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Serving Santa Monica, CA and surrounding areas. (424) 268-2037
Santa Monica Asphalt Paving serves homeowners and property managers throughout Inglewood with asphalt repair, driveway paving, sealcoating, and parking lot maintenance - and we have been working this part of Los Angeles County since 2017, with crews that know the clay soils, older housing stock, and city permit requirements that shape every paving job in Inglewood.
Inglewood's older residential streets are lined with driveways and aprons that have been patched multiple times over the decades - and many of those patches have failed because the underlying cause was never fixed. The Newport-Inglewood Fault and the city's clay soils both stress asphalt from below, while Southern California's UV dries and cracks the surface from above. We cut back to sound material, address the base, and replace the damaged section properly. Learn more about our asphalt repair service.
Most driveways in Inglewood were poured or paved in the 1950s and 1960s alongside the bungalows and ranch homes they serve. After 60 to 70 years, those surfaces have typically been patched, re-patched, and are now past the point where another patch makes economic sense. We replace worn driveways completely - including base preparation - so the new surface handles clay soil movement and UV oxidation better than the original ever did.
Southern California's strong year-round sun oxidizes asphalt binder faster than almost anywhere else in the country. In Inglewood, where driveways and parking lots already carry decades of wear, a regular sealcoating schedule every two to three years is the most cost-effective way to extend the life of any paved surface. Sealcoating also closes minor surface porosity before the winter rains arrive, which matters on a city with soils that react strongly to moisture.
Inglewood's commercial corridors along Century Boulevard, Manchester Boulevard, and Prairie Avenue include older strip malls, auto-related businesses, and light industrial properties with large paved lots that see heavy daily vehicle use. These surfaces often have cracking, drainage problems, and faded line markings that reflect their age rather than their traffic volume. We pave and restripe commercial lots to restore both function and appearance for property managers and business owners throughout the city.
Potholes on Inglewood properties almost always trace to water breaching a cracked or unsealed surface and softening the base layer below. The combination of Inglewood's wet winters and its clay soils - which hold moisture and shift with the seasons - makes base failures more common here than in areas with sandier or more stable ground. We repair potholes by removing the failed section, compacting the base, and filling with properly bonded new asphalt rather than loose cold-patch mix.
Crack sealing before winter is one of the simplest investments an Inglewood property owner can make. Once a crack opens - from UV oxidation, seismic activity, or root pressure - winter rain uses it as an entry point to reach the base. Inglewood's clay soils absorb and hold that moisture, accelerating base softening. Filling cracks with a flexible sealant in the fall closes those entry points and buys years of additional life from the existing surface.
Most of Inglewood was developed between the 1920s and the 1960s, and the driveways, aprons, and parking surfaces built during those decades have now been carrying vehicle loads for 60 to 80 years. Clay-heavy soils across this part of Los Angeles County expand when wet and contract when dry, applying slow, steady stress to asphalt and concrete surfaces from below. The Newport-Inglewood Fault adds seismic activity on top of that - even minor ground movement can open cracks in a surface that seemed fine the week before. A contractor who treats every job as a straightforward patch without asking why the damage appeared in the first place is setting the homeowner up for the same failure again in a season or two.
Southern California's intense, nearly year-round sun is the universal factor working against asphalt everywhere in the region - but it hits older, unsealed surfaces in Inglewood especially hard. UV oxidation turns asphalt gray and brittle, and once that brittleness sets in, cracks spread faster with every weather cycle. Inglewood also has a significant stock of multi-unit apartment buildings and commercial properties along its main corridors, and those larger paved surfaces face heavy daily vehicle loads on top of everything the climate is already doing to them. Getting the base right and staying on a sealcoating schedule are the two things that separate a surface that lasts from one that needs constant attention.
Our crew pulls permits through the City of Inglewood Building and Safety Division regularly and knows which jobs require city approval and which stay within the homeowner's private property. Inglewood is an incorporated city with its own permit office at One Manchester Boulevard - separate from Los Angeles County - and working here without pulling the right permit creates real problems for both the homeowner and the contractor. We handle that process as part of every job that touches the public sidewalk, curb apron, or alley.
The city sits just east of LAX, with Century Boulevard as its main east-west corridor and the 405 Freeway running along its western edge. We serve the bungalow streets north of the 105 and the commercial strips near SoFi Stadium and the Kia Forum, as well as the older apartment-building blocks throughout central Inglewood. We also work frequently in nearby Culver City and Playa del Rey, so scheduling a job in Inglewood fits naturally into our regular South Bay routing.
Reach us by phone or through the contact form and describe what you are seeing - cracks, potholes, a sunken section, or a driveway that needs full replacement. We respond within 1 business day and schedule a free on-site visit at a time that works for you.
We visit the property, inspect the damaged surface and the base underneath, and look for what caused the failure - root pressure, soil movement, drainage, or UV oxidation. You receive a written quote that spells out exactly what work will be done and what it will cost, so there are no surprises. We also identify whether a city permit is needed and handle that process ourselves.
On the scheduled day, we clear and cut the repair area with clean edges, address the base if needed, and compact fresh asphalt in place. Most residential Inglewood repair jobs are completed in a single visit. You do not need to be present during the work, but we ask that vehicles are moved from the work area before the crew arrives.
Fresh asphalt needs at least 24 hours before foot traffic and longer before vehicles in Inglewood's warm climate - follow the timeline your crew gives you rather than guessing. Once the surface has fully cured, we can advise on sealcoating timing to protect the repair from UV damage and extend its life significantly.
We serve all of Inglewood and respond within 1 business day. No obligation - just a straight answer about what your property needs.
(424) 268-2037Inglewood is an incorporated city in southwestern Los Angeles County with a population of around 100,000 to 110,000 people. It sits in the South Bay region close to LAX, and its compact urban footprint means neighborhoods are densely built - homes and apartment buildings sit close together on streets that were laid out in the 1920s through 1940s. The residential blocks are lined primarily with single-family bungalows and small ranch homes from the mid-20th century, alongside two-story apartment buildings and multi-unit complexes that are common throughout central and eastern Inglewood. SoFi Stadium, home to the Rams and Chargers, and the historic Kia Forum arena both sit within city limits on the former Hollywood Park site - a major redevelopment area that has brought new construction and new commercial activity to the eastern side of the city.
Century Boulevard is Inglewood's main commercial corridor, connecting the city from east to west toward LAX. Manchester Boulevard and Prairie Avenue are the other primary routes carrying daily commercial and residential traffic through the city's interior. The streets heading north toward Culver City and west toward Marina del Rey pass through some of Inglewood's quieter residential blocks, where much of the paving work we do takes place on driveways and small multi-unit property lots.
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Learn MoreFrom the older bungalow streets near the 105 to the commercial corridors along Century Boulevard, we know Inglewood and we are ready to help.