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How do I know if an asphalt surface needs planing or not?
Outside my house and my neighbours houses (UK) is a stretch of about 35m x 7m of private road. I'm talking to various companies about them resurfacing the road. They are split into two groups:
Some ...
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How do I widen an existing asphalt driveway with crushed gravel?
I've got an existing asphalt driveway that's around 20 feet long. It's in fair shape. I want to widen it by about 5 feet. The ground is level, I'm in the soggy Willamette Valley, Oregon so frost ...
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Can a poor application of driveway sealer be corrected?
Our contractor put one very thick coat of sealer down instead of applying it in multiple thin coats. It looks like patchwork and very unsightly. Is there any way to correct this?
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Should a new asphalt driveway have rough sections where stones are showing?
My wife and I recently purchased a newly built home. Our 6 week old asphalt driveway has numerous sections that are very rough, with lots of stones in the aggregate showing (the consistency in places ...
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Does flaw in asphalt driveway need to be repaired; and if so, how?
I put in a new asphalt driveway a couple of years ago. There is a visible "joint" where they stopped laying asphalt while waiting for a second load to arrive. At this joint a chunk of asphalt has ...
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Best Conditions for Sealing Asphalt Driveway
What are the best conditions for sealing an asphalt driveway? What time of year, and under what kind of weather would be best?
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Should a second layer of asphalt be placed over an older layer of asphalt?
I have an asphalt driveway. It has its fair share of cracks, etc. However, most troublesome is that "ruts" have formed from the weight of cars driving on it. This means there is a high spot in the ...
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How long does sealing a driveway take?
I've found a number of videos and how-to guides online, but they're all lacking an answer to this basic question: how much time should I budget to do it? The repair work (filling cracks and holes) ...
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Removing blacktop/asphalt pad
I have what used to be a basketball court in my backyard. Its roughly 20x20 feet. I've already removed and sold the basketball hoop. On the end where the hoop was theres concrete piling sunk below the ...
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Is there a safe way to de-ice an unsealed driveway?
My girlfriend had a new driveway put in this fall, but the weather turned bad before she could get it sealed. I guess now it's too late...
The driveway is incredibly slippery and has lots of ice at ...
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How can I repair a pothole on the edge of an asphalt driveway?
I have a large pothole in my asphalt driveway that extends to the edge. I'm considering repairing it with cold patch blacktop, but I'm uncertain of how to deal with the edge. Do I need to add a 2x4 ...
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What are my options for asphalt driveway repair and/or sealing?
I live in New England and my asphalt driveway is showing a lot of cracks. There's also a little divot in one flat spot that collects water.
What are my options for getting the driveway back to ...
