failed ones for homes around Dallas and west metro Atlanta. Each one starts with grading and a rolled stone base, with the hot mix laid last.
Learn More
The city describes Austell as relatively flat ground, and Sweetwater Creek runs through it. On flat ground, rain drains slowly and can sit on driveways and parking lots. Austell's Street Maintenance Division says water that gets under pavement can make it sink and form potholes. On any paving job here, getting water off the asphalt comes first.
Ground Effects Paving is an asphalt paving contractor serving Dallas and the west side of metro Atlanta. Austell is part of our service area, and here we handle asphalt driveway paving, parking lots, sealcoating and patching. We do the grading and haul the base stone in our own dump trucks before we pave. If you need a paving contractor in Austell, call or text (770) 940-0861.
Tell us about the job and where it is. We look at it and put the quote in writing.
In September 2009, Sweetwater Creek crested at 30.8 feet at the USGS gauge near Austell. That is about 9 feet above any other crest in records that go back to 1904. The city still keeps a gallery of photos from that flood.
The city's current FEMA flood maps took effect on March 14, 2013. They mark high-risk flood areas inside the city limits. NRCS rates about a quarter of the city's land as low-lying soil that floods occasionally or frequently. Much of the higher ground is Piedmont soil with a clay subsoil, led by the Appling and Cecil series.
NRCS rates most of the city's soil as limited for local roads and streets, mostly for low strength. On a driveway here, we grade the ground to shed water and compact a stone base under the asphalt. On a rural road with a roadside ditch, the city's standards call for a culvert under the drive. That pipe has to carry at least a 10-year storm.
Census survey estimates show about four in ten Austell homes were built before 1980. About a third went up between 2000 and 2009. Clarkdale, the mill village below the Threadmill Complex, was built in 1932 with 138 homes on curving streets. About eight in ten homes in the city are detached single-family houses.
When an older driveway shows cracks or broken edges, we look at the base under them first. If the base is sound, asphalt repair and patching or an overlay can keep the driveway in use. If water has softened it, that section comes out and gets rebuilt from the stone up.
Homes built in the 2000s are now 17 to 26 years old, and so are many of their driveways. Inside the city, overlays and the replacement of an existing home driveway are exempt from most stormwater rules. Adding 1,000 square feet or more of new hard surface to a home lot brings those rules in. Paving work must still keep its runoff from harming the lot next door, and Public Works has the final word.
Georgia lawmakers named the Cobb County stretch of US 78 Veterans Memorial Highway in 1997, and it runs through Austell. Businesses along it and along Austell Road need lots that drain well and hold up to daily traffic. For a new lot or a full rebuild, parking lot paving starts with grading and the stone base.
Inside the city, stormwater rules cover business lots that add or replace 500 square feet or more of hard surface. Overlays and resurfacing of existing pavement are exempt from most of those rules. A drive onto a state route needs approval from the GDOT district office first. A copy of that permit then goes to Austell Public Works.
The city's stormwater guidance says sealing should not start if rain is predicted during application or curing. It also says asphalt and rinse water must never go into a storm drain or a creek. We plan sealcoating around a dry forecast, with crack filling first. On lots, fresh striping goes down after the sealer cures.
By Census maps, Austell's two ZIP codes, 30106 and 30168, cover about four times the land inside the city. At the 2020 Census, 7,587 of the city's 7,713 residents lived in the Cobb County part. The other 126 lived in its small Douglas County part. Outside the city limits, the county's offices set the rules instead of the city.
City standards say a home driveway on a collector or arterial road must be paved for its first 25 feet. Where the right of way runs deeper, the paving runs out to its edge. So a gravel drive on one of those roads still starts with a paved apron. We handle crusher run and gravel delivery in our own dump trucks and spread it past the apron.
The city says detention ponds at businesses and newer subdivisions are the owner's or the HOA's to maintain. Road paving on a private road follows the same order: grade, base, drainage, then asphalt. An HOA or a group of owners gets one written quote for the whole road.
Communities and areas we serve around Austell: Downtown Austell, Clarkdale, Sweetwater Creek, Veterans Memorial Highway, Austell Road, Austell-Powder Springs Road, Joe Jerkins Boulevard, Thornton Road, Humphries Hill Road, Hiram-Lithia Springs Road, Maxham Road, Flint Hill Road.
Austell ZIP codes served: 30106, 30168.
Austell is part of our service area. We look at the job first, then put the quote in writing.
(770) 940-0861 We build new asphalt driveways and rebuild failed ones for homes around Dallas and west metro Atlanta. Each one starts with grading and a rolled stone base, with the hot mix laid last.
Learn More
We pave new asphalt parking lots and re-pave worn-out ones for businesses and property owners. Each lot is graded to drain and built on compacted stone, with striping as the finish.
Learn More
Sealcoating for asphalt driveways and parking lots, with crack filling first. Lots get fresh striping once the sealer cures.
Learn More
Potholes and failed asphalt patched in driveways and parking lots. We fix the base and the water problem first, then patch with hot mix asphalt.
Learn More
We resurface worn asphalt driveways and parking lots when the base underneath still holds. We mill the edges and drains where needed, then pave a new layer on top.
Learn More
We pave private roads and subdivision streets in hot mix asphalt. The road bed gets graded and drained before the base stone goes down.
Learn More
We haul crusher run and gravel in our own dump trucks. Then we spread and grade it for driveways, parking areas, pads and private roads.
Learn More
Concrete sidewalks, walkways, small driveways and commercial approaches for homes and businesses. The grade work comes first, and the concrete can go in on the same job as the asphalt.
Learn MoreA few of the questions we hear most around Austell. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
Send the form or call or text (770) 940-0861 with the address of the job. We set a time to look at it, then put the quote in writing.
Tell us about the job and where it is. We look at it and put the quote in writing.