Serving Portland, Gresham, Vancouver & Surrounding Areas
Driveways, TV Highway commercial lots and asphalt repair in Cornelius and the west Tualatin Valley.
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Smooth Rollin’ Sealcoating and Paving serves Cornelius, sitting on the TV Highway between Hillsboro and Forest Grove. It is the smallest of the three but it carries the same traffic, because everything moving between the west valley and the metro passes through the middle of town.
That corridor is the defining paving condition here. Commercial frontage on the TV Highway takes constant turning traffic off a state route, and turning movements are considerably harder on asphalt than straight-line driving. Vehicles entering and leaving a lot apply shear force to the surface right at the approach, which is why the first ten feet of a highway-frontage lot almost always fails before the rest of it. We build approaches thicker for exactly that reason. Away from the highway, Cornelius is a working residential town with agricultural roots, and the driveways reflect a range of ages and construction standards.
Nearby we also serve Forest Grove, OR, Hillsboro, OR, Aloha, OR and Beaverton, OR. 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.
The first stretch of a highway-frontage lot takes shear from every vehicle turning in off the TV Highway, which is why it fails first. We build approaches thicker than the field of the lot instead of pouring one uniform section and hoping.
Small patches, awkward access, older driveways that need honest assessment rather than an upsell. We take the work bigger outfits price high to avoid.
One team from excavation through striping. Everything we install in Cornelius carries a 1-year warranty on our workmanship.
A written proposal with the scope and the price, base and drainage itemized so you can see what you are paying for.
Every job in Cornelius 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 Cornelius. 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 Cornelius 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 the Tualatin Valley 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 Cornelius surface is still worth maintaining and when it has gone past that point.
Parking lot layout and restriping for Cornelius 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 Cornelius 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 Cornelius 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 Cornelius.
Turning movements. A vehicle driving straight across asphalt loads it vertically, which asphalt handles well. A vehicle turning applies horizontal shear at the same time, which it handles far less well. Every car entering and leaving your lot does that in the same few feet, so the approach takes many times the punishment of the parking field. The fix is to build the approach with a thicker section rather than pouring the whole lot uniformly.
Square footage, excavation and base requirements, drainage, and truck access drive it. A flat driveway on sound ground is the straightforward case. Older properties where the original base was thin or was never really a base at all cost more, because that work happens under the asphalt where it is not visible in the finished job but determines how long it lasts. We price after walking the site.
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 Cornelius 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.
