Asphalt Sealcoating in Redford Township, MI
Redford Township sits directly east of Livonia across Inkster Road, on the western border of Detroit. It packs 48,362 people into about 11.25 square miles, which makes it roughly three times as dense as Livonia and it shows in the driveways. Redford lots are narrower, the drives are shorter, and a lot of them run straight back to a detached garage on a strip of asphalt that has been patched more than once.
The township traces back to Pekin Township in 1829, was renamed Redford in March 1833, and chartered in 1926, so the housing stock skews older than Livonia's postwar boom. That means more asphalt laid over original concrete, more reflective cracking that tracks old slab joints rather than the weather, and more drives where the honest answer is patching rather than sealing. The [cost page](/cost) covers the difference in price between those two.
What Redford driveways deal with
The climate numbers are the same as Livonia's, because Detroit Metro Airport is the nearest first-order NOAA station for both. The 1991-2020 normals give 115.4 days a year at or below 32 degrees, 41.3 days that never rise above it, and therefore about 74 days a year when Redford pavement crosses the freezing line and comes back. Snowfall normal is 42.5 inches. Wayne County salts the major roads through Redford with rock salt pre-wet by liquid brine, the same program that covers about 4,500 lane miles countywide.
What is different is scale. A narrow Redford drive has proportionally more edge than a wide Livonia one, and edges are where asphalt fails first, because there is no lateral support and the plow, the mower, and the lawn all work on them. Edge crumbling on a short drive is a bigger share of the total surface, so it is worth addressing early. So is the joint at the garage slab, which on older Redford property is often the widest crack on the lot. [Hot rubber crack filling](/crack-filling) is the cheap fix there.
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Asphalt Sealcoating Services Available in Redford Township
Every service we offer in Livonia is available to Redford Township homeowners and businesses at the same pricing:
- Driveway Sealcoating
- Hot Rubber Crack Filling
- Asphalt Patching & Pothole Repair
- Parking Lot Sealcoating
- Line Striping & Stall Layout
- Asphalt Maintenance Plans
See the full pricing guide for typical ranges.
Redford Township FAQs
Is sealcoating cheaper in Redford than Livonia?
Usually slightly, but only because the driveways are smaller. Per square foot the rates are the same across the Detroit metro, roughly $0.15 to $0.35 for residential work. A short Redford drive may come in under $200 where a Livonia three-car might be double that. Watch for mobilization minimums: below a certain size, crews charge a floor price regardless of square footage, because the setup takes the same time either way.
My asphalt is over old concrete. Does that change anything?
Yes. Asphalt laid over a concrete slab cracks in a pattern that mirrors the joints and cracks in the slab underneath, not the pattern the weather would produce. Those reflective cracks come back after every repair, because the movement causing them is in the concrete. You can fill them and seal over them and expect to do it again on a shorter cycle than normal. It is maintenance, not a cure, and it is worth knowing that going in.
When can work be scheduled in Redford?
Same season as the rest of the metro: roughly May through early October, inside NOAA's median freeze-free window of April 20 to October 24 at Detroit Metro. Sealer wants dry pavement above 50 degrees and about 24 hours before vehicles. Because Redford drives are small and quick, some crews will fit them in on days a larger job gets rained out, which occasionally makes short-notice scheduling easier here than in Livonia.