Fresno County · Highway 99
Sealcoating in Selma —
cheap insurance for asphalt.
If sealcoating is on your list in Selma, you don’t need a contractor on every corner — you need one worth the drive. Our yard is in Fresno, Selma is about 20 minutes south on 99, and we’ve been making that trip since 1990.
Selma sits on Highway 99 south of Fresno, in the heart of California raisin country. Commercial work along the 99 frontage, residential paving in the older neighborhoods, and parking-lot maintenance for shopping centers and the truck stops make up most of our work here.
The 99 corridor means a lot of the commercial paving in Selma is high-traffic — truck stops, drive-throughs, large retail lots. We size the asphalt mix and base for the actual load the surface will take, not the residential-grade spec a smaller contractor might quote.
What we see in Selma: driveways and small commercial lots in the raisin capital — and farm roads that take trailer traffic to and from the vineyards every harvest. The route out is Highway 99 — a run our crews have made more times than anyone’s counted.
Sealcoat in Selma
What sealcoating does here.
Watch any Valley parking lot go from black to gray and you’re watching the binder burn out of it. The sun does more damage here than the traffic does — oxidized asphalt turns brittle, cracks sooner, and unravels at the surface. Sealcoating is the scheduled defense: a wear layer that takes the UV so the asphalt underneath doesn’t have to, applied on a cycle that costs pennies against what repaving costs.
How the work goes down.
A real sealcoat job is mostly preparation. We clean the surface, prime the oil spots, treat the cracks with hot rubberized sealant, and only then put down two coats of commercial-grade sealer. Lots get done in phases around your business hours; stripes go back on after cure. Skip any of those steps and the seal peels early — so we don’t.
Why this shop
How the estimate works.
Here’s what an estimate looks like: a real site walk in Selma, measurements on paper, a straight answer about what the surface needs now versus what can wait — and a written number. Valley heat, expansive clay and irrigation cycles punish shortcuts; thirty-plus years here taught us which corners never to cut.
Call (559) 442-4105 for a free estimate in Selma, or send the form and we’ll call you back within one business day.
Sealcoat questions
Asked before every
Selma job.
Can you sealcoat over cracks?
Sealer isn't a crack filler — cracks get hot-applied filler first, then the sealcoat goes over the whole surface. Sealing over open cracks just paints the problem.
How long does sealcoating take to dry?
Foot traffic in a few hours, vehicles typically after 24 hours — faster in Fresno summer heat, longer in cool or humid weather. We schedule so the cure happens on your quiet hours, not your busy ones.
Do you really cover Selma?
Selma runs on the same lead time as Fresno proper — it’s about 20 minutes south on 99. Estimates usually happen within a couple of days, and same-week starts are normal once you sign off.