Asphalt Paving in Seffner, FL

Asphalt paving in Seffner works in one of the older communities in Hillsborough County. The area was first called Simmon's Hammock, after Baptist minister Daniel Simmon. The post office opened in 1884 and took the name of its first postmaster, Frederick P. Seffner. During the yellow fever epidemics of 1887 and 1888, Tampa residents sheltered in Seffner's hotel, and by 1925 Seffner was the fourth-largest town in the county.

Today

Seffner's 2020 count was 8,362 people and 3,104 homes on roughly 3.6 square miles, around 69 feet above sea level. Interstate 4 forms the northern boundary and State Road 574, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, the southern boundary, with Lenna Avenue as the main north-south road.

Older homes, older pavement

With a long history, Seffner has many older homes on larger lots. Driveways there are often long, patched or partly unpaved. We replace failing driveways, convert shell and dirt drives to asphalt, and repair settled or root-damaged areas.

Checking the ground

On every job we probe the subgrade before pricing. Any spot that is spongy, sunken or shifting gets dug and diagnosed before asphalt goes over it. A driveway is only as good as the ground under it, and building on soft or unstable material just moves the problem a few years down the road.

Small lots

Churches and small businesses along MLK Boulevard and Lenna Avenue often have small lots that need repair, sealing and restriping. We schedule around services and business hours.

Freeze history

The winter of 1894 to 1895 caused heavy losses here, but the community recovered. Freezes are rare today, and the bigger enemies of pavement are summer rain and sun.

County authority

Seffner is unincorporated Hillsborough County. We confirm county requirements for any work in the right-of-way.

Common jobs

• Driveway replacement
• Shell and dirt drive conversions
• Root and settlement repairs
• Sealcoating and crack filling
• Church and business lots

Rough costs

If you are budgeting, HomeGuide's nationwide figures are a starting point: about $5 to $12-plus per square foot for new pavement and $1 to $2 for a sealcoat. We firm that up on site. Longer drives usually price lower per foot since mobilization is shared across more area.

Stable ground matters

When a driveway sinks in one spot while the rest stays put, the cause is under the pavement. That might be old fill, a buried stump, a settled utility trench or a soft pocket in the soil. We find the cause before repaving, because asphalt laid over a moving spot will crack again in the same place.

Group jobs

Neighbors can save by scheduling work on the same day.

Freeze and heat

Freezes like 1894-1895 are rare now; heat, sun and summer rain are what age asphalt here.

Long-time homes

Many Seffner families have owned their homes for decades. We understand that a driveway replacement is a big decision, so we lay out options clearly: repair and seal now, resurface if the base is sound, or replace when nothing else makes sense. You choose, with prices for each in writing.

Lenna Avenue and nearby streets

Residential streets off Lenna Avenue often have drives that meet the road without curbs, so edges and aprons need extra attention.