Commercial & Residential
Paving for Steep Driveways in Giles County, VA
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Giles County is mountain country. Two of the highest peaks in Virginia are inside it, along with Mountain Lake. If your driveway climbs, you already know the trouble: water runs down it, gravel washes off it, and cars spin on it in January.
Pearisburg is the county seat, and Narrows, Pembroke and Rich Creek are among its other towns. From the shop in Shawsville, the county line is a drive of 35 miles or more.
- Asphalt PavingSmooth, hard asphalt for driveways, parking lots and rural roads. The base and drainage get checked first, then hot asphalt is laid and rolled to carry your traffic.
- Tar and ChipHot liquid asphalt with crushed stone rolled in. It costs less than asphalt, grips well on slopes and suits long rural drives with light to moderate traffic.
- Asphalt RepairCrack filling (including hot rubberized crack fill), patching, pothole repair, regrading low spots and resurfacing worn asphalt.
Free estimates in Giles County
Local conditions in Giles County
Steep driveways and runoff
On a mountain drive, rain doesn't soak in. It sheets down the surface and cuts at the edges and the low points. Whatever surface you put down in Giles has to be shaped with that water in mind, or the new edges break off the same way the old ones did. Steep drives bring a traction problem as well: in ice season, a surface with some texture to it is easier to climb than a slick one.
Private drainage and VDOT
VDOT handles state-maintained roads and their right-of-way. It does not maintain drainage on private property. If runoff is undercutting your driveway, fixing it falls to you, and it should be planned before a new surface goes down, not after. Trouble on the state road itself, like a clogged ditch dumping water onto your entrance, goes to VDOT's Highway Helpline at 800-367-ROAD.
Business lots on Routes 460 and 219
US 460 and US 219 are the county's main highways. The businesses along those routes take trucks as well as cars, and their entrances, where vehicles slow, turn and pull back onto the highway, wear first. Patching those entrances before they break up keeps the damage from spreading into the lot.
Equipment access on mountain driveways
A paving job brings a paver, a roller and loaded trucks. Before the estimate, think about three things: can a heavy truck make the turns on your drive, is there room at the top to turn around, and are there low branches or wires over the lane? Knowing that ahead of time keeps the estimate accurate and the job day simple.
What to put on a Giles County drive
On a steep gravel drive, chip seal is the usual recommendation for grip, while asphalt makes more sense when the drive carries heavier traffic; the chooser sorts out which one fits yours. Either surface stops the gravel from washing downhill. An asphalt drive with ruts or broken edges needs repair and patching first, with the grade corrected where water collects. Where a drive crosses a stream or a ditch, the culvert and its approaches need to be solid before anything goes over them. For business and church lots in Pearisburg, Narrows and Pembroke, keep cracks sealed, recoat the surface when it's due with sealcoat and repaint worn lines.
Giles County questions
The driveway washes out every big storm. Will paving fix it?
Paving stops loose gravel from washing away. It doesn't stop the water. If the water has nowhere to go, it runs over the new surface and eats at the edges, so the grade has to send it off the drive. Where your water goes gets looked at during the estimate.
Is part of a mountain drive ever too steep to pave?
Some pitches are. Trucks and rollers need safe footing, and the grade affects which surface will stay put. That call gets made in person, standing on the slope.
The side of the driveway has crumbled away. Can that be patched?
Yes. A crumbling edge usually means water has undercut the side of the drive. The repair cuts back to solid asphalt, rebuilds the base underneath and shapes the new edge so water runs off it instead of along it.
Does Paving Plus get out to Narrows and Rich Creek?
Give the address when you call. Those towns sit at the far end of the county from Shawsville, so it's worth checking first.
Get a free estimate in Giles County
Call (540) 731-3000 or send the estimate form. Photos of where it washes out help us come prepared.