Serving Portland, Gresham, Vancouver & Surrounding Areas
Driveways, commercial lots and asphalt repair in Fairview, from a Gresham crew working minutes from your street.
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Smooth Rollin’ Sealcoating and Paving is based in Gresham, directly south of Fairview, which makes this about as local as our service area gets. We work the neighborhoods around Salish Ponds and Fairview Lake, the older core near the original townsite, and the commercial and industrial frontage along Interstate 84 and Highway 30.
Fairview has more standing water per square mile than anywhere else on the east side. Fairview Lake, the two Salish Ponds and the low ground running toward the Columbia all sit on a shallow water table, and that is the governing fact for paving here. Base saturation is the reason driveways in this town fail early, not surface wear. We grade and detail drainage carefully in Fairview, and on the lowest sites we will tell you honestly if the ground needs work before it needs asphalt. There is also real truck traffic through the Townsend Farms operation and the I-84 frontage, and those surfaces get specified for it.
Nearby we also serve Gresham, OR, Troutdale, OR, Wood Village, OR and Vancouver, WA. See every city we cover on our service areas page.
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We deliver exceptional results backed by transparent pricing and a commitment to quality.
Fairview Lake, the Salish Ponds and the low ground toward the Columbia all sit close to the surface here. Base saturation, not surface wear, is what ends most Fairview driveways. We grade and detail drainage first.
Our shop is in Gresham, directly south of you. That means a real site walk before we quote, and a crew that can actually come back if something needs looking at.
One team from excavation through striping. No subcontractor handoffs. Everything we install in Fairview carries a 1-year warranty on our workmanship.
A written proposal with the scope and price, base and drainage work itemized so you can see what the ground is costing you.
Every job in Fairview gets the same crew, the same materials and the same walk-through, whether it is a single driveway or a full commercial lot.
We offer a full range of asphalt paving and maintenance services to keep your property safe and looking its best.
New asphalt driveways and parking areas across Fairview. A driveway starts well below the surface: excavation, a graded and compacted aggregate base, drainage that moves water off rather than holding it, then asphalt laid and rolled at temperature. On Fairview properties the base and the grading do most of the work. Get those right and the driveway lasts; get them wrong and no amount of surface quality saves it. We handle new construction, full replacements where a driveway has failed, and commercial paving for parking areas and private access.
On existing asphalt, sealcoating and crack sealing are what keep water out of the base, and in east Multnomah County that is most of the battle. Sealcoat blocks UV, rain and vehicle fluids, and brings the color back. Crack sealing is the higher-value of the two: sealing a crack while it is a quarter inch wide costs a fraction of repairing the pothole it turns into. We will tell you honestly when a Fairview surface is still worth maintaining and when it has gone past that point.
Parking lot layout and restriping for Fairview businesses, including ADA stalls and access aisles to current requirements, fire lanes, crosswalks, numbered stalls and custom stencils. A lot striped to the wrong dimensions is non-compliant no matter how clean the paint looks, so we lay it out properly rather than tracing over whatever was there before. We also install speed bumps, wheel stops, signs and posts.
Potholes, spreading cracks and edges that have started to break up all get worse quickly once water is in the base. We handle crack sealing, patching, saw-cut and full-depth repairs, grinding, and base repair on Fairview driveways and lots. Timely repair is the cheapest work in this trade, and we would rather do a repair now than a replacement in three years.
We make your asphalt project as simple and transparent as possible.
We discuss what you need and visit your Fairview property to assess the existing surface, check the base and take measurements.
You receive a detailed, easy-to-understand proposal with straightforward pricing and no hidden fees.
Our team arrives fully equipped to prepare the site, including cleaning, grading, and ensuring proper drainage.
Our crew lays and compacts the asphalt at temperature, using the right equipment for the size of the job.
We conduct thorough cleanup and perform a final walk-through to ensure your complete satisfaction.
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Answers to common questions about paving and asphalt work in Fairview.
Fairview sits on low ground with a shallow water table, and Fairview Lake and the Salish Ponds are the visible part of a much larger wet system. Asphalt itself is not damaged by water sitting on it. The damage happens underneath, when saturated base loses the ability to support load and the surface flexes and cracks. That is why we spend more of a Fairview quote on grading and drainage than on the asphalt.
Not honestly, no. Laying new asphalt over ground that holds water produces a driveway that looks correct for a season and then fails the same way the old one did. What we do instead is find where the water is coming from and where it needs to go, fix the grade or add drainage, then pave. It costs more at the start and it is the only version that lasts.
Paving installs a new asphalt surface. It is the right answer for new construction, or for a driveway or lot whose base has failed and cannot be saved from the top. Sealcoating is preventative maintenance: a protective layer applied over existing asphalt that shields it from UV, rain and vehicle fluids. Paving builds or rebuilds the surface, sealcoating protects one that is still sound. Neither substitutes for the other.
Every two to three years for most Fairview properties, and crack sealing whenever a crack appears rather than on a schedule. Our regional rainfall is the reason the interval is shorter here than in drier parts of the country. Water getting into the base is what ends asphalt, and sealcoat plus crack sealing is what keeps it out. New asphalt is the exception and needs to cure before its first coat.
Normally within about 24 to 72 hours depending on temperature and how thick the section is, and we give you a specific answer for your job before we leave. Full curing takes considerably longer. For the first several weeks avoid parking in the same spot for long periods, turning the wheels of a stationary vehicle, and putting down jack stands or trailer jacks without a board under them.
