Upper Chichester, PA Asphalt Paving & Sealcoating
Driveways, parking lots, sealcoating and asphalt repair — installed and maintained by a local, third-generation crew across Delaware, southeastern Pennsylvania and South Jersey.
Local Paving
Paving in Upper Chichester, PA
Upper Chichester Township sits near the Delaware line along Route 322 and Chichester Avenue, close to Marcus Hook and Boothwyn, in a stretch of Delaware County that mixes established residential streets with commercial development along the main corridors. Driveways throughout the township are generally older, built well before recent growth in the area, and most of our residential work here is resurfacing rather than fresh installation.
The commercial parcels along Route 322 and Chichester Avenue serve local retail and business traffic rather than the highway-interchange volume we see farther north, so lot paving here stays moderate in scale but still needs a mix built to handle regular local use through Pennsylvania's freeze-thaw winters. Between older residential streets and steady local commercial lots, Upper Chichester's paving work stays fairly evenly split.
Our Process
How we pave an Upper Chichester 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 — an older residential driveway on one of the township’s established streets, or a local retail or business lot along Route 322 or Chichester Avenue — and evaluate the existing surface, drainage, and how daily local traffic will load the new pavement.
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Removal & prep
Upper Chichester’s older asphalt — driveways built well before the area’s recent growth — is fully removed along with any unstable base material, and the site is cleared and prepped down to sound ground.
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Grading & drainage
The surface is graded to move water off the pavement and out to the drainage. On larger jobs the township requires a grading and stormwater plan, so getting the grade right matters for both the pavement and the approval.
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Stone base
A compacted stone base is installed or rebuilt — especially important on the township’s older properties, where decades of settling and Pennsylvania’s freeze-thaw cycling have worked on what’s underneath.
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Asphalt installation
Hot-mix asphalt is laid at a depth suited to the job — a durable mix for the local commercial lots along the main corridors, standard depth for residential driveways on the surrounding streets.
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Rolling & compaction
Professional rollers compact the asphalt into a dense, even surface built to stand up to the steady local traffic along Route 322 and Chichester Avenue.
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Cleanup & finishing
We clean the site and handle finishing work; striping for commercial lots 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 schedule commercial work around business hours. Keep vehicles off for at least 48 hours and follow the aftercare we provide.
Services
Our services in Upper Chichester
Residential driveways
Hot-mix asphalt driveways, resurfacing, and repairs for Upper Chichester homeowners — built for our region’s freeze-thaw cycles and graded to drain.
Commercial & parking lots
Parking-lot construction, line striping, and sealcoating for Upper Chichester businesses, HOAs, and property managers — built for traffic and easy to maintain.
Repair, resurface, or replace
The right fix for your driveway
Most of Upper Chichester’s driveways are older, built well before the area’s recent growth, so more of our work here is resurfacing than first-time installs — and 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 an Upper Chichester property, and what each path means for cost and how long it lasts.
Sealcoat & crack fill
For a sound surface with minor wear. Filling small cracks and sealing early keeps water and winter road salt out of the base before Pennsylvania’s freeze-thaw cycle can widen them — worthwhile on any township driveway not yet showing deeper trouble.
Resurface
The call we make most often in Upper Chichester: when the surface is worn but the base is still solid — typical of the township’s older residential streets — a new asphalt layer over a prepared surface restores it for far less than a full rebuild.
Replace
Alligator cracking, sinking, or standing water — common on decades-old driveways that have been through many freeze-thaw winters — usually mean the base itself has failed. We remove and rebuild the base and drainage so the new surface actually lasts.
Maintenance
Keeping Upper Chichester 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 and lot drains so runoff has somewhere to go once the ground thaws.
Summer
Warm, dry weather is ideal for crack filling and sealcoating on older residential driveways and local commercial lots — repairing early keeps water out of the base before fall traffic picks 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 — the season that decides how an older driveway comes through winter.
Winter
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 older pavement that’s already seen many Pennsylvania winters.
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 Upper Chichester and the rest of Delaware County — including Marcus Hook, Boothwyn, Trainer, and Aston. Licensed and fully insured, our crew focuses on the base prep, grading, drainage, and compaction that decide whether an older residential driveway or a local commercial lot holds up to daily traffic along Route 322 and Chichester Avenue and Pennsylvania’s freeze-thaw winters — and we give straight answers on whether repair, resurfacing, or replacement is the best value for your property.
FAQ
Upper Chichester asphalt paving questions
Does a larger paving project in Upper Chichester need a grading and stormwater plan?
Once a project reaches a certain size, yes — Upper Chichester Township requires a grading and stormwater management plan, typically prepared and sealed by an engineer, for larger amounts of new impervious area, and smaller resurfacing work usually falls below that. The exact threshold and requirements change, so we confirm what applies to your project and handle the permitting before we start.
My driveway or lot connects to Route 322 — is a special permit needed?
It can be. Where an entrance connects to a state-maintained road like Route 322 rather than a township street, PennDOT issues the entrance permit (a Highway Occupancy Permit) and reviews sight distance and drainage. We handle that step; a township-road connection is reviewed by the township instead.
Do you pave the local business lots along the corridors?
Yes — the retail and business lots along Route 322 and Chichester Avenue see steady local traffic rather than highway-interchange volume, so we build them on a durable mix sized for that use and stripe them to stay legible through everyday turnover and winter plowing.
When is the best time of year to pave in Upper Chichester?
Late spring through early fall. Warm, dry conditions let the asphalt compact and cure properly, which matters in our climate where Pennsylvania winters bring freeze-thaw cycling, plow scraping, and road salt.
My driveway is decades old — resurface or full replacement?
It depends on the base. Many of Upper Chichester’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 after many freeze-thaw winters — the base has likely failed and needs to be rebuilt.
How long does asphalt last with our 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 Pennsylvania winter puts on it.
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Call Henry directly, or send the address and what you need. You’ll get a free consultation, a free pavement analysis and a written estimate at no cost.
302.480.7660 henry@hhasphaltpaving.com