Young's Excavating & Paving LLC has completed parking lot repairs and resurfacing for Summit Title Services at 120 Bedford Center Road in Bedford, New Hampshire. The project, finished in May 2026, covered approximately 10,075 square feet and highlights the importance of addressing underlying issues to ensure long-lasting pavement.
Two areas of the parking lot had visibly dropped before the resurfacing, each roughly four feet by three feet. According to the company, such isolated sinking typically indicates a problem beneath the pavement, not on its surface. Water is the common culprit: it seeps into the base through joints and cracks, reducing the bearing strength, and then freezing and thawing cycles can further destabilize the material.
Young's emphasized that simply overlaying new asphalt over settled areas would only hide the problem, leading to recurrence. Instead, they saw-cut and removed the damaged asphalt at both locations, paved the repaired areas with three inches of new asphalt, and then applied a full overlay to the rest of the lot. The overlay process included cleaning, transitional milling at lock-in points, a tack coat, a base layer, and a two-inch wearing course. Transitional milling grinds down existing pavement where new asphalt meets it, ensuring a smooth tie-in without a raised lip.
The wearing course, the top layer exposed to traffic and weather, sits on a base layer, both laid during the same paving operation. This comprehensive approach addresses the root causes of pavement failure, extending the life of the lot.
Summit Title Services, a title company with offices across New Hampshire, agreed to be identified as the client. The full project record, including repair sequence and photographs, is published at Parking Lot Repairs and Resurfacing at Summit Title Services in Bedford, NH.
One notable aspect of this project is that Young's handled both the excavation and paving, ensuring the base, grade, and finished surface are managed by a single contractor. This avoids the coordination issues and potential inconsistencies that can arise when separate contractors handle different scopes.
Young's Excavating & Paving LLC, based in Penacook, serves six New Hampshire counties: Merrimack, Hillsborough, Rockingham, Strafford, Cheshire, and Belknap. The company offers a range of services including commercial and residential paving, parking lot construction and resurfacing, excavation, grading, drainage, site preparation, backfilling, sealcoating, and stamped asphalt. Further commercial paving and excavation projects are available on their commercial paving page.
This project underscores the importance of proper pavement maintenance and repair for commercial properties, as failing to address underlying issues can lead to more costly problems down the road.
