Concrete & Driveways
Gravel Driveway Installation & Repair in Champaign County, OH
A gravel driveway that keeps developing potholes and washboard usually does not have a base problem you can fix with more gravel. It has a drainage problem, or it was built directly on topsoil.
We build new drives the right way: topsoil stripped, geotextile fabric where the soil is soft, a compacted base course, then a finish course crowned to shed water. We also resurface, regrade, and add stone to existing drives, and install or replace the culvert where the drive meets the road.
Scope of work
What this service covers
- New gravel driveway construction
- Driveway resurfacing and re-stoning
- Regrading, crowning, and pothole repair
- Washboard and rut correction
- Geotextile fabric over soft subgrade
- Base course (#2 / #304) and finish course stone
- Culvert pipe installation and replacement
- Driveway ditching and drainage
- Driveway extensions, turnarounds, and parking areas
- Long rural drives and farm lane rebuilds
Signs your driveway needs more than gravel
- Potholes come back within weeks of being filled
- Washboard ripples that return after every grading
- Soft, spongy spots that rut under a loaded truck
- Water runs down the drive instead of off it
- Stone keeps disappearing into the mud
- The culvert at the road is crushed, plugged, or gone
How it goes
The sequence, step by step.
You should know what happens next at every stage. Here is how we run this job.
- 01
Diagnose the base
We determine whether you have a stone problem or a base and drainage problem. Adding stone to a bad base is money down a hole, literally.
- 02
Strip and stabilize
Topsoil and organics removed. Where the subgrade is soft, geotextile fabric goes down to keep stone from pumping into the mud.
- 03
Base course and compaction
Larger base stone placed and compacted to build a load-carrying structure that will hold a loaded truck.
- 04
Finish course and crown
Finish stone spread and crowned so water sheds to the ditch line rather than running down the drive and cutting it out.
Where we do this work
Driveway Installation & Resurfacing across five Ohio counties.
Every county has its own health district, permit process, and soil profile. Pick yours for the local detail.
Champaign County
Champaign Health District
Logan County
Logan County Health District
Miami County
Miami County Public Health
Clark County
Clark County Combined Health District
Union County
Union County Health Department
Also serving Urbana, Springfield, Bellefontaine, Marysville, Troy, Piqua, St. Paris, Mechanicsburg, West Liberty, Tipp City, Plain City, Russells Point & Indian Lake.
Common questions
Driveway Installation & Resurfacing FAQ
Real answers, including the numbers people actually want.
It is priced per square foot for a properly built drive with base and finish courses, and a typical residential drive costs quite a bit less than a long rural lane. Sites needing fabric, significant fill, or a culvert cost more. Call for a free estimate; we will walk the site before we give you a number.
A compacted base of larger stone such as #2 or crushed #304, topped with a finish course. Skipping the base and putting decorative stone straight on dirt is why so many drives fail. The stone works down into the soil under load and the drive turns to mud.
Almost always water. If the drive is flat or dished instead of crowned, water sits on it, softens the base, and traffic pumps out the fines. Fixing the crown and the ditch line does more than another load of stone will.
Yes. We install and replace culvert pipe where the drive meets the road, sized so the ditch actually carries water through. Note that culverts in a county or township right-of-way usually require a permit, which we will flag and coordinate.
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