Kitchener asphalt contractor
Kitchener Asphalt Paving Pros is a local asphalt contractor that has paved, rebuilt and repaired surfaces across Waterloo Region since 2013. In 14 seasons our crews have completed more than 2,500 jobs, from single-car driveways in older Kitchener neighbourhoods to condo roadways and farm laneways.
This page explains how we work: the credentials you can check, the equipment on our trucks, the build standard behind every quote and the exact terms of our 1-year labour warranty. It is written for homeowners, property managers and condo boards who want to know who they are hiring before the first site visit.
Every number here, from 150 mm of Granular A to a 2% slope, is written into our contracts so you can hold us to it.
Our story
We have paved out of Kitchener since 2013, and 2026 is our 14th season. The shop on Stirling Avenue South sits near the Rockway and Mill-Courtland neighbourhoods, a few minutes from the Conestoga Parkway, which puts most Kitchener streets 5 to 20 minutes from our door.
Over those seasons the job count has passed 2,500, and our typical paving projects by neighbourhood and town show what that work looks like. The work is a mix of residential and commercial asphalt: driveways, carports and walkways for homeowners, and parking lots, private roads, industrial yards, curbs and speed bumps for property managers, condo boards, churches and farms.
We also take on work many paving companies do not offer, including heated driveways with electric or hydronic snowmelt, tennis and basketball court paving, asphalt floors for garages and pole barns and hot asphalt flat roof repairs.
We are asphalt specialists only. When a project also needs concrete steps, interlock borders or parking lot line painting, we coordinate with those trades rather than doing that work ourselves.
Credentials
We are licensed and insured, carry an active WSIB account and put a 1-year labour warranty in writing on every job. You can check each of these yourself before you sign anything.
A WSIB clearance certificate confirms that a contractor's account with the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board is active and in good standing. It means the crew on your property is covered by Ontario's workplace insurance system, and businesses that hire a contractor without clearance can be held liable for premiums that contractor owes.
Look us up any time with WSIB's online clearance certificate search. We also email a current certificate on request, usually the same day.
We carry commercial general liability insurance on every residential and commercial job. Property managers, condo corporations and plaza owners can request a certificate of insurance that names them as additional insured.
Commercial sites often need that certificate on file before a crew is allowed on the property, so ask for it with your quote.
Safety on a paving site comes down to hot material, heavy rollers and traffic. These are the standards our crews work to:
Equipment
Here is the equipment our crews bring to a job and why each piece matters to the finished surface. Hot mix comes from local asphalt plants in Waterloo Region and the Guelph area, a short haul that keeps it hot until it is rolled.
Surface lifts are HL3, an Ontario surface mix under OPSS 1150 with 13.2 mm maximum stone, and heavier work adds an HL8 binder lift with 19 mm stone underneath. The binder is a performance-graded asphalt cement chosen for Ontario's temperature swings, typically PG 58-28.
A self-propelled paver spreads hot mix at an even depth across the full width, which hand raking cannot match on a driveway or lot. Its heated screed leaves a uniform texture with no rake marks or thin spots.
Rollers from 1.5 to 3 tonnes compact the mat while it is still above about 85 C, below which hot mix stops consolidating properly. Vibratory plate compactors handle edges, walkways and corners the roller cannot reach.
The breaker lifts old asphalt for recycling, and the cold planer mills clean tie-ins at garage slabs and street edges so an overlay meets them flush. The same machine grades and spreads Granular A on tight residential lots.
Our curb machine extrudes continuous asphalt curbs along lot edges and islands. They steer runoff toward catch basins and keep vehicles off landscaping.
The infrared unit heats a damaged area until it can be raked and blended with fresh mix and rejuvenator, so the repair has no cold seam for water to enter. An insulated hot box keeps that mix workable for hours, which is what makes small infrared asphalt repairs practical.
Dump trucks handle removal and stone delivery, and a hot-water pressure washer with a surface cleaner is used for asphalt power washing before sealing.
Build standard
Our standard residential driveway is 150 to 200 mm (6 to 8 in) of compacted Granular A under 60 mm (2.5 in) of compacted HL3, sloped at least 2% away from the house. Heavier traffic gets a deeper base and a second lift, and every quote states which row of this table your job is built to.
