Gravel Driveway Repair
Parkman Township, OH
A Parkman drive that looks like mud often still has good stone in it, buried under years of clay and grass. The first step is to bring that stone back up and remix it; where the clay has truly taken over, the drive gets built up again on fabric and a base; and the turn-in gets made heavy enough for farm and delivery loads. Parkman sits on the divide where the Grand River rises, low and wet, with slow clay flats. Reworking the buried stone is a Drive Rake from $1,050, or a Drive Restore from $1,500 if it needs reshaping; both figures include the $300 setup fee. Workmanship on either is warranted in writing for 90 days, plow damage excluded.
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We fix your driveway, and the reason it keeps breaking.
Potholes, ruts and puddles come back where the water sits. We find where the water goes and fix that first, then rework the stone that is already there and compact it.
A Grade Scan is $149: a measured survey of your driveway’s grade and drainage. Every job is quoted in writing and carries a written guarantee.
How to Handle a Gravel Driveway in Parkman
If it looks like dirt but crunches underfoot, the stone is still there. On a drive that has gone years without work, grass, leaves and silt build up in the top layer and bury the gravel. New stone dumped on top would bury that organic layer, which then rots and softens the drive from within. The Drive Rake rakes the grass and silt out and brings the old stone back up, mixes it with its fines, levels it and compacts it. Many Parkman owners are surprised how much drive they still had. Where silt has built up thick, it is worked out of the stone rather than left buried in it to hold water.
If the stone has sunk into clay and there is little left to rake, the drive needs rebuilding. Parkman's clay flats drain slowly, and stone laid straight onto them gets pressed down every wet season. The Drive Rebuild separates the two with fabric, lays coarse stone over it, then a compacted base and a surface stone that locks. It is priced from $2,800 including setup, scaled to the length of the drive and the depth of base it needs. Where only part of a drive has sunk, only that part is rebuilt.
Where farm trucks and wagons use the drive, build the entrance for them. Parkman's large farm parcels and its place in the Geauga County Area Amish settlement, 165 church districts and about 22,000 people in 2026, mean its roads and drives carry buggy, farm and delivery traffic side by side. Heavy wheels follow the same paths. A thicker compacted base at the turn-in and in the wheel paths, and a turnaround wide enough that trucks stop cutting across the edge, keep the load where the drive can carry it. Tell us what your heaviest regular vehicle is and the base is sized to it.
What We Fix in Parkman Township, OH
Buried stone recovery
Grass, silt and leaf build-up are raked out and the gravel beneath is brought back up, remixed and compacted. A Drive Rake from $1,050 including setup, with a 90-day written guarantee and the usual exclusions.
Sunken section rebuild
Where stone has vanished into clay, that stretch is rebuilt on fabric, coarse stone and a compacted base. Only the failed section needs the Rebuild treatment, and sound ground doesn't need the same work as the worst of it.
Farm entrance base
A heavier compacted base at the turn-in and along the wheel paths for trucks and wagons, and a wider turnaround so they stop clipping the edge. Priced for the area it covers and written up before any work.
Drive Restore reshape
When the recovered stone also needs its shape back, a Restore sets the middle above the edges so water leaves the drive, then compacts it. From $1,500 including setup, with the same 90-day workmanship warranty.
FAQ — Parkman Township, OH
It depends on how much stone is left and how long the drive is, and you get the price in writing before we start. The floors, $300 setup fee included, are $1,050 for a Drive Rake, $1,500 for a Drive Restore and $2,800 for a Drive Rebuild. Many neglected drives are Rake or Restore jobs with a short rebuilt section.
The Geauga County Engineer, through a $75 driveway permit; the Engineer sizes the pipe. If you are on a county road, the county installs it free and you buy the pipe. On a township road the township inspects and some install. We don't install culverts, but we'll tell you if a blocked pipe is keeping your drive wet.
When the clay flats have firmed after the thaw, usually late spring, and on through fall. We grade while the stone is damp; working a soaked base on this ground pushes clay into the stone. Fall work gets the drive shedding water before winter.
Because the grass and silt underneath would be buried, rot, and soften the drive from inside, and the new stone would follow the old shape. You already paid for stone once. Most of it is usually still in the drive, waiting to be brought back up.
The entrance and wheel paths can be built for it with a thicker compacted base. We'll ask what your heaviest regular vehicle is and size the base to that, rather than guess. Note that our warranty excludes damage from vehicles over 10 tons.
Ready to Fix Your Driveway?
Three tiers — Drive Rake, Drive Restore, Drive Rebuild — each quoted in writing before any work starts. We fix where the water goes first, rework the stone that is already there, and compact it.
Drive Rake from $1,050, Drive Restore from $1,500, Drive Rebuild from $2,800, each including the $300 setup fee. A written price before any work starts.
Get Grade Scan — $149 ↗