Asphalt Paving
Hot mix asphalt paving from the ground up for homes, ranches and businesses: the site graded for drainage, the base put down and compacted, then hot mix laid with our own LeeBoy pavers and rolled while it is hot.
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Iola sits in the northwest corner of Grimes County, where FM 39 meets FM 244. The town itself is small. The 2020 Census counted 311 people on about one square mile. The 77861 ZIP around it held 2,850 people across roughly 115 square miles. That spread is the paving picture here. Most jobs are not short driveways in town. They are long drives off county roads, ranch entrances, turnarounds at the shop and pads by the hay barn.
We are based in North Zulch, about 11 miles north of Iola on FM 39. It is a straight run down one road. Asphalt paving is the main work: new pavement, replacement and overlays for homes, ranches and businesses. We also build asphalt driveways and lay chip seal on ranch roads. We seal and stripe lots, and patch what has already failed. Call or text (979) 595-5944 for a free estimate.
Tell us about the driveway, lot or road. We come out, look at the site and give you a written estimate.
The soil mapped at the Iola town center is Zulch fine sandy loam, 1 to 5 percent slopes. USDA records the Zulch series as the whole of that map unit. It is a few inches of sandy loam sitting on clay. The clay layer starts only 5 to 13 inches down.
That clay decides how long a driveway lasts. The USDA series description says the soil cracks when it dries out. Those cracks run half an inch to an inch and a half wide. They reach 40 inches deep or more. Water moves through the clay very slowly. In a wet winter it swells and closes back up.
So the ground under an Iola drive moves every year. Grimes County averages 40.5 inches of rain, with July highs near 96 degrees. Asphalt laid over soft or wet ground cracks at the edges and sinks in the low spots. We grade for drainage first, compact the base next, then lay hot mix. That same base work carries a road base drive if asphalt is not the plan yet.
A quarter mile of drive is a different job from a driveway at a house in town. Out here the real choices are hot mix asphalt, chip seal, asphalt millings and plain road base. The traffic it carries and the ground under it decide which one fits.
Chip seal is liquid asphalt sprayed on a prepared base, with rock spread and rolled into it. It goes down in two or three courses. County and TxDOT crews call the same work seal coat. TxDOT places surface treatments over a crushed stone base to seal the base and give it a wearing surface. Its manual puts the average life of a seal coat at six to eight years. Some have lasted twenty.
Asphalt millings sit in the middle: recycled asphalt spread, graded and rolled over a prepared base. Hot mix is the smoothest surface and takes the heaviest traffic. All of them start with the same grading, ditch work and compacted base. That part matters more than the surface on top of it.
FM 39 and FM 244 are state maintained routes. A new driveway onto state right of way needs a TxDOT access driveway permit from the district office. TxDOT's Bryan District covers Grimes County. No work goes in on the right of way until that permit is issued.
Off the FM roads, the county roads belong to Grimes County. The county road department in Anderson issues driveway and culvert permits. Ask it for the culvert size and length before work starts, because the county sets those locally. Streets inside the Iola city limits are the city's call. We build to whichever rules apply.
One more Grimes County rule shapes work out here. The county requires a special road use permit for heavy vehicles on roads it maintains. That covers any vehicle over 34,000 pounds, or over 10,000 pounds per axle. Material deliveries to a job get planned around it.
The commercial paving in Iola is small lots that take steady use. Church lots, the school campus, shops and the business frontage along FM 39 all sit in that group. A lot that size still needs drainage, a compacted base and a section built for the trucks using it.
Those lots get the same build a larger one gets. New parking lot paving or a rebuild, then stalls, arrows and accessible spaces marked to the Texas Accessibility Standards. Crack filling and sealcoating after that keep water out of the base. On a lot a business still needs open, we plan the work in phases with you.
Ranch and oilfield traffic work this county too. Grimes County produced almost 267,000 barrels of oil and more than 21 million cubic feet of gas in 2004. Oilfields near Iola opened in the 1970s and 1980s. Feed trucks, hay trailers and cattle trailers load pavement harder than a car does. A section built for that traffic is not the section a house driveway needs.
Communities and areas we serve around Iola: Keith, Carlos, Singleton, Roans Prairie, Bedias, Anderson, FM 39 corridor, FM 244 corridor.
Iola ZIP codes served: 77861.
Free estimates throughout Grimes County and the surrounding area.
(979) 595-5944 Hot mix asphalt paving from the ground up for homes, ranches and businesses: the site graded for drainage, the base put down and compacted, then hot mix laid with our own LeeBoy pavers and rolled while it is hot.
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New asphalt driveways, gravel drives paved over and worn out drives replaced. We grade the site, build the base and lay hot mix with our own LeeBoy pavers.
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We build, replace and expand asphalt parking lots for businesses across the Brazos Valley. The work is planned in phases with you so the doors can stay open.
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We pave private roads, ranch roads and subdivision streets in hot mix asphalt or chip seal. The base, the crown and the ditches come first, so water leaves the road.
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Chip seal builds a tough rock surface for ranch roads, private roads and long rural driveways. We spray the emulsion, spread the rock and roll it in, course by course.
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Sealcoating for asphalt driveways and parking lots across the Brazos Valley. We blow the surface clean, fill the cracks, then put the sealer down.
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We fill asphalt cracks with hot rubber sealant on driveways, parking lots and private roads. The cracks are blown clean and dry before any sealant goes in, because that is what makes the fill hold.
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We repair potholes, sunken spots, crumbling edges and failed patches in asphalt driveways, parking lots and private roads. Bad pavement is saw cut out, the base rebuilt where it failed, then a hot mix patch is compacted in.
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We repair and maintain asphalt parking lots for businesses, churches, motels, shops and HOAs. Cracks get filled and failed spots patched, then the lot is sealcoated and restriped.
Learn MoreReal reviews from real paving jobs, 40 reviews on Google.
They were professional, efficient, and delivered high-quality work. The team showed up on time, and left the area clean when they were done. You can tell they take pride in their work. Highly recommend them to anyone needing asphalt repair!
JEJ Concrete and Asphalt Recovery went above and beyond from start to finish. Professional, responsive, and they take real pride in their work. You can tell they know what they’re doing—the quality and attention to detail speaks for itself. They showed up when they said they would, got the job done efficiently, and left everything looking better than expected. It’s hard to find companies that still operate with this level of integrity and consistency. If you need concrete or asphalt work done right the first time, JEJ is the one to call. Highly recommend.
Great quality sealer jobs and customer service! Just an all around good company
If You’re needing someone to handle all of your driveways parking lots Or anything of that nature These people are here are the best of the best
Owner is respectful and polite. From the beginning to the end results we are very happy. So easy to work with and willing to adjust to changes also on time and reliable. The yard was nice and clean when they pulled out. Wow, what a difference it makes. Thanks guys!
Awesome experience. Very responsive. On time and on budget.
A few of the questions we hear most around Iola. If yours is not here, call and ask.
Tell us what needs paving, sealing, patching or striping, and we will come out and look at it. Call or text (979) 595-5944, or send the form with the details of the job.
Tell us about the driveway, lot or road. We come out, look at the site and give you a written estimate.