Eau Claire, WI · Northwestern Wisconsin Closed now (715) 450-9897

Service area · Barron County, Wisconsin

Sealcoating and Asphalt in Town of Prairie Lake, WI

Sealcoating, crack filling, asphalt repair and concrete in Town of Prairie Lake, Barron County, where the housing spans every decade rather than clustering in one. Free estimates, and a straight read on whether it needs doing yet.

1,679people
961homes
37.8 minorthwest of Eau Claire
BarronCounty

The Driveways in Prairie Lake

Town of Prairie Lake is mixed, which is the hardest kind of place to generalise about. 13 percent of the housing predates 1940 and 22.8 percent has arrived since 2000, with the 1990s the largest single decade at only 18.2 percent. Two drives on the same road can be decades apart in age and construction, so we quote them separately rather than by road.

86.7 percent of the homes are detached houses, with the balance in duplexes and small multi-unit buildings. The single-family drives are the long ones and the multi-unit surfaces are the ones that take more traffic than they were built for. Both are worth doing and they are not priced the same way.

The Town of Prairie Lake is township rather than village, so most addresses out here are a fire number on a town road. That is not a complication and it does not put a job out of reach. It does change the shape of the work: a rural drive usually meets the road rather than a curb, and what fails first is the edge and the apron rather than the middle. Rural drives get measured rather than estimated by eye, so the number you get is for your drive rather than for an average one.

Housing in Prairie Lake

  • 961 homes
  • 13% built before 1940
  • 28.3% built before 1960
  • 22.8% built since 2000
  • Biggest decade: the 1990s (18.2%)
  • 86.7% detached houses

Source: US Census ACS 2020-2024, tables B25034 (year structure built) and B25024 (units in structure).

How Far Out Prairie Lake Is

Town of Prairie Lake sits about 37.8 miles northwest of Eau Claire. That is a real drive and it is one we make, so ask rather than assuming you are too far out. If several places on the same road want theirs done, say so when you call. The estimate is free, and the number you approve is the number you pay.

If you are working out where Prairie Lake is, the nearest places we cover are Chetek about 4 miles off, Cameron about 4.9 miles, and Town of Sioux Creek about 5.7 miles. All of them are inside the area, so if your road runs between two of them you are inside it too.

Call (715) 450-9897

Questions From Prairie Lake

What people here call us about, answered straight.

More questions answered
Our neighbor was told their driveway was past sealing. Does that mean ours is?
Probably not, and this is the kind of place where that comes up most. The housing in Town of Prairie Lake spans every decade rather than clustering in one, so two drives on the same road can be thirty years apart in age and construction. We quote them separately rather than by road.
Why does the end of our driveway break up before the rest of it?
Because it is doing two jobs. Out here a drive meets a town road rather than a curb, so the asphalt has nothing beside it holding it in, and that apron takes the plow, the road salt and every vehicle that turns onto it. Edges and aprons fail first almost everywhere in township. They are also the cheapest part to put right if it is caught before the base under them goes.
We share a driveway with the neighbors. How does that get quoted?
As one surface, with the bid saying plainly which areas are included, because that is the document everybody sharing the cost has to agree on. Shared drives and small multi-unit surfaces wear differently from a single-family drive: the traffic is heavier and it concentrates at the entrance. They are worth sealing sooner for the same reason.
How far is Town of Prairie Lake from Eau Claire, and does the drive change the price?
About 37.8 miles northwest, in Barron County. The estimate is free either way, and the number you approve is the number you pay. If several places on the same road want theirs done, mention it when you call.

Get a Free Estimate in Prairie Lake

Tell us what it looks like and we'll come measure it. You get a price before anything starts.

(715) 450-9897
  • Free on driveways and lots anywhere in the service area
  • A photo of the problem helps, and it can go in the message
  • Surfaces that are not ready yet get told so at the estimate

Get an estimate

Send the form and we'll call you back. The estimate is free.