Asphalt Repair in Midland & Odessa, TX
Crack filling, pothole repair, patching and driveway or parking lot repair across the Permian Basin, fix the small failures before they become a replacement.
Asphalt Repair by city: Asphalt Repair in Midland and Asphalt Repair in Odessa.
Almost every asphalt failure starts as something small and cheap. A hairline crack lets water into the base. The base softens. Traffic works the soft spot until the surface breaks through, and now you have a pothole, and a pothole is ten times the cost of the crack it started as.
West Tex Paving repairs residential driveways, commercial and industrial parking lots, and lease roads across Midland, Odessa and the surrounding basin. We'll also tell you plainly when repair is the wrong answer and you're better off resurfacing or rebuilding, because patching a surface that's structurally finished is money thrown at a problem that's coming back.
Asphalt repair services in Odessa & Midland
From a single crack to a failed section, matched to what the pavement actually needs.
- Crack filling & crack sealing: the cheapest work you can do on asphalt, and the highest return.
- Pothole repair: cut back to sound material, rebuilt, and compacted. Not a shovel of cold mix.
- Asphalt patching: skin patches for surface damage, full-depth patches where the base has gone.
- Driveway repair: cracking, edge break-up, and settled sections at residential properties.
- Parking lot repair: potholes, rutting in drive lanes, failed sections around dumpsters and entrances.
When repair is right, and when it isn't
The question is always what's underneath. If the base is still sound and the damage is on the surface, repair is the correct and far cheaper answer. Cracks get filled, potholes get cut out and rebuilt, and the pavement carries on for years.
If the base has failed, patching only buys months. You'll see the signs: potholes that keep coming back in the same spot, ruts along the wheel paths, edges crumbling away, or a surface that flexes under a loaded vehicle. That's the sub-grade moving, and no amount of asphalt on top will hold it. In those areas the fix is a full-depth repair, dig out, rebuild the base, repave, or, if it's widespread, resurfacing the whole surface.
We cut a test hole where it matters rather than guessing, and we quote what the pavement needs. Telling you a patch will hold when it won't just means coming back.
Crack filling is the cheapest thing you can do
Nothing else on this page returns as much for as little.
Why cracks matter
An open crack is a channel straight into the base. West Texas rain arrives fast and hard, and once water is under the pavement it softens the material holding everything up. The crack itself is cheap to fix: what it lets in isn't.
How we fill them
Clean the crack out first, because sealant over dirt and grit doesn't bond and pops out within a season. Then a hot-applied rubberized filler that stays flexible through temperature swings instead of cracking back open.
When to do it
As soon as cracks are wide enough to take filler, and before sealcoating, sealcoat is a surface protectant, not a structural repair, and sealing over an open crack just hides it while it keeps growing.
Why potholes come back
A pothole filled badly comes back in the same spot, usually within a year. The shortcuts are predictable: the hole wasn't cut back to sound pavement, the edges were left feathered instead of squared, cold mix was shoveled in and tamped by foot, or nobody dealt with the water that caused it.
We do it the right way: square the hole back to solid material, remove failed base, rebuild and compact in lifts, and finish flush with the surrounding surface. And if the water has an obvious source, like a low spot, we'll point it out, because fixing the hole without fixing the cause means doing it again.
Industrial and commercial asphalt repair in Midland and Odessa
Most of the repair calls we get from Midland and Odessa are not driveways. They are truck yards, laydown yards, lease roads, loading aprons and retail lots that carry loaded trucks every day. Pavement built for cars fails fast under that traffic: rutting at the gate, alligator cracking where rigs turn, and potholes that open up after one wet week. Patching those with the same method used on a driveway does not hold.
Industrial asphalt repair is a different job. We cut failed areas back to sound base, rebuild the base where the load has crushed it, and lay hot mix in compacted lifts thick enough for the traffic, not the thickness that was there before. Where a yard has gone past patching, we will say so and price a mill and overlay or a full rebuild instead. For lease roads and pad access, chip seal or caliche is often the better repair, and we do both. See oilfield and industrial paving for the full range of yard, road and pad work.
We schedule industrial repairs around operations, work in sections so a yard never fully closes, and give a free on-site estimate with the scope written the way a property manager or operations lead needs it. Call (432) 878-8059 or request a free estimate.
Get a Repair Price Before It Grows
Tell us where the pavement is and what it's doing. We'll come look and quote exactly what it needs, and tell you straight if repair isn't the right answer.
- Free on-site look. No job too small to price
- Straight answer: repair, resurface, or leave it alone
- Free estimate before work starts
Or call (432) 878-8059, answered 8am to 8pm, every day.
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Asphalt repair FAQs
How much does asphalt repair cost in Odessa or Midland?
Repairs are priced by the work, not a flat rate. Crack filling is measured by length, patching by area and depth. A handful of cracks on a residential driveway is a small job; a parking lot with a dozen failed sections is not. We measure on site and give a free estimate, and the number we quote is the number you pay.
Is it worth repairing my asphalt or should I replace it?
It depends on the base. Surface damage over a sound base is worth repairing every time. It costs a fraction of replacement. Where the base has failed, patching buys months rather than years, and resurfacing or rebuilding is more economical over the life of the pavement. We'll look at it and tell you which one you have.
Why does my pothole keep coming back?
Usually because the previous repair bonded to material that was already failing, or the hole was filled without squaring it back to solid pavement, or the water that caused it was never addressed. A repair cut back properly, with the base rebuilt and compacted in lifts and finished flush, stays fixed. One filled with cold mix and tamped down does not.
Should I fill cracks before sealcoating?
Yes, always. Sealcoat protects the surface but is not a structural repair and will not bridge an open crack. Sealing over one buries a problem that keeps growing underneath. Fill first, then seal. That order is what makes the sealcoat worth doing.
When is the best time to repair asphalt in West Texas?
Warm, dry weather, so spring through autumn suits most repair work. Crack filler and hot mix both need dry surfaces to bond properly. We'd rather wait for the right conditions than rush work that fails early.
Can you repair a parking lot without closing it?
Usually yes. We section the work so most of the lot stays open, and can work after hours or across a weekend for businesses that can't lose the parking. Tell us your constraints when you call and we'll plan the sequence around them.
What is the difference between crack filling and crack sealing?
In practice they're used interchangeably for the same job, cleaning a crack out and filling it with a flexible material that keeps water out of the base. The important part is the preparation: filler applied over dirt and grit doesn't bond and pops out within a season.
Why Odessa and Midland call West Tex Paving for repairs
Locally owned and operated with 50 years of combined experience across the Permian Basin. We quote the repair the pavement actually needs, not the biggest job we can sell, and we say so when repair isn't the right answer. Free on-site estimate. You Name It, We Pave It. Call (432) 878-8059.
- Crack filling & sealing
- Pothole & full-depth patching
- Driveway & parking lot repair
- Free on-site estimate
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Fix It Small, Before It Gets Expensive
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