Driveway Condition Assessment

Plan a repair soon comes first whenever there is a raised lip where people walk, water running toward the garage or house, soil washing out from under an edge, potholes, or damage that changed quickly. Water under a slab or behind an asphalt edge removes support, so these rarely hold still.

Get the whole driveway looked at applies when damage covers most of the drive, when spiderweb cracking spreads beyond one spot, or when an earlier repair came back. Those are the signs that the cause may sit in the base or the drainage, which is the question the repair vs replacement guide works through.

Plan a repair covers damage that needs fixing but isn't urgent: wider or offset cracks, a single sunken section, a worn surface, loose pavers, ruts in gravel or puddles. Maintain it and keep watching is for thin cracks with level edges, no water problems and no recent change.

The assessment can't see below the surface. Voids, soft base and caliche are found on the first visit, which looks at the whole drive: surface, joints, edges, where water runs, and the garage, sidewalk and street transitions. Cracks in house walls or a garage floor are outside driveway work, and the result says so. For a budget once you know the problem, the cost calculator takes it from there.