Tommy hand-seals driveways all over McCandless, from the McKnight Road corridor out to the quiet streets bordering North Park. If your driveway has gone gray and chalky from a few Pennsylvania winters, this is where it gets brought back to a deep, even black.
McCandless grew fast through the 60s, 70s, and 80s, and a lot of the homes here were built with wide, flat driveways that are perfect for a clean hand-applied coat. The trade-off is that many of those drives have been sealed with cheap box-store sealer that flakes off inside a season, or left bare so long the asphalt has turned brittle. Tommy strips the loose stuff, fills the cracks first, then brushes the sealer on by hand so it actually bonds and lasts instead of washing off with the first rain.
Living near the McKnight Road strip means constant traffic in and out, plus road salt tracked onto your driveway all winter long. That salt eats unsealed asphalt faster than most people realize. Whether you're tucked back by North Park, up near La Roche University, or on one of the side streets off McKnight, the fix is the same: a proper hand-applied coat that seals the surface and stops the salt and meltwater from working its way in.
The wide McCandless driveways are exactly where spray rigs cut corners. Spraying lays down a thin, watery coat that looks black for a month and then grays out. Brushing sealer on by hand works it into the pores of the asphalt and leaves a thicker, more even finish. It takes longer and costs a little more in product, but the driveway stays black through a full Pittsburgh winter instead of needing redone by spring.
Hand-applied premium sealer that brings faded asphalt back to a deep, even black and shields it from sun, water, and salt.
Cracks are cleaned out and filled before the sealer goes down so water and meltwater can't keep widening them over winter.
Clean, crisp-edged sealcoating for small commercial lots, shared drives, and garage aprons, brushed on by hand.
The same hand-applied finish Tommy brings to every McCandless driveway. Real jobs, not stock photos.
Yes. All of the McCandless neighborhoods around North Park and La Roche University are right on Tommy's daily route in the north hills.
A properly hand-applied coat typically holds up for two to three years on a north hills driveway, depending on sun exposure, slope, and how much road salt gets tracked on. Tommy can tell you exactly what to expect after seeing yours.
Yes. Crack repair is done before the sealer goes down so water, salt, and meltwater can't keep working into the breaks and widening them over winter.
Tommy will take a look, give you a straight price, and tell you exactly what your asphalt needs. No pressure, no obligation.
