Crack filling, pothole patching, and edge repair for driveways and lots across Fredericton and Moncton. A few hours of work now keeps a New Brunswick winter from turning a hairline crack into a hole you can lose a tire in.
Asphalt rarely fails all at once. It starts with a thin crack you barely notice in August. Water gets in, the temperature drops below freezing, and that water expands and pries the crack wider. By the time the snow clears off your driveway near the Saint John River or your lot off Mountain Road in Moncton, the small problem has become a spreading one.
Sealing and patching at the right time is the cheapest pavement work you will ever pay for. Done early, a repair costs a fraction of a full resurface and adds years to the surface you already own. We have been doing this for New Brunswick families and businesses since 1989, and most of our repair calls are simply maintenance we can knock out in a single visit.
We clean out the crack, remove debris and weeds, and fill it with a flexible hot-pour sealant that moves with the freeze-thaw cycle instead of fighting it. Routine crack sealing is the single best thing you can do to keep water out and stretch the life of any paved surface.
Potholes form where water has already gotten underneath and washed out the base. We saw-cut to solid edges, rebuild the base where needed, then fill and compact with fresh hot-mix asphalt so the patch bonds tight and holds up to traffic and plows.
Crumbling edges and sunken pavement around catch basins and drains are common on older Fredericton and Moncton lots. We rebuild broken edges and reset the asphalt around basins so water drains where it should and the surface stops breaking apart from the outside in.
Our winters are hard on pavement. Fredericton and Moncton both swing through dozens of freeze-thaw cycles between November and April, and every one of them works at any weak spot in your asphalt. Add plows, road salt, and standing meltwater and it is easy to see why a small crack does not stay small for long.
We use hot-pour crack sealant and hot-mix patch material rated for our climate, not the bagged cold-patch that pops out by spring. The work is timed for the right conditions and compacted properly so the repair actually bonds to the surrounding asphalt. The goal is simple: keep water out, keep the base solid, and get you the most years possible before a full repave is ever on the table.
Late spring through early fall is ideal in New Brunswick, when the pavement is dry and temperatures stay warm enough for sealant and hot-mix to bond. The best time overall is as soon as you notice cracking, before another freeze-thaw season widens it.
Most of the time, repair is enough. Crack filling, patching, and edge work can add years to a surface with isolated damage. We only recommend repaving when cracking is widespread or the base underneath has failed, and we will tell you honestly which one you are looking at.
A properly sealed crack typically holds for several years, and a well-built hot-mix patch can last as long as the surrounding pavement. Keeping up with sealing every few seasons is what makes the difference here, especially with our salt and freeze-thaw conditions.
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Crack filling, pothole patching, and edge repair for driveways and lots throughout Fredericton and the surrounding area. See details for our Fredericton service.
Patching, sealing, and catch-basin repair for Moncton, Riverview, and Dieppe properties. See details for our Moncton service.
Send us a photo or book a quick look. We will tell you whether it is a simple seal, a patch, or something bigger, and give you a straight estimate either way.
