Asphalt Patching in Ogden
Ogden's older housing means a lot of aged asphalt that fails in spots. We connect you with crews who patch the failure and leave a level, lasting surface.
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Old Asphalt in a Historic City
Ogden has some of the oldest housing stock on the Wasatch Front, with established neighborhoods around the historic 25th Street district and the East Bench dating back generations. A lot of driveways and alleys here have been paved and repaved over decades, and old asphalt fails in spots: crumbling edges, potholes where water has worked in, sunken areas over old base.
Aged, isolated failures are textbook patching territory. When the rest of a surface still carries traffic, removing and replacing the bad spots costs far less than repaving. The crews we connect you with check whether the failures are contained before recommending a patch over a larger job.
Crumbling Edges and Surface Patches
A common Ogden failure is the crumbling, raveling edge, where an old driveway or alley breaks apart along its border because the binder has dried out. The fix is to square the failed edge with a clean cut and rebuild it, either with an infrared rework that blends into the existing surface or a full-depth removal where the damage runs deep.
Infrared patching shines on these older surfaces. The crew reheats the existing asphalt, adds fresh mix, and recompacts it into a seamless patch with no cold joint for water to enter. For a failure that has reached the base, a full-depth remove-and-replace is the durable choice instead.
Choosing the Method
Depth and type of failure decide the method. A pothole to the base needs full-depth remove-and-replace. A rough or raveling surface can be reworked with infrared. A winter pothole gets cold patch to stay safe until hot mix is practical, which matters in Ogden where winters run cold and long.
- Crumbling or raveling edge: square the cut, then infrared or full-depth repair.
- Base-level pothole: remove-and-replace with hot mix.
- Surface roughness: infrared patch, no cold joint.
- Winter emergency: cold patch now, permanent fix later.
What Patching Costs in Ogden
Price runs by method, depth, and area, with a minimum on small jobs since the crew and hot mix cost the same whether the patch is large or small. Bundling patches into one visit lowers the per-patch cost.
These are typical 2026 Ogden ranges, not quotes.
- Infrared patch: roughly $2 to $5 per square foot, minimum near $300 to $600 a visit.
- Hot-mix remove-and-replace patch: about $3 to $7 per square foot, most home patches $150 to $500 each.
- Cold patch pothole fill: about $100 to $300 per hole, temporary.
- Utility cut restoration: commonly $500 to $1,500 per cut by size and depth.
Hard Winters at the North End of the Wasatch
Ogden sits at the north end of the Wasatch Front and gets real winter, with heavy snow off the mountains and a long, hard freeze-thaw season. Water works into a crack, freezes overnight, expands, and pries it wider, and on already-brittle old asphalt the breakage comes fast. Plows scrape and chip raised seams and edges through the season.
Summers run hot and dry, drying the binder further, so old Ogden asphalt is brittle going into each winter. Patching isolated failures early and sealing the surrounding cracks is the practical way to keep aging pavement serviceable without a full repave.
Common Questions
+Can a really old Ogden driveway still be patched?
Yes, if the failures are isolated. Old driveways often have a few bad spots, crumbling edges, or a pothole or two, while the rest of the surface still holds. Patching those and crack sealing the surface adds years cost-effectively. If the whole driveway is alligator-cracked and breaking up, replacement is the better investment.
+Why is my driveway raveling along the edges?
Raveling, where the surface crumbles and loses aggregate, happens when the binder has dried and oxidized over years of sun and freeze-thaw. The edges go first because they have less support. The fix is to square the failed edge with a clean cut and rebuild it with an infrared rework or a full-depth patch.
+Does Ogden's heavier winter change how patching is done?
It shortens the hot-mix season and makes cold patch important for winter pothole emergencies. The methods are the same as elsewhere on the Wasatch Front, but timing matters more. Permanent hot-mix and infrared patching get scheduled when temperatures and paving plants allow proper compaction.
+Is infrared patching available for old surfaces?
Yes, and it works well on aged asphalt for surface defects, low spots, and raveling edges, because it reheats and blends into the existing surface with no cold joint. For a failure that has reached the base, a full-depth remove-and-replace is the right method instead. A crew will tell you which your spot needs.
+How much to patch a pothole in Ogden?
A permanent hot-mix patch typically runs $150 to $500 for a single spot, with a minimum on small jobs since mobilizing a crew costs the same regardless of size. A temporary cold-patch fill runs less, around $100 to $300. Bundling several potholes into one visit lowers the cost per pothole.
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