r/asphalt

It was capped 3 years ago and they didn't mill down at road to make it butt up against it but smeared over it. I want to have it fixed but the cracking goes up the drive about 2ft or more. Just want some recommendations to assure its fixed proper.

I wanted to warn local homeowners in the Greater Hamilton area about my experience with Tri Us Asphalt and Kyle Scott.

I paid $1,500 in deposits for driveway/asphalt work. After receiving my money, no work was completed, and despite repeated attempts to contact Kyle regarding the work and getting my money returned, the situation has not been resolved.

Based on my experience, I believe I was scammed, and I personally consider Kyle Scott to be a scam artist.

Since this happened, I have also come across multiple other allegations and complaints from people describing similar experiences involving Kyle Scott and/or Tri Us Asphalt. I’m sharing this so other homeowners in the Greater Hamilton area can be aware and do their research before handing over a deposit.

If you have dealt with Kyle Scott or Tri Us Asphalt and experienced something similar, please send me a private message. I’m particularly interested in hearing from anyone who paid for work that wasn’t completed, couldn’t get their deposit returned, or has documentation such as receipts, e-transfers, contracts or text messages.

I’m documenting my experience and would like to connect with others who may have been affected.

I woke up to a rupture in my driveway next to where the garage floor meets. I could not figure out what the heck was going on. After breaking away the chunks that were sticking up I found a mushroom spore must have infiltrated in the gap between the driveway and the garage floor. Crazy that a mushroom has the force to push up the driveway. I had considered a sealing this fall so asked my normal sealing company if there would be any extra charge to patch the fist size hole. They came in with a quote of $450 to cut a 2'x2'. The price gave me sticker shock so I am just going to cold patch it myself with a $15 bag. Is this quote normal?

Does this driveway need an overlay or crack repair and seal coating is enough?

I have a contractor quote me $8000 to saw cut and level the big cracks and lay 2.5 inches of hot 9.5 mm asphalt over entire 3000 sq ft. of driveway roll and compact tamping edges to 45°

Just crack repair and seal coating will be around $1500.

I have never maintained a driveway before. Please help me decide.

New driveway was put down 13 days ago. Is this porous appearance normal? I’m concerned of water trapment and the freeze/thaw in winter.

Expert opinions? Suggestions? Assurances?

Trying to help fix my mom’s driveway without spending a fortune. Tight budget here! It’s been patched over the years, but some areas are now badly cracked/breaking apart. I can remove the loose asphalt and do the labor myself. My dad can also get hot asphalt pretty cheap. Like $100 a ton and I could rent a compactor?
What would you guys do here, remove the worst sections and patch with hot mix? Is any of it worth crack filling/sealing afterward, or is it too far gone? Not looking for perfect, just trying to make it better and get a few more years out of it. I appreciate all the advice thanks so much

Got new driveway poured 5 days ago. One section is not curing like the rest. Should I be concerned? The section in question is much darker than the rest.

I thought I could just reseal but now I’m thinking I need bigger work?

How bad is this and is there anything that can be done at this point? Job is about 3weeks old

2 month old river way. Didn't use it till this week.

Someone caused a small rut.

Should this be torched and tampered?

if i could be pointed in the right direction to start looking for a solution to my problem thatd be great. No one can figure out why the ground is getting some rust type stain. The parking lot had just been completly re done a couple years back and then this issue started. Would love some help or atleast reccomendations on what to use to remove the discoloration

We have a very long driveway that needed an overhaul. We have issues with drainage during heavy rains so we hired the contractor that worked on the house for former owners because he already knew where the issue spots were. We did a walk through with him and he gave us a quote of $27k, we agreed on $25k and his crew got to work. Two full days for a new layer of asphalt.

Concern #1 immediately after they left the first day it started pouring rain. They had just finished about 1/2 of the drive minutes before.

Concern #2 he mentioned multiple times that due to the curves it was a lot of “hand work” and that if he had his big machine it wouldn’t have been so much trouble but that it was in the shop for repair.

These are the AFTER/FINISHED pictures of how they left it. We did a walk through and pointed out a number of areas of concern and asked them to fix. He swore up and down that it was normal and that after driving on it for a week or two it would settle out and look great. He also swears that he’ll come back in about a month to make sure. I feel like we got taken for a ride. We paid him 85% and told him that he needed to come back to fix the issues and we would pay him the rest. Are we overreacting, or did we get taken for a ride?

TLDR - contractor replaced our driveway and left it looking unfinished to our eye. Swears up and down that within a week or two we won’t be able to see any of those issues that we pointed out. Asking the community to either back me down or confirm my assumption that we got swindled for subpar work.

Just need some confirmation

My driveway is less than two years old. The town had to dig it up to access utilities under it. Annoying, but they needed to make repairs so whatever. They patched the driveway. Should I be concerned by the gaps? I don’t want to simply be a pain in the ass because I’m annoyed but I also don’t want my driveway deteriorating (we get harsh winters!)

I am extending my driveway for my new shop and decided to do something cheap since we had gone over budget on the shop already. I’ve done tons of millings driveways successfully so I decided to try something different with this one 🤦‍♂️.

My millings are 8-10” thick and were not great. They aren’t fresh, were rather dusty but had no chunks. I rolled in 3” lifts with a double drum vibrating roller. I sprayed the top down with diesel, let them sit over night, hit them with a torch, then sprayed again (these photos were at that point). They’ve since been sprayed once with oil based driveway sealer and it does truly look like an paved driveway.

The issue is durability. It was laid about a month ago and sprayed 2 weeks ago. The top 3/4” to 1” is bound together good but nothing else is. I can drive on it and there are no issues but if I park anything on it, it’s leaving divots. Tracked equipment is tearing it up too. It’s scheduled to be sprayed with tar/road oil in a couple weeks. Will a couple coats of road oil bind it enough to hold up or will it always get these divots? I’m tempted to cancel the oiling and tear it up and start over. I don’t have the confidence that I could make it look this good using hot mix without having a paver or drag box. I’m not an asphalt guy either.

What should I do to make a car-width ramp or transition from the asphalt to the dirt that won't wash out?

Here's some highlights of a recent project our team finished in Colorado! Infrared pothole repairs, crack filling, sealcoating, and line striping. We did it in phases so the church could still have regular services and events. Great work, team!