Parking Lot Repair in St. George, UT

Potholes show up first where traffic is concentrated: the entrance throat, the lane in front of the main doors, the route delivery trucks take to the back. Cost guides say to patch them right away, and on a commercial lot there's a liability reason as well as a pavement one.

For a lot, ask for saw-cut, full-depth patches in the drive lanes rather than asphalt shoveled into the hole and rolled. Patch methods and their per-patch prices are on asphalt patching.

When patches start touching each other, an overlay is often the cheaper fix. A new layer of asphalt goes over the old lot after repairs, often with the edges milled so the new surface meets curbs and gutters flush. National guides put it at:

• Per square foot: $1 to $3.
• Per parking space: about $300 to $900.
• A 25-car lot: roughly $7,500 to $22,500.

An overlay only works on a sound base. Which surfaces qualify is on asphalt resurfacing, and the milling step is on asphalt milling.

The trash truck is one of the heaviest vehicles a lot sees, and it stops, lifts and turns on the same spot every week. That's why the pad in front of the enclosure ruts and cracks long before the stalls do. Entrance aprons take the same punishment from turning trucks. Repairs here usually mean removing the failed area and rebuilding it thicker than the rest of the lot; the thickness used for heavy-duty commercial lanes is on parking lot paving. Ask the contractor what thickness the bid assumes, measured after compaction.

Sweeping belongs in the same plan as the paving work. Grit, sand and litter grind at the surface, and they also wash toward the storm drains. The City of St. George treats sediment-laden water, oil and similar materials entering a storm drain as a prohibited illicit discharge, and a lot that hasn't been swept sends its dirt toward the inlets with every storm. A swept lot is also the first step before any crack fill or sealcoat. Ask whether sweeping is offered on a schedule or only as job prep.

Cost guides give asphalt lots a plain schedule: sealcoat every 3 to 5 years, resurface every 15 to 20, patch potholes right away, and keep a maintenance calendar you actually follow. A yearly plan turns that into a walk-through each spring or fall with a written list: cracks to fill, patches to cut, which year the lot is due for parking lot sealcoating, and whether the striping is fading. Owners of several properties can bundle them into one visit.