Asphalt Sealcoating in Alexandria, IN
Alexandria sits eleven miles north of Anderson on State Road 9, in the northern half of Madison County, and it calls itself Small Town USA. The population has been essentially flat for fifteen years, 5,145 in 2010 and 5,149 in 2020, which tells you something important about the pavement: very little of it is new. Alexandria is another gas-boom town, platted in 1836 and incorporated in 1898, and a large share of its housing and its driveways date to eras when nobody was thinking about base drainage.
That makes the diagnosis step more important here than the sealing step. On an older Alexandria driveway the honest question is not which sealer to use, it is whether the base underneath is still carrying load. Central Indiana till soil holds a perched water table within roughly two feet of the surface all winter and spring, and a driveway that has been letting water in through open cracks for a decade may have a base that has already gone soft. Sealer over that is money spent on appearance.
Older pavement, and how to tell what is worth saving
State Road 9 runs along the east side of Alexandria and carries salt and brine all winter, north toward Marion and south to Anderson. State Road 28 crosses the north end of town, running west nine miles to Elwood. Those are the routes that get treated first in a storm, and they are the routes most Alexandria residents drive daily, which means chloride comes home on tires from November through March. On an old driveway with an open, oxidized surface, that brine goes straight into the mat instead of sitting on top of a sealer film.
The practical test on an older Alexandria drive costs nothing. Walk it after a heavy rain. Look for water standing in the same low spots more than a few hours after the rain stops. Feel for areas that give slightly underfoot. Look for cracking that has gone from single lines to a connected pattern of small blocks. If you find those things across a meaningful share of the surface, the base has failed and the money is better saved toward replacement. If the surface is worn and gray but stable, crack filling and sealer will add years for a fraction of the cost of rebuilding.
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Asphalt Sealcoating Services Available in Alexandria
Every service we offer in Anderson is available to Alexandria homeowners and businesses at the same pricing:
- Driveway Sealcoating
- Hot Rubber Crack Filling
- Asphalt Patching & Pothole Repair
- Parking Lot Sealcoating
- Line Striping & Layout
- Asphalt Maintenance Plans
See the full pricing guide for typical ranges.
Alexandria FAQs
My Alexandria driveway is fifty years old. Is sealing pointless?
Not necessarily. Age tells you about the surface; the base is what decides. Plenty of driveways in northern Madison County are decades old and still structurally sound because they were built on firm ground and have drained reasonably well. What kills a base is water, and water gets in through cracks. If your drive has no soft spots, no standing water, and no interconnected block cracking, maintenance is very good value. If it has all three, it is past saving with a coating.
Should crack filling be done before sealing on an old drive?
Always, and on an older Alexandria driveway the crack filling often costs more than the sealcoat. That is normal and it is the right allocation of money. Sealer is a thin film that cannot bridge a gap, so an unfilled crack simply reappears through the new coating. Filling the cracks closes the route water uses to reach the base, and keeping the base dry is what actually extends a driveway's life in this climate.
How much should I expect to pay in Alexandria?
A standard two-car driveway sealcoat runs about $200 to $380 in this market, or roughly $0.28 to $0.50 per square foot. Crack filling adds about $1 to $3 per linear foot, and on an older drive that can easily be two hundred feet or more. Patching a failed apron or edge typically runs $150 to $450. Full ranges and the four factors that move the number are on the cost page.