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Ostermiller Construction Concrete & Asphalt · Billings MT
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Asphalt Repair in Billings, MT

Asphalt Repair · Billings, MT

Pothole Repair That Starts Under the Hole

Asphalt repair in Billings, Laurel, Lockwood and across the Yellowstone Valley is a spring ritual for a lot of property owners. Winter opens a crack, water gets under the mat, and by April there is a hole where the driveway used to be. We repair asphalt the way it holds. Cut the failed area back to sound pavement, rebuild the base under it, then patch with hot mix and compact it while it is hot.

Most of what we fix is smaller than a repave. Potholes, alligatored patches, crumbling edges, a soft spot at the garage apron. Catching damage at that size keeps the bill small, which is why crack sealing and seal coating pay for themselves. When the failure has spread past patching, we say so and price new paving instead.

What We Handle

  • Pothole repair, cut out and patched with hot mix
  • Asphalt patching for alligatored and spiderwebbed areas
  • Failed base dug out and rebuilt under the patch
  • Crumbling pavement edges cut back and rebuilt
  • Small-area dig-out and repave where patching is done
  • Garage aprons, drive lanes, gate approaches and lot corners
  • Patches rolled tight while the mix still has heat in it
  • Free in-person estimates

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What Causes Potholes in Billings?

A pothole starts as a crack somebody could have sealed. Water runs through the opening and soaks the gravel base underneath. The temperature drops, that water freezes and swells, and it lifts the pavement off its support. Traffic then punches the unsupported piece down until it breaks loose and the hole opens up.

Billings crosses the freezing line all winter, so the cycle repeats for months instead of happening once. That is why holes here grow fast and come back in the same spot every spring. Fill poured into a soft, wet base is a placeholder. Fixing what is under the asphalt is what makes a repair stay put.

Asphalt Patching and Cut-Out Repair

Our patching starts with a saw cut back into sound asphalt, squared up past the damage rather than right at the edge of it. We pull the broken material out, look at what is under it, and rebuild the base if it has gone soft or wet. Hot mix goes in from there, gets raked to grade, and gets compacted in lifts so the patch sits flush with the surface around it.

Square edges and full compaction are what separate a repair that lasts from a shovel of cold mix. Cold patch has a place as a stopgap in January, when the hot plants are shut down and a hole is eating tires. As a repair it ravels out inside a season, and the hole reopens a little bigger than it was.

When Repair Stops Making Sense

Some pavement is past patching, and the count of patches tells you. Once a drive or lot is alligatored across most of its area, every new hole is a symptom of a base that has given up everywhere. Patch after patch on a surface like that is just renting time, and the invoices add up to the repave you were avoiding.

At that point we price the alternative: dig out the failed sections and repave them, or lay new asphalt paving over a corrected base. Where the surface still has life in it, we go the other direction and defend it with crack sealing and seal coating. You get the read either way from a free look at the pavement.

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What You Can Expect

How a Job With Ostermiller Runs

From the first look at the job to the final walk-through, here is exactly how it goes.

1

Look at the Job

We come see the actual job — the slab, the driveway, the lot, and the ground under it. What failed, why it failed, and what the fix really is. No blind quotes over the phone.

2

Straight Quote

You get a free written quote with a real number and a real timeline. It says what's included — tear-out, haul-off, prep, materials — and it holds unless the scope changes.

3

Do the Work

The crew shows up when we said and does the job the way we quoted it — tear-out, base, forms, pour, pave, seal or stripe. Anything unexpected, you hear about it immediately, not on the invoice.

4

Final Walk-Through

We walk the finished work together before we call it done. Clean lines, clean site, old material hauled off, and clear guidance on cure times and care. Done means you say it's done.

FAQ

Asphalt Repair Questions, Answered

Common questions about asphalt repair across Billings & the Yellowstone Valley. Don't see yours? Give us a call — we're happy to help.

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How much does asphalt repair cost in Billings?
It depends on how many square feet are failing, how deep the damage runs, and whether the base under it has to be rebuilt. One pothole and a lot with twenty of them are different jobs. We look at the pavement in person and hand you a written number, free, and it holds unless the scope changes.
Can you fix a pothole without repaving the whole driveway?
Usually, yes. We cut the failed area out, repair the base beneath it, and patch with hot mix compacted tight. Spot repair works while the rest of the surface is sound. When most of the pavement is alligatored, patching only buys time, and we will tell you that before you spend the money.
Why do my potholes keep coming back in the same spot?
Because the last fix treated the surface and the problem lives underneath. Water in the base freezes, lifts the mat, and traffic breaks it out again. A repair that lasts means digging past the asphalt, drying and rebuilding the base, then patching over ground that can carry the load.
When can asphalt repairs be done in Montana?
Hot-mix repairs want warm weather, so the working window runs roughly late spring into early fall. Crack sealing has a wider season in spring and fall. In deep winter a cold patch can hold a hole together temporarily, and we get the real repair on the schedule for the season.
Do you repair parking lots as well as driveways?
Both. Home driveways, gate approaches, dumpster pad corners and full commercial lots all get the same repair method. On a lot we phase the work so traffic keeps moving through the property while we go. Call (406) 717-4103 and tell us what the pavement is doing.
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Why Choose Ostermiller

Why Billings Property Owners Call Us

Rip Out & Replace Done Right

We do not patch over failed concrete or jack sunken slabs. Cracked, heaved or spalled flatwork gets torn out, hauled off, and poured new — done once, done right.

Concrete and Asphalt, One Crew

Most outfits do one or the other. We pour concrete and work asphalt — paving, crack sealing, seal coating, striping — so your whole property has one number to call.

Straight Written Quotes

We look at the actual job, price it in writing, and tell you what is worth doing and what is not. No phone guesses, no surprise change orders.

Billings Based, Montana Built

Based in Shepherd, minutes from Billings. We know what freeze-thaw winters and plow blades do to driveways here — and we build for it.

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