Aurora Driveway Sealcoating and Asphalt Repair
Aurora spreads across Arapahoe, Adams and Douglas counties and counted 386,261 residents in the 2020 census, making it the third-largest city in Colorado. It began in 1891 as a developer's town called Fletcher and took the name Aurora in 1907, after its founder left with city funds. Its housing is younger than Denver's. Census survey estimates put the median year built for Aurora homes at 1985, and nearly half of all units went up in the 1970s and 1980s alone.
That age profile shapes the work. A driveway built with a 1980s house and never replaced has spent four decades under high-altitude sun, and a surface that old grays and sheds stone quickly once its protective film is gone. The city's official elevation is 5,558 feet, a little above Denver's, and its land spans nearly 1,000 feet of elevation from one edge to the other. Detached single-family homes make up 53.1 percent of units, so most of the asphalt in question is private driveway. The driveway sealcoating page covers the method.
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Aurora soils, streets and winter rules
The postwar boom started on the west side. Hoffman Heights, a 1953 subdivision between East 6th and 13th avenues, had 1,705 homes by 1956 and helped the city's population quadruple by 1960. Later growth spread east toward E-470, where the city expects room for as many as 250,000 more residents. The soils change along the way. The Fondis series, which NRCS typed in Arapahoe County and describes as moderately extensive across east-central Colorado, carries 35 to 50 percent clay in its subsoil with slow to moderately slow permeability, so water that gets under a driveway edge can linger into the next freeze.
Aurora's streets are in good shape by its own measure. The Build Up Aurora program aimed to bring every road in the more than 4,300 lane miles the city maintains to a good or better rating, and the Denver Gazette reported the work finished in November 2023, ahead of its 2024 deadline. Private work that touches the public right-of-way runs through the Public Works permit center under a Public Improvement Permit, with occupancy fees whenever part of a sidewalk, alley or traffic lane has to close. After snow, owners get 24 hours to clear sidewalks, or 48 during a declared emergency.
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Asphalt Sealcoating Services Available in Aurora
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Aurora FAQs
Do Aurora driveways need sealing more often than Denver's?
Not by any rule, and the difference in exposure is small. The city sits a few hundred feet higher than central Denver, and the WHO's altitude rule works out to about 1 percent more UV per 100 meters, so the extra dose is minor. Age matters more. With a 1985 median year built, a driveway installed with the house and never replaced has spent decades under the same strong sun, so a two-to-three-year sealing rhythm suits most of them.
Is coal-tar sealer allowed in Aurora?
Yes. Aurora, like Denver and the state as a whole, does not appear on the national lists of coal-tar sealant bans, so the choice falls to the owner and the contractor. USGS reports that coal-tar sealcoat typically holds about 1,000 times the PAHs of asphalt-based products. Owners near Sand Creek, Cherry Creek State Park or a storm drain may prefer an asphalt emulsion or acrylic sealer instead. Either way, the product name belongs in the written quote.
When can a crew seal a driveway in Aurora?
Plan on June through early September. Sealer makers want 50 degrees and rising, with no dip below 50 for a day afterward, and NOAA's normals for Denver International Airport show spring and fall nights falling to 50 or lower on most days. Summer afternoons bring thundershowers and, in June especially, hail, so a morning start and a clear forecast for the next 24 hours are the usual plan for a driveway here.
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