Paving, Concrete and Drainage in West Chester, PA

Working in West Chester

The borough itself is dense and old. Much of the housing stock inside West Chester predates the car, so driveways are narrow, often shared, and frequently run between buildings with no room for a full sized truck. A lot of what we do inside the borough is walkways, front steps, small rear parking pads and public sidewalk replacement rather than large driveway pours. Working in that footprint takes different equipment and a good deal more care about access than a suburban job does.

Sidewalk work carries particular weight here. West Chester has extensive public sidewalk in the right of way and a large historic district, so replacement often has to meet specifications on width, jointing and finish, and it usually needs a permit. Getting that confirmed before the concrete is ordered avoids an expensive redo.

Outside the borough line the character changes completely. West Goshen, East Goshen and Westtown surround it with mid century and later subdivisions on larger lots, where full driveway replacement, patios and drainage make up most of the work. The Route 202 and Route 100 corridors put most of that within a short drive of us.

Ground conditions across the area lean toward clay heavy soils that hold water and move seasonally. That matters more than most homeowners expect, because it means base depth and drainage decide how long a driveway or patio lasts here far more than the surface material does.