About Top Lift Asphalt
The paving crew that builds the base before it sells the blacktop.
Top Lift Asphalt paves driveways, parking lots and private roads from Asheville across Western North Carolina. New asphalt driveways, gravel to asphalt, steep mountain drives, repair and patching, sealcoating and tar and chip. One written estimate, priced on the real lot.
Get a written estimate
Tell us about the driveway, lot or road. We measure it, check the base and the water, and put a real price in writing.
What we are, plainly
No slogans. Here is what you are actually hiring.
Based in Asheville, paving across Buncombe, Henderson, Haywood and Transylvania counties.
We measure the driveway and check the base before we price it. The written estimate lists every line and what would move the number.
Soft spots dug out, the lot graded to shed water, crushed stone compacted, then hot mix. Skipping the base is how driveways fail early.
On a mountain lot, the rain decides how long asphalt lasts. Crown, edges, ditches and culverts get checked before the mat goes down.
Sometimes a sealcoat or a patch is all a driveway needs. We say so before we sell a new one.
Hot mix needs warm, dry weather to compact, so mountain paving runs spring through fall. We tell you when the weather is wrong for your job.
How a job runs
Five steps, in the order they happen.
You send the form
The town, roughly how long and steep, and what is there now is enough to start.
We measure and read the water
Length, width, grade, the base under it and where the rain goes. This is where the number comes from.
A written estimate
Grading, base, paving and any drainage work, each as a line item.
Grade, base, pave
The lot shaped to shed water, stone compacted, hot mix laid and rolled tight.
Cure and seal
Light traffic for the first days, and a first sealcoat once the asphalt has cured.
What we will tell you straight
The things an estimate usually leaves out.
Whether you need new asphalt at all
Cracks and faded blacktop often come back with crack sealing and a sealcoat for a fraction of the price. Sealcoating, explained.
Why the base matters more than the blacktop
Two inches of hot mix on a soft base will rut and crack in a few winters. The stone underneath is what carries the load. How thick it should be.
When tar and chip is the better buy
On a long rural lane, tar and chip can cost far less than hot mix and grips well on a grade. Tar and chip vs asphalt.
Where the price moves
Length, width, grade, base work, culverts and how far the hot mix has to travel. The cost guides show the ranges and what pushes a job to the top. Start with the cost guide.
Under the blacktop
The base work that decides how long it lasts.
What we do
Every service has its own page, with the price picture.
- Asphalt Driveway Repair in Western North Carolina
- Asphalt Paving Contractors in Western North Carolina
- Asphalt Resurfacing and Overlays in Western North Carolina
- Driveway Sealcoating and Crack Sealing in Western North Carolina
- Gravel to Asphalt Driveway Conversion in Western North Carolina
- Parking Lot Paving and Repair in Western North Carolina
- Steep Driveway Paving on Mountain Lots in Western North Carolina
- Tar and Chip Driveways in Western North Carolina
Where we work
Asheville out to Hendersonville, Waynesville and Brevard.
From Asheville we pave in Buncombe, Henderson, Haywood and Transylvania counties, from in-town driveways to long mountain lanes and private roads.
Asphalt paving by town
Written estimate after a site visit
Ready when your driveway is.
Send the form. We measure the driveway, check the base and the water, and put the price in writing.