Rock driveways and grading
Rock and gravel driveways in Brevard County
Potholes, ruts and a drive that turns soft after a storm are a base and drainage problem before they are a rock problem. We fix the base, set the slope, then lay the surface. Gravel, millings or crushed concrete, graded to shed water instead of hold it.
Office hours Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm. Storm calls are prioritized ahead of routine work.
- 30+ years in Brevard
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- Grading and drainage in house
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Companies that have had TR on their property
Thirty years of commercial and residential work across Brevard County, from single yards to multi-acre sites.
Six kinds of driveway work
What we do on a rock drive
Our 30 years on Brevard properties covers driveways as well as trees, with a scope that stops at the list below. We do not pave, pour or seal.
01New driveway installation
Full prep before any surface goes down: strip, grade, base layers and drainage. Then gravel, millings or crushed concrete on top of ground that was built to hold it.
02Resurfacing and gravel refill
Ruts and low spots filled, the whole run topped off and compacted. The surface comes back smooth and stable, and it drains the way it was meant to.
03Grading and drainage
Slope is what keeps rock where you put it. We crown or cross-slope the run and cut swales or channels so the water leaves instead of standing in the wheel tracks.
04Millings and crushed concrete
Recycled asphalt millings and crushed concrete lock up tighter than round gravel and hold a firmer surface under trucks, trailers and RVs. Both cost less than new stone.
05Pothole and washout repair
After a storm season the holes come back in the same places, because that is where the water goes. We cut them out, reinforce the spot and fix the slope that made it, not just the hole.
06Maintenance plans
For long drives, private roads and commercial sites: scheduled refills, regrading and compacting on a set visit so the surface never gets far enough gone to need rebuilding.
How it goes
From a rutted drive to one that drains
Walk the drive with you
Where the water comes from, where it currently goes, which spots stay soft and how heavy the traffic is. The holes tell us most of it before you say a word.
Pick the material
Gravel, millings or crushed concrete, chosen for what actually drives on it. A drive that sees a loaded trailer every week is not the same job as one that sees two cars.
Fix the base first
Soft spots get dug out and filled, and a run with no base underneath gets one. Rock laid over a bad base is a surface that fails again by the next wet season.
Set the slope
We crown the run or cross-slope it toward one side, and cut a swale or channel where the water needs somewhere to go. This is the step that decides whether the rest lasts.
Surface and compact
The rock goes down and gets compacted rather than dumped and raked, so it packs instead of migrating to the edges the first time you drive on it.
Why people choose rock
What you get when we leave
A drive that sheds water
Crowned or cross-sloped, with somewhere for the runoff to go. Standing water is what turns a good drive into potholes.
No soft spots left under it
The places that sank before are dug out and rebuilt, so the new surface is not sitting on the same bad ground.
A surface you can keep
Rock does not crack like pavement. When it wears, it gets topped off and regraded instead of torn out and replaced.
The equipment
The machines that build the drive
Tractor
- On the job
- Cuts the grade, pulls the crown and levels the run before and after the rock goes down.
- Why it matters
- Slope is the whole job. A drive graded by eye with a shovel is the one that washes out in the first heavy week.
Giant mini loader
- On the job
- Moves material down narrow runs and into spots a truck cannot back into, on tracks.
- Why it matters
- It spreads its weight instead of concentrating it, which is what keeps turf, pavers and septic fields whole on the way past.
Grapple truck
- On the job
- Clears what is lying on the drive before work starts: storm debris, limbs, old fill and anything the last crew left.
- Why it matters
- Nobody loads a blocked drive by hand. It also means a tree across the entrance and the driveway repair underneath it are one visit.
Where we work
Driveways from Mims to Palm Bay
North Brevard is where the long drives are: Titusville and Mims properties set back off the road, with a run that has to carry a truck through a wet September. Closer in it is usually one driveway and one drainage problem. We will travel further in Florida for the right job. Call 321-504-1054 and ask.
Questions
Driveway questions
Something not here? Call 321-504-1054 during office hours or book a free estimate.
What does a rock driveway cost?
It comes down to length and width, what is under the existing surface, how much drainage work the run needs, and which material goes on top. A straight refill on a sound base and a rebuild on ground that has been sinking for ten years are different jobs. We price it after we have walked it, and the estimate is free.
Gravel, millings or crushed concrete: which should I pick?
Millings and crushed concrete have angular edges that lock together, so they pack harder and hold up better under trucks, trailers and RVs. Round gravel stays looser and moves more under traffic, which some people prefer for the look and the drainage. Tell us what drives on it and we will tell you which one we would put down.
How often does a rock driveway need regrading?
There is no fixed interval. A short drive on good slope with two cars on it can go years. A long run that carries heavy traffic, or one that collects water off a field, will ask for it sooner. The signal is the surface, not the calendar: once the wheel tracks hold water after rain, the crown is gone and it is time.
Why does my driveway keep washing out in the same spot?
Because the water keeps arriving in the same spot. A hole that comes back after every repair is a drainage problem wearing a pothole costume. Filling it puts rock in the path of the same runoff. The fix is to change where the water goes, with slope, a swale or a channel, and then rebuild the spot.
Can you just fix the potholes?
Yes, and plenty of jobs are exactly that. We will still say whether we think the holes will come back, so you can decide between a patch now and fixing the cause. Either way you get the honest version before we start.
Do you supply the rock, or do I?
Material and haulage are quoted as part of the job, so the estimate covers the rock as well as the work. If you already have material on the property, or a supplier you want used, say so when we walk it and we will price it that way.
Do I need a permit for a new driveway?
A new connection onto a public road is usually the road authority's business, and that permit belongs to the property owner the same way an FWC tortoise permit does on a clearing job. Work on an existing private drive normally does not need one. Check with your city or Brevard County before you assume either way, and we will tell you what we have run into on jobs like yours.
Do you take driveway work on its own?
Yes. It also pairs with the rest of what we do, which is why a lot of these jobs start as a tree or clearing job: the drive gets chewed up by the work, or the access has to be built before a crew can get in. We do not pave, pour concrete or lay asphalt.
Next step
Send photos of the drive and the low spots.
A shot from the road, a shot from the house and a close one of the worst hole will tell us most of what we need. We come out, walk it and send an estimate.
Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm. Email Tim@TRLawnTree.com with photos any time.
