I chose Atlas Paving Company to re-pave my driveway. What a huge mistake that turned out to be, as they aren't very good at what they do. In retrospect, there were two obvious red flags which should have been a sign that I shouldn't let these people on my property. The first was when Jay Henning, the owner, came out and gave me a bid. It was around 11:00 a.m. and he reeked of alcohol. The second red flag was that he could send a crew out right away to do the job. I had received 3 other bids from other paving companies that were all about the same cost, but they were all booked up several weeks out. I wanted to get the job done as soon as possible, so unfortunately, I chose Atlas Paving. Now I know why they could get to my job right away. I was a complete disaster. Every piece of equipment they brought out broke down at some point, which is not good when hot asphalt is being laid down. The machine that distributes the asphalt broke down. The roller used to compress the asphalt and make it compact and smooth broke down. The powered tamper which is also used to compact the asphalt broke down. It's extremely important to get the asphalt distributed properly and rolled when it's hot and easy to work with. As they tried to get all of this equipment fixed, the once hot asphalt had cooled off significantly, causing the asphalt to clump up. The paving job looked so bad it was as if I had tried to do the job myself. Instead of one smooth driveway, there were 3 obvious seams showing where they had stopped work to fix the broken-down equipment, and then continued later. It was so ugly we parked our cars on the street right in front of the driveway so our neighbors couldn't see how bad our "new" driveway looked. After complaining to Mr. Henning about how poorly the job was done, he sent them back out the next day to try and fix the problems. That still didn't work, so they had to come out a third day just to make it presentable. In the process, they also managed to break off parts of the brick and wood trim around the garage doors.
About 10 months after the job was done and within the warranty period, I started noticing 2 cracks in the driveway. I called Mr. Henning regarding the cracks and asked him to get them fixed. He sent someone out and had them pour hot tar in the cracks, assuring me that this would take care of the problem. It didn't, as the tar wore off and the cracks continued to get wider. I called him back and showed him that his "band-aid" repair job didn't work, and that he should fix the problems permanently. He took pictures of the damage and assured me he'd stand behind his work and have someone come out and fix the now larger cracks properly once and for all. It's now been a few months and I have yet to hear back from him. I've tried calling him several times, left messages, and gotten the "mailbox is full" recording.
Do yourself a huge favor and save yourself a lot of buyer's remorse. GO WITH ANYOTHER PAVING COMPANY FOR YOUR PROJECT OTHER THAN ATLAS PAVING. THERE ARE TOO MANY BETTER KNOWN, QUALITY DRIVEN, REPUTABLE COMPANIES IN THE AREA TO CHOOSE FROM. THIS OUTFIT LEAVES MUCH TO BE DESIRED.
J.S
Sammamish, Wa. read more