Retaining Walls
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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We build gravel driveways for homes and rural property around Dixon, from bare ground or over an old drive. Trinity Paving and Concrete is a paving contractor in Dixon, and our work reaches about 40 miles out. Each new drive starts with a shaped and compacted subgrade. Base rock goes on in rolled lifts, with crushed rock on top.
A good gravel drive sheds water. We shape a crown and keep the shoulders low, so rain runs off instead of soaking in. If you plan to pave later, we build the base to take asphalt driveway paving when the time comes. Call or text (707) 396-7730, and we will look at the drive 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.
A gravel drive is only as firm as the ground under it. NRCS soil maps show well-drained silty clay loam under most of Dixon, with expansive clay in places. That clay cracks open in the dry months and swells when it gets wet. So we shape the subgrade and compact it before any rock goes down.
Base rock goes down in lifts, and each lift is watered and rolled before the next one. Caltrans and the City of Dixon both cap each compacted lift at 6 inches in their construction specs. Thin lifts pack tight all the way through.
The finished drive gets a crown that runs straight from the middle to each edge, like a low roof. Federal gravel road guidance puts the crown near half an inch per foot, about 4 percent. We keep the shoulders lower than the edge of the drive, so the water has a way off.
Most of the year's rain falls from November through March. At NOAA's Davis weather station, those five months bring about 16 of the year's 19 inches. On flat clay ground, water that sits on a drive soaks into the subgrade. Wet clay goes soft, and tires push the rock down into it.
Potholes start in the low spots and grow deeper with each storm. A high shoulder makes it worse, because it holds water along the edge of the drive. A federal gravel road guide notes that this trapped water soaks in and can soften the whole road. On a slope, the water runs downhill along the edge and carries rock away.
Water needs a path once it leaves the drive. We tie the edges into a ditch or swale that carries it off. Culverts at the road and soggy low spots fall under our grading and drainage work.
Farm and orchard drives in Solano and Yolo counties can run a long way from the road. Solano County's road standards call for 4-foot graded shoulders on a private road that serves one to four parcels. They also cap a gravel road at a gentler slope than a paved one.
A drive to a new home may also face fire access rules. In the Vacaville Fire Protection District, a county handout calls for a surface that holds 75,000 pounds. Longer drives need turnouts and a turnaround near the house. Ask the local fire district before the base goes in.
On a long drive, gravel can be the first step, with asphalt to follow. We build the base from Class 2 aggregate base, the same base rock a paved drive sits on. Surface gravel heavy with fine, sticky grit makes a poor base, because it traps water under asphalt. Later, private road paving goes on after a fresh regrade and roll.
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 gravel driveways around Dixon and the towns of Solano, Yolo and Sacramento counties. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
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.
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Parking lots and commercial drives for offices, apartments, churches, business parks and farm yards, built from a graded base. We pave in sections so your business stays open.
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.