Where we work around Arvada

Local conditions

Arvada spreads from the older neighborhoods around Olde Town and Lake Arbor out to the newer subdivisions at Candelas, Leyden Rock, and Five Parks along the foothills. The drive between them runs on Wadsworth, Kipling, Ward Road, and 64th Avenue, all of which carry heavy truck traffic and get sanded hard every winter. Indiana Street and Highway 93 up toward Boulder are the worst for rock chips, with gravel haulers and high winds pushing grit across the road.

Jefferson County sits inside the Front Range hail belt. Afternoon storms that build over the foothills west of Golden push east over Arvada through late spring and summer, and cars parked in the open along Ralston Road or in the big lots on Wadsworth take the hits. Hail damage usually means multiple chips at once, which is where replacement starts to make more sense than repair.

The I-70 corridor adds its own share. Commuters heading down to Denver or up toward the mountains pick up chips from construction debris and winter sand, and a small chip from a November drive to the ski hills often runs into a crack over the first cold snap when the defroster is working hard.