Kings County · Highways 198 and 43
Paving in Hanford —
built for Valley heat.
Hanford property owners have been calling the same Fresno number for asphalt paving for a long time — (559) 442-4105, ours since the flip-phone era. About 40 minutes south, and the crew that shows up is the one that gave you the number.
Hanford is the seat of Kings County, about 35 miles south of our Fresno shop. A larger town with a downtown historic district, established residential neighborhoods, and significant commercial paving needs along the 198 and 43 corridors.
Hanford is one of the regular stops on our San Joaquin Valley schedule. Same-week estimates are usually possible for residential work, with commercial and HOA jobs taking a bit more lead time.
Hanford is the Kings County seat with a downtown worth the trip — the courthouse square, China Alley — ringed by dairy and ag-service industry. Historic-district driveways, professional-office lots and farm approaches make an unusually varied call sheet for one town.
Around Hanford, the Kings County seat’s mix — courthouse-district commercial lots, older residential streets, and dairy-country approaches on the edges of town. We know the roads (Highways 198 and 43) and the ground — and both matter more to a paving quote than most people think.
Paving in Hanford
What the job includes.
Most paving that fails early around here fails from underneath. Clay that swells with every irrigation cycle, a skimped base, water with nowhere to go — the blacktop on top never had a chance. So when you hire us for a driveway, a lot, or a private road, you’re mostly hiring what we do to the ground first. Grading, base rock at a depth that matches your traffic, compaction in lifts — then, and only then, hot mix.
How we run a paving job.
Expect a plain-spoken visit: we walk the site, measure it, poke at the soft spots, and give you a written number with the section spec on it — base depth, mat thickness, drainage. If your old surface can carry an overlay we’ll offer that as the cheaper path; if it can’t, we’ll show you why rather than sell you two more years.
Why this shop
Nothing subcontracted. Ever.
Everything stays in-house — our crew, our equipment, our materials counter (we’re an authorized Crafco distributor). Nothing on a Hanford job gets subcontracted, which is why the quote you approve is the crew that shows up.
One call starts it: (559) 442-4105. Photos of the surface help; the site walk settles it.
Paving questions
Asked before every
Hanford job.
How long before we can drive on it?
Stay off new asphalt 24–72 hours depending on heat — and in Fresno summers, longer is better. Asphalt cures over months, so avoid sharp steering turns in one spot for the first few weeks.
How thick should driveway asphalt be?
For a passenger-car driveway in Valley soil, the honest spec is 2.5–3 inches of hot mix over 4–6 inches of compacted base. Trucks, RVs, or ag equipment need more section — that's a conversation at the site walk, not a one-size answer.
Is Hanford inside your normal service area?
Hanford is about 40 minutes south, and we group jobs out that way into efficient runs. An estimate visit is typically scheduled within the week, and grouped routing keeps mobilization off your bill.