Gravel Driveways
New gravel driveways and regrading for homes and rural property around Dixon. We roll the base rock in lifts and shape a crown so rain runs off.
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Grading and Drainage is the dirt work that decides where rain goes on your property. Trinity Paving and Concrete is a paving contractor in Dixon, and every driveway and pad we build starts with grading. We also take on yards that stay soggy all winter. Our work reaches about 40 miles around Dixon.
As a grading contractor, we cut high spots and fill low ones before anything gets paved. That groundwork is where asphalt driveway paving starts. Drainage work adds French drains and catch basins where water collects. Call or text (707) 396-7730, and we will look at the site and put the quote in writing.
Tell us about the driveway, parking lot, private road or concrete work and where it is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.
NRCS soil maps show most of Dixon as well-drained silty clay loam on slopes of 0 to 2 percent. In places, though, the ground is expansive clay that takes in water slowly or very slowly. Southwest of town, some soils formed under poorly drained conditions.
Rain comes in a short season here. NOAA normals for the Davis station, north of Dixon, show about 19 inches a year. About 84 percent of it falls from November through March. Clay that takes in water slowly gets little time to dry out between storms.
On ground this flat, water sits in low spots and along the house. Inside Dixon, storm drains carry runoff through detention ponds into the Dixon Resource Conservation District's ditches south of town. Those ditches drain on to Hass Slough and were built for moderate winter storms. Grading gets the water off your lot and into that system.
Every driveway and pad starts with the subgrade, the native soil under the base rock. We cut it to grade and shape it so water runs off. Then the subgrade is compacted before the first layer of base rock goes on. Soft spots that give under load get dug out and rebuilt.
Expansive clay makes this step matter more, because it cracks when dry and swells when wet. Dixon's street design standards assume a weak subgrade unless a soil test shows otherwise. An asphalt pavement trade association's driveway guide says clay topsoil should be removed or modified. The same care goes into a gravel driveway that may be paved later.
Sloped lots bring their own grading work. Where a cut leaves a bank too steep to stand, a retaining wall holds the soil back. Water behind the wall needs a way out, so drain rock and a perforated pipe go in with it.
A French drain is a trench filled with gravel around a perforated pipe. It takes in water from soggy ground and carries it to an outlet lower than the wet spot. It suits lawns and side yards that stay wet long after a storm.
A catch basin, or drainage box, sits at a low spot and takes in surface water through a grate. A solid pipe carries that water to an outlet. An outlet at the curb sits in the public right-of-way. In Dixon, that takes an encroachment permit from the city's Engineering Department.
Rural driveways often cross a roadside ditch on a culvert. At a Solano County road, a culvert under the driveway must be at least 15 inches across. The county's road standards size culverts for a ten-year storm, with rock or a headwall where the ditch can erode. A pipe set too high or too small backs water onto the drive.
Call or text for a written quote. We work about 40 miles around Dixon across Solano, Yolo and Sacramento counties.
(707) 396-7730From the first call or text to the finished work, here is how it goes.
Call or text (707) 396-7730. Tell us what needs work and the town the job is in.
We come out to see the site and the surface that is there now. We also check the slope and where the water runs.
The quote comes to you in writing before any work starts. Once you say yes, we put the job on the schedule.
On a replacement, the old asphalt is torn out and hauled off first. Then the ground is graded, and base rock goes down in compacted lifts.
The hot mix asphalt is laid and rolled, or the concrete is poured and finished. Parking lots get their striping, and the site is cleaned up.
Common questions about grading and drainage around Dixon and the towns of Solano, Yolo and Sacramento counties. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
New gravel driveways and regrading for homes and rural property around Dixon. We roll the base rock in lifts and shape a crown so rain runs off.
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Block and stone retaining walls along driveways and slopes around Dixon. Each wall sits on a compacted base, with drain rock and perforated pipe behind it.
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New asphalt driveways and full replacements for homes and rural property around Dixon. We build a compacted base and pave it with hot mix asphalt.
Learn MoreThe grading, the base, the asphalt or concrete and any retaining wall all come from us. One call covers the whole job.
Every surface we build starts on a graded and compacted base. That base matters here: some lots around Dixon sit on clay that cracks when dry and swells when wet. The grade is shaped so water sheds off, and thickness follows the load.
We come out and look at the job before we price it. The quote comes to you in writing, with the work spelled out.
We are based in Dixon, on Interstate 80 between Vacaville and Davis. Our work reaches Woodland, Sacramento, Elk Grove and Vallejo, and the farm country between them.
Tell us about the job and the town it is in. Call or text (707) 396-7730 or use the form, and we will get back to you.
Tell us about the driveway, parking lot, private road or concrete work and where it is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.