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Porter Paving's website describes property paving work, lists Bristol, Meredith, Franklin, Tilton, Gilford and Laconia as its service area, and says the business has been operating for 59 years. On its Houzz profile, in the business's own words, it specializes in commercial and residential paving projects and calls itself a family business. The Better Business Bureau gives it an A+ grade. In a 2025 review, a customer whose driveway behind the house was hard to access said the entire driveway needed to be removed prior to installation and that the team did a great job. A 2025 customer said Porter showed up on schedule, got the job done efficiently, left the jobsite clean, and that the driveway came out beautiful. Another 2025 customer, writing before the asphalt had dried, said that when pulling the permit they were told there was less concern with approving it because the job was being done by Porter. In a 2024 review, a customer said Chris and his team did great work paving their very long driveway. In a 2014 Houzz review, a customer said a circular driveway done in spring of 2013 came out in under 4 hours and was reasonably priced against several bids. A recent customer who had a driveway paved in late October 2024 says it had a rollercoaster look by February. That customer says Chris came in March, said something went wrong and that it would need to be torn up and repaved, then later said Porter was not responsible because of a bad perimeter drain. The same customer says calls in April and May went unreturned, that Chris and Heather were extremely rude, and that they were reimbursed the cost they paid but now must pay someone to remove the paving and haul it away.
“Porter Paving spent an evening last week at the New Hampshire Veterans Home, donating its services to pave the access area to the newly reconstructed handicapped-accessible deck at the Home's on-site pond.”
I had my driveway paved in late October 2024 and noticed in February it had a rollercoaster look. I called Chris. He came in March to look and said “yes, something went wrong, sorry for the inconvenience, we’ll need to tear it up and repave”. I said “it’s ok, I just want it to last 20 or so years”. In that same conversation he asked me if I had clay underneath. I told him I didn’t know, because I wasn’t the one who pulled up the base, they were. That’s something they should have known. April came and I didn’t hear from him. I called and left a message, never received a return call. Same thing in May, so my wife emailed them saying we left three messages and the secretary sent a snarky reply. Chris finally called back and said “oh, I already got back to you and we aren’t responsible because you have a bad perimeter drain”. After he said that, I talked to a land guy who said our perimeter drain should be fine because we never had flooding issues in or around our garage, or on our dirt driveway. I also called a couple paving guys who both verbally said the problem isn’t a perimeter drain. They both said it sounds like bad base material, that Porter should have changed it. I found out Porter said they never changed base material (apparently it wasn’t part of our contract). Also, when they were digging they called me and said they pulled out a pvc pipe they don’t know what it’s for, but doesn’t appear to be hooked up to anything so they ripped it out. I wonder if that was part of this perimeter drain that I never heard of. Regardless, they are the experts and should have known if our base was not going to withstand their paving. I definitely would have paid the extra money to have new base brought in if they told me it was needed. I tried speaking with the owner, but he never reached out. I had to deal with Chris and Heather, both were extremely rude during this whole thing. Chris actually started screaming at me over the phone and my coworker could hear from his desk. He basically blamed me for everything. Was I suppose to know about this so called drain? Was I suppose to know if the base material wasn’t good (even though it was less than a year old)? Was I suppose to know they would rip up a pipe that may have been important? At the end I was reimbursed the cost I paid, but I’m still in deeper than I should be, because now I’m forced to pay someone to remove the lousy job they did and haul it away. They also still insist they did everything right and we are the problem. I’m sure some customers are satisfied with their work, but there’s another review with the same exact issue as mine. Also, I never did hear anything from the owner. Two stars because they refunded the money.
Porter paving was great from the start. Showed up on schedule and got the job done efficiently. Driveway came out beautiful. Left the jobsite clean. Attention to detail far surpasses other new driveways ive seen from different companies.
Porter paving does amazing work. We had a bit of driveway behind our house, which is hard to access. The work wasn’t necessarily easy, and the entire driveway needed to be removed prior to installation. The team did a great job and we are very impressed with their hard work and attention to detail. Two thumbs up, A+!!!
The asphalt hasn't even dried yet, but I was very happy with the service and quality. I'll update this once I make sure there's no ponding on the driveway, but I would definitely recommend this company for paving projects. They did an excellent job from start to finish. In fact, when I pulled the permit, one of the first things I was told and the permitting process was that there was less concern with approving the permit because the job was being done by Porter.
Chris and his team did great work paving our very long driveway. The end result was better than we expected. Thank you!
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