| Job | Granular base (compacted) | Asphalt (compacted) |
|---|---|---|
| Residential driveway, cars | 150 to 200 mm (6 to 8 in) Granular A | 60 mm (2.5 in) HL3, one lift |
| Driveway with an RV, work truck or trailer | 200 to 250 mm (8 to 10 in) Granular A | 50 mm HL8 + 40 mm HL3, two lifts |
| Walkways and paths | 100 to 150 mm (4 to 6 in) Granular A | 50 mm (2 in) HL3 or HL3F |
| Garage and shop floors | 150 to 200 mm Granular A | 50 mm HL8 + 40 mm HL3 |
| Parking lot, car traffic | 150 mm Granular A over 300 mm Granular B | 50 mm HL8 + 40 mm HL3 |
| Truck lanes, loading and garbage pads | 150 mm Granular A over 450 mm Granular B | 60 to 75 mm HL8 + 40 mm HL3 |
| Tractor-trailer yards | Engineered design | Two HL8 lifts + HL3, per the site engineer |
| Private roads and laneways | 150 mm Granular A over 300 mm Granular B | 50 mm HL8 + 40 mm HL3, or RAP for rural lanes |
| Sport courts | 150 to 200 mm Granular A, laser-graded | Two lifts, HL3 then HL3F |
Is 2 inches of asphalt enough? Fifty millimetres (2 in) of compacted HL3 is the minimum for cars on a sound base, which is why we lay 60 mm as standard. Thickness matters less than the stone under it, and a thin base is the most common reason driveways here fail early.
Granular A is crushed stone graded 19 mm and down, placed to OPSS 1010 and compacted in lifts until it stops moving under the roller. On roads, lots and soft ground we add Granular B Type I or II as a subbase, and on wet clay a non-woven geotextile keeps the stone from pumping into the soil.
Commercial bases are proof-rolled and can be tested to 100% Standard Proctor density when the engineer asks. Large lots and industrial yards follow the owner's civil engineer or geotechnical report, and we build to that design.
Built this way and maintained, a driveway in Waterloo Region lasts 15 to 25 years and a commercial lot on an engineered base 20 to 30 years.
Our process
A residential replacement follows the same six stages whether it takes one day or two. These stages are where cheap paving jobs usually cut corners, so they are also the right things to ask any contractor about.
Ontario One Call marks buried gas, hydro, water and cable lines first, which usually takes up to 5 business days. Old asphalt then goes to recycling, and excess soil goes to approved sites under Ontario Regulation 406/19.
With the old surface off, we roll the native soil and dig out any spot that pumps or ruts. Geotextile fabric goes down wherever the clay is wet or soft.
Stone goes down in layers, and each layer is compacted with a vibratory roller or plate before the next. One thick load of gravel compacted only on top is the shortcut that leads to sinking.
The base is shaped to at least a 2% fall, about 1/4 in per foot, toward the street, the lawn or a drain. We flag downspouts that empty onto the driveway so the slope carries that water off.
SS-1 tack coat goes on saw-cut edges and any asphalt we pave against so the new layer bonds. The paver places the mix while it is between about 135 C and 160 C.
The rollers finish compaction before the mat cools below about 85 C, then edges are hand-tamped to a clean bevel. The crew checks the finished slope for any spot that could hold water.
Experience
Most driveway failures we are called to fix in Waterloo Region come from the same few causes, and almost none of them are the asphalt itself.
Much of Kitchener sits on clay and silt till, and the frost line here is about 1.2 m (4 ft) down. No driveway is dug that deep, so a free-draining, compacted granular base is what stops frost heave, not extra asphalt.
A downspout that empties onto asphalt soaks the base at one corner every time it rains. That corner is usually the first to crack and sink.
In newer subdivisions such as Rosenberg and Lackner Woods, many builder driveways start with a base coat only. Paving the top lift before the lot settles locks in dips that later hold water, so we check for settlement first.
Snowplow blades gouge edges, road salt speeds up ravelling on unsealed asphalt, and a trailer jack left in one spot in July sinks into the soft surface. None of these are workmanship defects, which is why our warranty exclusions name them.
An overlay laid on a failed base cracks along the old lines, often within a few years. When the base is the problem, we quote driveway removal and replacement even though asphalt resurfacing would be the cheaper number.
Warranty
Every job we build carries a 1-year labour warranty that starts on the completion date and is printed on both the quote and the invoice. If a defect comes from our workmanship, we repair the affected area at no charge.
Most arguments over paving warranties come from vague wording, so ours lists exactly what is and is not covered.
For 12 months from completion, we cover workmanship defects in work we built:
These are not workmanship defects, so the warranty excludes them:
If you sell the property within the 12 months, the warranty transfers to the new owner. Give the buyer your invoice, since it shows the completion date and the work covered.
Call 548-457-2043 or email info@kitchenerasphaltpaving.ca with photos of the problem and your address. During paving season we inspect within 7 days.
If the defect is ours, the repair is booked for the next suitable paving weather at no charge. If it falls under an exclusion, we explain the cause and can quote a fix if you want one.
Ontario's rules on written contracts, estimates and deposits are summarized in the Ontario guide for home renovation businesses. Our asphalt paving FAQ covers the questions we hear most about warranty, deposits and insurance.
Free quote
Book a site visit and you will see the build standard on this page applied to your property, with base depth, lift thickness and slope written into the quote. Before you decide, read how to check our reviews and vet any paver.