Concrete Work
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.
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Ground Effects Paving handles stone hauling and gravel delivery for homes and businesses across Dallas and Paulding County. We haul crusher run and gravel in our own dump trucks. Then we spread the stone and grade it on site, so your driveway or pad is ready to use.
Homeowners call us for gravel driveways, and property owners call for parking areas and private roads. The same trucks haul the stone base that goes under our asphalt. As a paving contractor in Dallas, we grade that base and shape it for drainage before the paving starts. One call covers the stone and the grade work.
Tell us about the job and where it is. We look at it and put the quote in writing.
Crusher run is crushed stone with the fine stone dust left in. The dust fills the gaps between the stones. Once it is graded and driven on, crusher run packs down into a firm surface.
Washed gravel has the dust rinsed out, so water drains through it fast. On a driveway, those loose stones can shift and rut under tires. A federal gravel roads guide says good surface gravel needs fractured stone plus fines that bind it.
Stone for a gravel surface and stone under pavement are different mixes, too. If asphalt is in your plans, tell us up front. We haul the stone with the paving in mind.
Paulding County ground runs from sandy loam to red clay. The USDA soil survey maps both across the county. NOAA's weather station northeast of Dallas averages about 54 inches of rain a year. Rain falls all year, and every month averages more than 3 inches.
On either kind of ground, standing water is what ruins a gravel driveway. The same federal guide says trapped water softens the surface and leads to ruts that can reach the soil below.
Shape is the fix. A crowned drive is shaped like a low roof, so rain runs off both sides. For gravel roads, that guide recommends a crown near half an inch per foot. We grade the ground before the stone goes down, then shape the stone so water leaves the drive.
A gravel pad gives a shed or a trailer firm, level ground. We grade the spot first. Then we spread crusher run and shape its edges so water drains away.
Parking areas and private roads work the same way, only bigger. Heavy trucks and daily traffic call for more stone than a few cars do. Before a gravel lot or road gets asphalt, the base and the drainage come first. From there, the job moves to parking lot paving or private road paving.
If your home is on septic, show us where the drainfield sits. The EPA says not to park or drive on a drainfield, so loaded trucks stay clear of it. Where machine grading cuts below the existing ground, Georgia law requires a Georgia 811 locate request first. For a new drive onto a county road, Paulding County issues a driveway permit.
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 stone hauling around Dallas and the west side of metro Atlanta. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
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.
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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.
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.
