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.
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Ground Effects Paving does concrete work for homes and businesses in Dallas and the towns around it. We pour concrete sidewalks and walkways, plus small concrete driveways for homes. For businesses, we pour the concrete approach that carries traffic from the street into the lot. Every job starts with the grade, so water runs off the finished concrete.
Ground Effects is a paving contractor in Dallas, so the concrete and the asphalt can be one job. A new lot may need a concrete approach at the street and a sidewalk along the building. A home may pair a concrete walkway with a new asphalt driveway. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.
Tell us about the job and where it is. We look at it and put the quote in writing.
A concrete sidewalk starts with the layout and the grade. Paulding County averages about 53 inches of rain a year, so each walk gets a slope that sheds water. We set the line and the height, then dig out and compact the ground. Forms go in next, then the concrete, which gets leveled and finished.
Joints go in within hours of the pour. The concrete industry's own guidance runs saw cuts 4 to 12 hours after finishing. Each joint goes at least a quarter of the way through the concrete. The guidance keeps panels close to square, no longer than one and a half times their width.
Before any machine digging or grading, Georgia law calls for a Georgia 811 locate request. Georgia 811 asks for it at least three business days ahead.
A small concrete driveway is only as good as the ground under it. Around Dallas, most upland ground is well drained loamy soil on rolling to steep slopes. We grade and compact it, then set the base the soil calls for. The forms set the edges and the slope, so water runs away from the house.
The concrete industry's joint guidance ties spacing to the thickness of the concrete. Its example is concrete 4 inches thick, with joints about 10 feet apart. It caps the spacing at 15 feet. Where the driveway meets a walk or the garage floor, an isolation joint lets each piece move on its own.
The industry's curing guidance keeps new concrete wet or sealed for at least several days after finishing. Cold slows the strength gain, and the weather station near Dallas averages about 73 freezing nights a year. The same guidance calls for keeping new concrete from freezing while it gains early strength.
A commercial approach is the concrete entrance from the street into a lot. Every car and delivery truck that turns in crosses it, so it gets planned with the lot. When the job includes paving the parking lot, the approach and the asphalt get graded together.
GDOT, the Georgia Department of Transportation, oversees the state routes. In Paulding County, those include US 278, GA 61, GA 92 and GA 120. A new approach on one needs a GDOT permit before any work starts in the right of way. GDOT takes that application from the property owner or the company that owns or leases the property.
In unincorporated Paulding County, a driveway onto a county road takes a permit from the county DOT. It issues the driveway permit and a right-of-way encroachment permit. The county does not maintain streets inside Dallas city limits, so ask the city about those. We point you to the right office for your address.
Call or text for a written quote. We work about 100 miles around Dallas across the west side of metro Atlanta.
(770) 940-0861From the first call or text to the finished work, here is how it goes.
Call or text (770) 940-0861, or send the form. Tell us what the job needs and where it is.
We measure the area and see how water moves across it.
We put the quote in writing. Once you say go, we set a work date with you.
For new paving, we grade for drainage and build the stone base. For sealcoating, we fill the cracks before the sealer goes on.
We lay the hot mix asphalt and roll it while it is still hot. A parking lot gets its striping last.
Common questions about concrete work around Dallas and the west side of metro Atlanta. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
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.
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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.
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Sealcoating for asphalt driveways and parking lots, with crack filling first. Lots get fresh striping once the sealer cures.
Learn MoreEvery machine a paving job needs is ours, from the dump trucks to the paver and the roller.
We grade the ground so rain runs off, then build the stone base. The asphalt goes down last.
We haul the crusher run and base stone ourselves, then spread and grade it on site.
We look at the job before we price it, and the quote comes to you in writing.
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.
