What's the difference between crack sealing and sealcoating?

Completely different jobs. Crack sealing treats individual cracks with sealant. Sealcoating is a protective coating over your whole driveway surface. Cracks get filled first — then, if you want it, the whole surface gets sealcoated.

Can you fill alligator cracks?

No — interconnected, web-like cracking means the base has failed underneath. Filling it wouldn't fix the actual problem, and it would waste your money. That needs full-depth repair or replacement.

When is the best time to fill driveway cracks?

Before winter. Cracks that go into cold weather unfilled catch water, that water freezes and expands, and the crack gets worse every cycle. Fall is the highest-value time to get ahead of it.

Should I fill cracks before sealcoating?

Always. Sealcoating over an open crack traps water underneath instead of blocking it, and the seal coat will fail within a season. Cracks get filled first, sealed second.

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Asphalt Crack Repair in Charlotte, NC

The cheapest, smartest maintenance you can do for asphalt. Sealing cracks keeps water out of the base — the number-one cause of driveway failure.

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Why cracks matter more than they look

A crack isn't just cosmetic — it's a channel for water straight into your base. Water gets in, sits there, and when it freezes it expands and pushes the crack wider and the base weaker. Do that a few times over a Carolina winter and a hairline crack turns into a pothole. A few dollars of crack filling today is what keeps that from turning into a few hundred dollars of repair in two years.

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Which cracks we can fix — and which we can't

Not every crack is a crack-filling job. Here's the honest line:

We can fix

Hairline cracks

Straight, linear cracks from aging or temperature swings

Cracks along seams and edges that haven't spread

We can't fix (that's replacement)

Alligator cracking — that's base failure, not a surface problem

Cracks with crumbling or sunken edges

Cracking that covers large, connected areas

THE CONFUSION EVERYONE HAS

Crack filling vs. crack sealing vs. sealcoating

These three get mixed up constantly — they're not the same job.

	Crack filling	Crack sealing	Sealcoating
What it is	Flexible material pressed into an individual crack	Hot-pour rubberized sealant, for cracks that move ('working cracks')	A protective coating over the whole driveway surface
What it treats	Isolated hairline & linear cracks	Wider or moving cracks along seams and edges	The entire surface — UV, water, oxidation
Scope	Per crack	Per crack	Whole driveway

What crack filling costs in Charlotte

Priced per linear foot of crack:

Service	Typical unit	Price range
Crack filling / sealing	per linear ft	$1 – $3

General range for illustration — actual cost depends on how much cracking there is. Get a free assessment for a number specific to your driveway.

Total linear footage of cracking.

Crack width — wider cracks take more material.

Bundled with sealcoating often costs less than either alone.

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CRACK FILLING RESULTS

Sealed before it spread

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AFTER

Crack sealing · Charlotte metro

Hairline and linear cracks cleaned out and sealed with flexible hot-pour sealant before water could reach the base.

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