r/asphalt

I watched out the window as she decided to turn around on our new driveway, turning the wheel without the car moving. Not once, but twice. First time she’s ever done that, and it’s on our new pavement on a 100° day. I about had an aneurysm watching it happen. Anything I can do for this?

Out of state asphalt company shows up at my door this morning saying they have 2 trucks with extra asphalt they need to get rid of and will give us a great deal at $4 per sq ft. Well he ended up paving 5400 sq ft and were charged $24,000. Did we get screwed?

This is for all the roller men. How long were y’all in the industry before they stuck you on a roller? I’ve been paving since 17 and been rolling since 21. I hate it and love it. I miss looting and being on the ground. I’m a very anxious person so I’m constantly getting drove nuts about things because we see everything do y’all get in trouble for jumping off and grabbing a tool? I do a lot lol!

I have free access to this pile of millings that have been sitting for 2-3years. I also have access to a dump truck and roller. I was told I could apply some binder/activator after it’s spread and rolled and it would be close to fresh asphalt. I’ve got a lot of experience paving with fresh hot asphalt but I’ve never reused millings. Is what I was told true? Does the age of the millings matter? If these millings ARE good to use, what’s the best binder/activator to use to get best results? I’m not expecting a fresh paved deep black driveway or anything, but something nice and solid that’s locked-in and not loose would be great. Thanks for any helpful input

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I saw some of these parked at a site, and I am at a loss as to what. they are.

Thanks.

I got this house and I have no idea when the driveway was sealed last. Doesn’t look awesome. It’s like 300 ft long though so completely replacing it isn’t in the cards this year. Should I seal it? Will it make any difference?

Yes, this driveway is hammered. But, the city won't let me replace it, I went round and round with them, and there's too much impermeable surface. Their brilliant idea was to eliminate 70% of the driveway, then repave what's left, that is not a happening thing.

HOWEVER, they mentioned I may be able to skim what is existing (as pictured), they didn't define skim, but probably an inch, maybe I could get away with 1.5 inches and maybe a little prep to fill in the real bad spots, I'm not sure and it's one of those don't ask no ones coming to measure unless I obviously over do it situations.

That said my question is: would skimming this do anything for me besides waste however many thousand dollars to end up with the same issue in 5 years? This driveway is probably from the 40s or 50s, so the base can't be that bad to have held up this long, obviously it would be best to R&R, but that isn't an option, trust me I tried.

I'm in Michigan, and going to repost this over to the concrete sub to see if they have any input.

Thanks

I recently had my ~800 sq ft driveway paved. The contractors transported the asphalt from the truck by wheelbarrow (short distance) and hand-leveled it. They used a ride-on double drum roller for the base aggregate and lower asphalt layer, but not for the final top course. For the top layer, they compacted it using asphalt shoes, a hand roller, and a vibratory plate compactor across the entire driveway.
The driveway has some tight spots and curved edges against pavers. Is this considered acceptable practice for such residential driveway, or should the final layer have been compacted with the ride-on roller as well? The finished driveway looks okay and flat (I am no expert), but I think has some level of segregation with visible course and fine patches (see photos).

We just got our driveway done four weeks ago. Two weeks in we noticed some holes poking through and they came in and fixed those, some of the fixes worked and some failed. These pictures are what the driveway looks like now. I'm no expert but this seems like a bad job or maybe they missed a step if so many weeds are poking through? Everyday it seems like there's a new crack or damage. This is a very small driveway and the damages are very noticeable. For a brand new driveway should one expect this much damage so soon? We are getting the owner to come out to take a look at it next week, we would appreciate any insight if this is normal or not so we can have a reasonable expectation from this company. Thanks for your time and knowledge ya'll.

I recently had this basketball court poured and when it rains, the water pools in 3 different spots. The company came out and tried to fix it with skin patching a few spots.

Any ideas on how I can reduce the amount of pooling?

What type of stone can I use to backfill the edge before covering with my landscaping stone or should I stick with topsoil/dirt then cover with my landscaping stone?

I just moved into a new house and the driveway is a nightmare. Not only is it incredibly steep (pictures don’t do it justice), but it bottoms out where it meet the main road because my driveway is paved and the road is gravel. What are my options for fixing this dip?

Oxidated and fading, lot of cracking and some holes/areas degrading on the edge. What is the best next step?