Driveway Contractor in Metuchen, New Jersey
Edison Driveways provides driveway paving, replacement, resurfacing, repairs, concrete, pavers, aprons, belgian block curbing, and drainage for homeowners in Metuchen, NJ.
Metuchen is a 2.85-square-mile borough that Edison completely surrounds, one of New Jersey’s “doughnut towns.” Its housing runs older than the county’s: Census estimates put the median Metuchen home at 1961, with 72 percent built before 1980 and 23 percent built in the 1950s alone. On houses that age, driveways have often been patched and sealed for decades over whatever base went down when the house was new.
What Metuchen driveways deal with
Original-era bases
With a 1961 median year built, many Metuchen drives sit on decades-old bases. A full rebuild on new compacted stone resets them.
Root heave near trees
Roots lift asphalt and concrete alike. We rebuild with the tree in mind instead of cutting structural roots blind.
Apron work at the street
Aprons and curbs sit at the street, where approval is commonly needed. Check with the borough before the work is scheduled.
What we do in Metuchen
Driveway estimates in Metuchen
Tell us about the driveway and we will set a time to come look at it. Estimates are written and itemized.
Older lots, more cars than they were drawn for
About two in three Metuchen housing units are single-family detached homes, three in four are owner-occupied, and households average 1.8 vehicles, per the same Census estimates. A driveway laid out for a 1950s or 1960s house often has to work harder now. Where the lot allows it, we rebuild the run on a new compacted base in the same footprint or widen it, and we check the grades and the apron before any number goes on paper.
Mature trees beside a driveway are common on older lots anywhere, and roots lift pavement. The fix depends on the tree: rebuilding with the roots in mind, a surface that tolerates some movement, or a plain answer when a flat driveway and a tree in that spot cannot both win. Work at the street, including the apron and curb, commonly needs municipal approval, so check with the borough’s zoning or engineering office before anyone starts.
Replace or repair
Not every Metuchen driveway needs to come out. If the base is still solid and the problem is on the surface, an overlay or a patch is the right money. If the driveway is sinking, webbed with cracks, or holding water, new surface over a bad base will fail in the same places.
We will tell you which one you are looking at when we come out, and put the reasoning in writing. Read more on driveway replacement and what it includes.
Edison Driveways handles driveway paving, replacement, and repair in Metuchen, and in nearby Edison and Iselin.