Academy Sealers

Academy Sealers did a top notch job on my driveway. I would absolutely use them again. Very professional employees, and great price! I was actually shocked when they quoted me the price of $ 90 over the phone. My husband spent more than that on materials when he sealed the driveway himself last spring. It was worth every penny. Thank you Academy Sealers, and we’ll be hiring you again next year.

I have used Academy for a couple of years and my driveway looks great! I used a different company about 3 years ago and it seemed they barely put any sealant on my driveway. By the following year the driveway had cracks and it looked awful! I decided to try Academy after checking a couple of jobs they did in my neighborhood and I’ve been with them since. You don’t have to be home when they put down the asphalt and they do their best to avoid spills. Great job guys!

I’ve tried several local vendors for driveway coating. This is the best I have found. The customer service is excellent. The scheduling online was easy. The crew came on time, did what was expected and left the area clean. I would use them again. Nice Job guys.

This is a follow up from a negative 11÷3÷15 review I posted… After sending the negative review, here’s an email I just got (on 11÷25÷15) from Academy Sealers:
«I appreciate the laughable Unilocal review for work we did not even perform at your home. I’m curious to what your thought process is for writing a Unilocal review for a service that was never done. We seal over 12,000 driveways a year and clean over 1,000 gutters in the Fall and Winter. You’re unequivocally, the only person who has ever griped about our scheduling methodology and incessant demand for our POI document. Lastly, gutter cleaning is not a «side business» and I’m not sure what you mean by «get inside the household» when not one facet our business literally or proverbially tries to accomplish that. «
“Happy Thanksgiving!
Sincerely,
(name withheld for privacy reasons)
Manager
Academy Sealers»
I didn’t expect to get an email like this, when I factually posted the other negative review on 11÷3÷15. It is sarcastic and confrontational… not at all what a business should do. It only serves to intimidate clients. I stand by my original review.

Contacted them on Sat via their website. Got a reply email saying they would be there on Monday. Left the check under the doormat like they said. Got home from work on Monday, saw the yellow tape and sealed driveway. Looked great, just what I ordered. Nice and neat. No other evidence anywhere except the driveway. $ 74. Just like magic. Thanks guys Great Job !

I hired Academy Sealers to reseal my driveway in mid-​September. I called for an appointment and was scheduled right away for a date only a couple of days later and at a lower fee than some other companies. The team arrived as expected and did a fantastic job! I used a different company last time and was not satisfied with the services. I will definitely use Academy Sealers again.

I had seen work Academy Sealers did in my neighborhood and decided to give them a call. They were prompt in scheduling the appointment. They showed up and did a great and thorough job. I will definitely reach out to Academy Sealers again next year. I was very pleased with their work!

Bears crew did a great job again! We are going to be able to squeeze another couple of years out of our driveway before getting new tar!
They came on time and aside from our smooth driveway and ribbon, there are no signs that they were here.
Very neat and on time. What else do you want from a driveway sealer?

If I could give zero stars, I would. They were scheduled to seal our driveway on June 9^th. The day came and went and they never showed up. I called them and was told I was accidentally left off of the schedule. They were scheduled to come back on June 16^th. As requested of me, I left the payment under the doormat in the event that I was not home. Their website states that they will ring the doorbell and make sure no one is home before starting the sealing. They did indeed ring the doorbell, but in the time it took me to walk from my kitchen to my front door (about 6 seconds) they were no longer at the door and had already started the sealing process. (fortunately, i was not parked in the garage.) 6 weeks later, I receive a bill for them stating they did not get payment at the time of service. I go to my front door, lift the doormat up, and there is the check that was supposed to be collected by them… exactly where they asked me to leave it. I called today to share my frustration with the overall service, and the gentleman on the phone was more concerned about being right and talking over me than listening to a thing that I had to say. The sealing job was mediocre at best. Even though we stayed off of the driveway for several days, there were streaks everywhere. We ended up having it resealed by Mark Thompson at Nationwide Paving just a week later. Much better job.
Steer clear of this place. A giant rip off. Mediocre product/​labor at best, and HORRIBLE customer service.
I shared this same review on Facebook. Several days later, they responded and said that it must have been cracks that they filled that caused the streaking, as the filler dries darker. They did not fill any cracks, so that is not the case.

Is there a rating lower than 1 star? There was no point in hiring these guys. They are crooked — just take your money, throw it in the garbage and your driveway will look better than what these guys do.

