
Professional pothole patching and repair for driveways and parking lots across the Greater Detroit metro.
Michigan's freeze-thaw cycles are brutal on asphalt. Water seeps into small cracks, freezes, expands, and breaks the pavement apart from the inside out. The result: potholes that get bigger every winter, damage vehicles, and create serious liability risks for property owners. A pothole that starts as a fist-sized hole in October can be a tire-swallowing crater by March.
PrideShield Sealcoating provides professional pothole repair for residential driveways, commercial parking lots, and private roads throughout the Greater Detroit metro. We don't just throw cold patch in a hole and call it done — we cut the damaged area square, remove failed material, apply tack coat for bonding, fill with hot-mix asphalt, and compact it to match the surrounding grade. The result is a permanent, flush repair that blends with your existing pavement.
Whether you have one pothole in your driveway or fifty across a commercial lot, we handle projects of every size. We also recommend combining pothole repair with crack filling and sealcoating for a complete pavement restoration that prevents new potholes from forming. Contact PrideShield for a free on-site assessment and estimate in Ann Arbor, Canton, Livonia, Dearborn, or anywhere in the Greater Detroit area.
We examine every pothole, measure depth and extent of base failure, and determine whether patching, infrared repair, or full-depth replacement is the right approach.
We saw-cut the damaged area into clean square edges, remove all loose and failed asphalt, and clean the cavity down to solid base material.
Tack coat is applied for bonding, then hot-mix asphalt is added in lifts and machine-compacted to match the surrounding pavement grade. No cold patch — ever.
Cold patch is a temporary fix — it's loose aggregate that compresses under traffic and washes out within weeks. Hot-mix asphalt chemically bonds to the existing pavement, compacts into a dense, permanent repair, and lasts for years. It costs more upfront but saves money by not needing repeated re-patching.
We can perform emergency cold-patch repairs in winter to prevent vehicle damage, but permanent hot-mix repairs require temperatures above 40°F for proper compaction and bonding. We recommend scheduling permanent repairs in spring and combining them with sealcoating for the best long-term results.
Pricing depends on the number, size, and depth of potholes, plus the condition of the surrounding pavement. Most residential pothole repairs run $150 to $500 per hole. Commercial lots with multiple potholes are quoted per square foot. We provide free on-site estimates with transparent, upfront pricing.
The repair edges are sealed to prevent water intrusion. We recommend sealcoating the surrounding area to prevent new potholes from forming nearby.
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