Parking lot sealcoating in Dollar Point.

What the work involves

A lot gets the same treatment as a driveway on a bigger scale and a tighter schedule. Clean, crack seal, sealcoat, restripe. Most occupied lots get phased in sections so the property keeps working while the sealer cures.

Why it matters at this elevation

The reason sealing pays here is the freeze line. Pavement at this elevation crosses freezing and thawing constantly through the shoulder seasons, and every crossing works on whatever water the pavement is holding. Keeping water on the surface instead of inside the asphalt is most of the battle.

This is higher ground, and the season shortens accordingly. Snow arrives earlier in the fall and lingers later in the spring, which compresses the window for anything that has to cure. The realistic plan at this elevation is to schedule early in the season rather than counting on a late one.

How the job runs

We work to the weather rather than against it. Sealer needs warm dry pavement going down and dry hours behind it, so a job gets moved rather than forced when a storm builds. A rushed application in marginal conditions costs an owner more than the delay ever did.

Dollar Point pavement specifically

Lakeview residential above the point, with driveways cut into the slope and an association road network holding them together. Sloped drives with a view are also sloped drives that drain across themselves, which is why crack sealing tends to be an annual item here.

Dollar Point’s association neighborhoods sit on the bluff just east of Tahoe City — lakeview homes on winding streets with real grade to them.

A coating on this pavement is protection against sun and water, not a repair. Where the surface has gone past protection, we say so rather than paint over it.

Dollar Point sits at roughly 6,300 feet, and the pavement around it behaves accordingly. More on the area on our Dollar Point service area page. We work the same corridor through Agate Bay, Alpine Meadows, Alpine Peaks, and the pavement guides go deeper on the physics if you want it.

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