We were very pleased with the job Academy Sealers did on our driveway! We needed the usual crack filler and driveway seal. My concern was for the crew to be careful because we have a brick walkway next to the driveway. We left for the day and when we returned we were pleasantly surprised to see Academy Sealers had come and done an excellent job on our driveway — with not even the tiniest spill onto the brick walkway. On thorough inspection I did notice that a little of the sealer bunched up and got onto the bottom of one of the landscaping rocks next to the driveway. But so what; the overall effect of the sealant was great. It’s obvious the crew took care to do a good job and it shows. For $ 68 it was well worth the money.

Their website says they apply primer to oil spots and fill cracks. All they did was show up, apply the black sealer and 5 minutes later thy were done. My wife asked them if they applied the primer and the guy pointed to a can in the truck and said he did. I called the company and they said that even if they apply it they still don’t warranty it. The dude straight lied to my wife.
We waited 4 days and you can see the oil spots through the sealer. Also if you park the car overnight and drive away it peels the sealer up. 1 week later and it looks like shit.
I should have listened to the other reviews.

Horrible experience and I wasn’t even a customer. I had called in for a senior citizen because she felt that Tue job wasn’t done to satisfaction. When I called I was immediately confronted and talk down to by a rude service rep. After I loss my cool and told them I would make sure to tell everyone I met not to choose that company I began getting emails where the began speaking horribly about the elderly customer and sharing personal information that wasn’t prudent to me. This company is not about customer service they are all about the almighty dollar. I would not waste my time with this company if you are reading this

After reading reviews on here, I guess that Academy Sealers is hit or miss. They did a neighbor’s house down the street from mine and it looks great, however, I had them seal two driveways, and they completely «missed» on both. They cancelled on me twice (weather), which I understand, but I let the gentleman know that after second cancellation, it is a little frustrating that they didn’t look at the weather forecast and see that there was a good chance of rain on the second day before rescheduling me. He couldn’t come up with a good response and kept repeating himself and even offered to just cancel the sealing completely.
They also tout that you don’t need to be home for them to do the work. I thoroughly disagree. Some of the things they did were get sealant on my garage door, wasn’t careful about not getting sealer on an adjacent concrete walkway, excess sealer on newly planted grass, etc.
Please note that they use your grass as a «step off» point (which means they will wipe their dirty shoes in your grass), which was never explained to me prior, so expect portions of your grass to be black for a few weeks afterwards. I don’t know why they cannot just buy industrial towels instead of making people’s yards an eye sore.
Overall, after having email exchanges with Brandon (manager), I have come to my own conclusion that there is a level of imperfection they are willing to accept in doing sealing jobs. Brandon even stated that he didn’t think the jobs he did for me was sloppy (showing me that his expectations are very low), but he did offered to send someone out the next week to powerwash to get some of the excess sealant up, which I chose to decline his offer.

Not too bright. Last fall I got a quote to seal the parking pads of my neighbor and me and the shared driveway that leads us to the road. I called this spring and asked them again «how much to do it?» I didn’t catch this time that they quoted me a new price FOR JUST MY PARKING PAD. That’s what they sealed. Nothing more. Leaving some cracks half covered. And the driveway basketball court half sealed.

Academy Sealers has been dealing my driveway the past two years and it looks great! They are efficient with the process and stand behind their work. The crew was able to fill the larger cracks I had in the driveway and hand applied the sealer, which they directly warranty for two years. I will certainly do business with them for years to come!

Last week was the second time I have used academy sealers and they have done a great job again. The driveway looks great. When they had to cancel for weather they texted me with a rescheduled date which I thought was a convenient way to do that. I would use them again.

— Professional and prompt in communications.
— Came back a second time since the first time unexpected heavy rains washed away some of the sealer. Took care of some minor cracks in the driveway. The driveway looks great now.
— They did a great job, very satisfied.

Total garbage as far as the product goes. They have to be using some bottom of the line sealer to pad their bottom line. After only one year, the coat applied by Academy Sealers is almost entirely gone. Like so much of this type of work, it looks great after they leave, but after some time the true perspective appears. Staff who came were nice enough. For nearly $ 800.00, I expected 2 – 3 years. Disappointed.

Tried to use them twice to seal our driveway and both times have given them a week window to do the job. Cancelled 2 times in 1 week because of weather. I understand that. Gave them another shot this spring when we we out of town for a week. When I set up the appointment I explained about the problem last year and they assured me they would get it done this time. Again they called to cancel and I explained why rescheduling won’t work. Brandon was more than happy to tell me my business was not important to him and made no attempt to secure our business. I own a small company and understand when things come up but I tried to give him options and he made it clear that if we did not fit In his time frame then our money was not valuable to him. If you have a few weeks to deal with them then great. I would rather pay a bit more and deal with a company that values our business.