H&H Asphalt Paving
West Chester, PA Asphalt Paving & Sealcoating
Driveways, parking lots & sealcoating — installed and maintained by a local crew
across northern Delaware & Southeastern Pennsylvania.
Local Paving
Paving in West Chester, PA
West Chester is the Chester County seat, a historic borough built around Gay and High Streets with narrow lots and pavement laid out well before modern parking demand existed. Commercial spaces near the borough core and around West Chester University have to make do with limited square footage, which puts a premium on precise striping and durable surfacing that can take repeated turnover from students and shoppers alike.
Outside the borough itself, the surrounding residential areas toward East Goshen and Westtown are more conventional suburban driveways — some newer, some due for resurfacing — without downtown’s space constraints. That contrast, tight historic borough versus open township residential, defines most of the paving work we do around West Chester.
Our Process
How we pave a West Chester driveway or lot
Every job follows the same disciplined sequence — the base and drainage work you can’t see is what keeps the surface you can see from cracking, sinking, or holding water a few winters later.
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Site inspection
We walk the site — a tight borough lot off Gay or High Street, a commercial space near West Chester University, or a more open driveway out toward East Goshen or Westtown — and evaluate the existing surface, drainage, and how student and shopper turnover will load the new pavement.
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Removal & prep
West Chester’s older borough asphalt is fully removed along with any unstable base material, and the site is cleared and prepped, working within the narrow historic lot lines laid out well before modern parking demand existed.
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Grading & drainage
The surface is graded to route water to the curb and existing storm drains, which matters in a dense borough where runoff has nowhere to go but the street — and where the borough counts impervious surface toward its stormwater rules.
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Stone base
A compacted stone base is installed or rebuilt — especially important on Chester County’s clay-bearing Piedmont subsoil, which holds water and shifts with the freeze-thaw cycle if the base isn’t built right.
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Asphalt installation
Hot-mix asphalt is laid at a depth suited to the job — a heavier commercial-grade mix for high-turnover borough and university-area lots, standard depth for the more conventional driveways in the townships around the borough.
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Rolling & compaction
Professional rollers compact the asphalt into a dense, even surface built to stand up to the steady student, shopper, and commuter traffic along corridors like Route 3, Route 100, and Route 202.
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Cleanup & finishing
We clean the site and handle finishing work; striping for commercial lots and driveway aprons is scheduled once the asphalt has cured enough to hold a line.
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Aftercare
Most residential jobs take one to a few days, and we work around borough parking and access on commercial sites. Keep vehicles off for at least 48 hours and follow the aftercare we provide.
Services
Our services in West Chester
Residential driveways
Hot-mix asphalt driveways, resurfacing, and repairs for West Chester homeowners — built for our region’s freeze-thaw cycles and graded to drain.
Commercial & parking lots
Parking-lot construction, line striping, and sealcoating for West Chester businesses, HOAs, and property managers — built for traffic and easy to maintain.
Repair, resurface, or replace
The right fix for your driveway
West Chester’s pavement runs the range — older borough surfaces squeezed onto narrow historic lots, and newer township driveways out toward East Goshen and Westtown — so the right fix comes down to the base underneath. If it’s still sound, you have affordable options; if it’s failing, resurfacing over it only buys a little time before cracks reflect back through. Here’s how we tell the difference on a West Chester property, and what each path means for cost and how long it lasts.
Sealcoat & crack fill
For a sound surface with minor wear, common on the newer suburban driveways in the townships around the borough. Filling small cracks early keeps water and winter road salt out of the base before the freeze-thaw cycle can widen them.
Resurface
A frequent call in West Chester’s older borough and university-area pavement: when the surface is worn but the base is still solid, a new asphalt layer over a prepared surface restores it for far less than a full rebuild.
Replace
Alligator cracking, sinking, or standing water — often where Piedmont clay has held water under a high-turnover borough lot — usually mean the base itself has failed. We remove and rebuild the base and drainage so the new surface actually lasts.
Maintenance
Keeping West Chester asphalt in shape year-round
Spring
Inspect for cracks, potholes, and standing water after a winter of plow scraping and road salt, and clear leaves and debris from curb-side storm drains — runoff the borough counts toward its stormwater rules — so water has somewhere to go.
Summer
Warm, dry weather is ideal for crack filling and sealcoating on borough and university-area commercial lots — repairing early keeps water out of the clay base before the fall semester and shopping traffic pick back up.
Fall
Clear leaves and debris from driveway aprons and parking-lot drains, and repair open cracks before the freeze-and-thaw cycle and the first plow pass work them wider.
Winter
Borough plows and road salt are hard on asphalt edges and curb lines. Use plastic snow shovels, not metal blades, and keep harsh deicers off the surface where you can — especially on driveways set tight to the street.
Why H&H
Local, licensed, and built on base work
H&H is owned by Henry, a third-generation paving contractor with over a decade in the trade, serving West Chester and the rest of Chester County — including East Goshen, Westtown, Exton, and Downingtown. Licensed and fully insured, our crew focuses on the base prep, grading, drainage, and compaction that decide whether a driveway or borough lot holds up to West Chester’s student and shopper traffic and winter plowing — and we give straight answers on whether repair, resurfacing, or replacement is the best value for your property.
Reviews
What local customers say
“Great job, done in one day. Will have them back each year to coat the driveway.”
H&H customer
“We have a big driveway and a new garage and they had everything done in two days — and the best price ever. So pleased with the work and the professionalism.”
H&H customer
“My driveway was completely removed, widened, stone added, rolled and blacktopped. The crew was all business. It looks unbelievable — I’d recommend H&H to anyone.”
H&H customer
FAQ
West Chester asphalt paving questions
Do you pave commercial lots and stripe around the borough and university?
Yes — we build and stripe commercial lots near the borough core and around West Chester University for the heavy student and shopper turnover they see, using a heavier-duty mix and a striping plan that stays legible through repeated snowplow scraping on limited square footage.
Do I need a permit to repave my driveway in West Chester?
It depends on the work and the location. The borough requires driveways to be paved from the edge of the street cartway to the right-of-way line and regulates work in the public right-of-way and new curb cuts, and state corridors like Route 3, Route 100, and Route 202 fall under a PennDOT Highway Occupancy Permit. Simple resurfacing within your existing driveway usually doesn’t, but rules vary — we confirm what applies and pull any permits before we start.
Will adding pavement change my West Chester stormwater review?
It can. The borough measures all the impervious surface in a project for stormwater purposes, so adding paved area may factor into review, while resurfacing an existing driveway keeps the same footprint. If you’re weighing expanding versus resurfacing, we can walk through the options with you.
When is the best time of year to pave in Pennsylvania?
Late spring through early fall. Warm, dry conditions let the asphalt compact and cure properly, which matters in our climate where winter brings plow scraping and road salt.
My driveway is older — does it need resurfacing or a full replacement?
It depends on the base. Many of West Chester’s older driveways still have a sound base under worn asphalt, in which case resurfacing costs far less than a full rebuild. If we see alligator cracking, sinking, or standing water — common where Chester County’s Piedmont clay has held water under the surface — the base has likely failed and needs to be rebuilt.
How long does asphalt last with Chester County winters?
With proper base preparation and regular sealcoating, an asphalt driveway or lot commonly lasts 15 to 20+ years, even with the freeze-thaw stress and snowplow scraping a full Chester County winter puts on it.
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