Our driveway needs sealing badly. We are going to hire it done. Has a few cracks here and there, as well as about a dozen oil stains. Had a driveway sealing guy stop in and give me a quote. The drive is 150'x10', with a 24'x30' turnaround and a 3'x35' walkway... he said they'll fill in all of the cracks, seal the joint at the garage doors (2) concrete, remove the stains... then seal the entire drive with high quality goop... $1200. Also doesn't need a dime until they're finished. Will take a day with 48 hours to dry enough to drive on. Do you guys think this is quote is high, low... average... ? Thanks for any comments...
It might be nice to see some of his work. Joint and especially crack sealing can look real bad if not done right.
The man up the road just had his done. He has a big long driveway, about 100 ft and a large yard with turn around. Cost him $700. my wife and I did ours 2 yrs ago before I fell, Cost us about $150 for materials. Did it in a half day. So that is two very overweight seniors doing a driveway in 4 hrs. We took brakes. What I didn't say is the prep time. I did pressure wash and edge the driveway. I treated all the oil stains with a product I got for that at HD. I filled the cracks with some sort of goop that is sold just for that. The first year we did it ourselves, we used some airport grade stuff that was nearly $30 a pail, we use 8 pails. The stuff was thick and required a lot of pushing to spread it around. But it did soften up and spread around ok on the hot pavement. The problem is that it didn't hold on well. It came of in huge flakes. The odor was awful. Some plant nearby turned yellow. The next time I bought some cheap stuff. That went down easily and didn't stink so bad. That stuff stuck with no flaking. It has worn off during the past couple of years so it needs to be done again this year. You can walk on it as soon as it dries but can't drive on it for a day.
Is he using the brush on sealer or a truck mount sprayer? We have our parking lots sealed at work every two years. I never see the prices, but the work goes fast with the truck mount sprayer. Sometimes companies look for smaller filler jobs in between big contract jobs. I'd say get a few more quotes. I always look at local work being done and some contractors leave their signs out for a few days where they did their work. Good ones will give you references of where they did work so you can go take a look.
I have seen both. We had it done once by hand. The neighbor uses the truck mount sprayer company. I have a friend that used to do this in NY for a living. They use the same stuff we use, but cut it a lot with water when they put it in the truck tank for spraying on. I don't thing the guy using the truck is using the expensive stuff because it doesn't stink that bad and the plants don't turn yellow. The commercial guy weed whack the edge, sweep the drive, then spray. That is all. They do a good job and don't get it on the garage etc.
Good info Larry. I can't tell if the price he gave Stinny is in line, but by getting other quotes, he can compare pricing. The first guy may be spot on. Need to compare apple to apples in regards to material, prep work, and application.
Had mine done last year. Roughly 130' long, 10' wide, straight shot to the road. $380 for everything, including edging the drive and crack filling. I'd gotten estimates from $180 to $900 from other companies. Never hurts to shop around.
