Serving San Mateo, CA and surrounding areas. (650) 865-1932
Hallmark San Mateo Asphalt Paving provides asphalt repair, driveway paving, and sealcoating throughout Daly City. We know the hillside lots, tight driveways, and coastal conditions that make paving work here different from other cities.
Daly City driveways and parking areas take a lot of abuse from clay-soil movement, hillside water runoff, and coastal moisture. Our asphalt repair service addresses cracking, sunken sections, and unstable base areas so problems do not keep growing through the next wet season.
Many Daly City driveways in the Westlake neighborhood and hillside blocks were poured decades ago and are past their useful life. We install new asphalt driveways on lots of all sizes - including the short, sloped driveways common on Daly City hillside streets where access is tight.
Daly City is one of the foggiest cities in the Bay Area, and that constant moisture works against asphalt surfaces year-round. Sealcoating every few years protects the binder from oxidation and keeps your driveway flexible instead of brittle - which matters especially on slopes where the surface is always moving a little with the soil below.
The San Andreas Fault runs along the western edge of Daly City, and even minor ground movement opens hairline cracks in driveways and walkways. Sealing those cracks before the rainy season keeps water out of the base and prevents a manageable repair from becoming a full replacement project.
Hillside lots in Daly City often have drainage problems where water from uphill properties crosses the driveway or pools near the garage. We regrade surfaces and excavate and rebuild base layers where soil movement has created uneven or unstable areas before new paving goes down.
Pothole formation in Daly City is accelerated by water infiltrating cracks during wet winters and then the base softening under traffic. We use hot-mix asphalt for permanent repairs that compact properly and do not crumble out after the next rain - not the temporary cold-patch that needs fixing again in six months.
Daly City is built on a series of hills sloping toward the Pacific Ocean, and almost every property in the city deals with the combination of slope, clay soils, and persistent coastal fog that accelerates wear on paved surfaces. The USGS earthquake hazards program identifies this area as one of the highest-risk zones in the country for seismic activity, with the San Andreas Fault running along the city's western edge through the Mussel Rock area. Even minor seismic events can shift the clay subsoil and open cracks in driveways, walkways, and retaining walls. Wet winters then drive water into those cracks, and the damage compounds quickly on lots where water naturally flows downhill across the paved surface.
The majority of Daly City's single-family homes were built in the 1940s and 1950s, particularly in the Westlake and Serramonte areas. Driveways installed with those homes are now 70 to 80 years old - well past any reasonable service life. Many have been patched multiple times without addressing the underlying base deterioration. On small Daly City lots where the driveway is short and narrow, a full replacement is often more cost-effective than continued patching because the total material cost is lower and the finished surface lasts for another 20 to 25 years. Understanding when to repair versus replace is one of the most valuable things a contractor familiar with Daly City housing stock brings to the job.
Our crew works throughout Daly City regularly, and we understand the local conditions that affect asphalt paving work here. The tight lots, sloped driveways, and narrow streets in neighborhoods like Westlake require careful equipment planning - not every machine that works fine on a flat San Mateo driveway can maneuver on a steep Daly City hillside block. We know how to set up safely and efficiently in these spaces. When work requires a permit from the Daly City Public Works Department, we handle that process before we start.
Interstate 280 runs through the eastern part of Daly City and gives us straightforward access from our San Mateo base, with Mission Street and El Camino Real serving as the main north-south surface routes across the city. We also serve neighboring South San Francisco to the south and Foster City further down the Peninsula, which gives us a broad view of how different terrain and soil conditions shape paving decisions across this whole corridor.
Call or submit the contact form and we will respond within one business day. We schedule site visits around your availability and keep the initial appointment brief.
We walk the property with you, probe the base condition, assess drainage, and document what the job actually requires. The written estimate covers all costs including any permit fees - you know the full number before work begins.
We handle all permit paperwork where required, then arrive on the scheduled date and complete the work. You do not need to rearrange your schedule around the job - we manage access and keep the site clean throughout.
We walk the completed surface with you before we leave and explain curing time - typically 24 to 48 hours before driving on new asphalt. We also cover what to watch for in the first wet season and how to maximize surface life.
We serve all of Daly City - from the Westlake and Serramonte neighborhoods to the hillside streets near Mussel Rock. No commitment required.
(650) 865-1932Daly City sits directly south of San Francisco and shares almost its entire northern border with the city, making it the most densely populated city in San Mateo County. The city grew rapidly after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, when displaced residents relocated south, and most of its residential neighborhoods were built out through the mid-20th century. The Westlake district - a planned residential community developed in the late 1940s and 1950s - is one of the city's best-known neighborhoods, featuring rows of similar stucco-clad single-family homes that have defined the city's visual character for generations. Serramonte is another major residential and commercial area anchored by a large regional shopping center that has served the community for decades.
The city's terrain is noticeably hilly, with streets rising steeply in the western neighborhoods toward the Pacific coast. The western edge of Daly City meets the coast near Mussel Rock, where the San Andreas Fault meets the ocean - one of the most geologically active spots in the Bay Area. Neighborhoods range from the busy corridors near the BART stations and Mission Street to quiet hillside residential blocks with ocean views. We cover the whole city, and we also serve nearby San Bruno and Millbrae, giving us a clear picture of how housing conditions and terrain shift across this part of the Peninsula.
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