A DHL delivery van did a k turn in my driveway the other day while it was 95 degrees out, turning the wheel while stationary and tearing up some asphalt. The driveway was repaved almost exactly a year ago. Is there anything I can do to repair these?
I know the pop-by is usually not a good deal for the home owner. He's looking to sell two trucks of asphalt at $39 square yard.
Her asphalt driveway was put in in 2016, and some sections are less than an inch thick. (My dad was pretty delirious with cancer/chemo when he agreed to it being poured - to some guy popping by with loads of asphalt he was looking to sell.)
It's approximately 470 x 11 feet of driveway.
Location: middle of Alabama, a house that my mom is looking to sell in the near future.
My instinct, is to tell the guy, thank you, but no thank you for the $3900 (10% discount cash), and either get it done properly, or to have the new buyers ask to have it discounted off of the house cost.
The value is in the land, as this is the closest house that does not flood, to the lake.
Sorry about the shadows in the patch photos
Every year my town and others around it, oil and stone a number of roads (generally a year after repaving), they claim it is better for the roads.
IMO it is dangerous to motorcycles, damages cars, and creates dust for months.
If this process is so good, why have i never seen it done in a city that has 100s of miles of roads that are expensive to replace, or on major highways that are also expensive to maintain?
I run a sealcoating and line striping business, and I’m looking for an estimating/proposal software with package options.
What I need is one estimate/proposal for one property with three options, and each with its own editable line items, quantities, unit prices, and subtotal. I have a price book, and I can enter measurement details specific to a property manually to get the final cost. But I cannot do it for multiple package options.
I need to present all three options to my clients in ONE PDF, not just a digital version where they can click and choose the option they desire. Quote IQ has a similar option but you cannot "drag and drop" a customizable service you offer.
As every property has a different area size, I cannot enter a fixed price per option and I want to show clients what they are paying for a bit more in detail, not a single line item.
Has anyone found such software?
A fresh asphalt patch was installed a few days ago in front of my driveway. The street has a huge dip near the curb, so they re-asphalted it because cars were scraping while pulling in and out. Unfortunately, I have to live with this Band-Aid fix until the community I live in repaves the street next year.
I noticed they sealed/tacked three sides of the patch, but not the final side. Since cars will constantly be driving over it entering and leaving the driveway, I’m worried that unsealed edge could eventually crack or break away.
Is it normal to leave one side unsealed like this, or should I have that final edge sealed too? Right now the street is flush with the curb of my driveway.
Thank you very much
New driveway in June 2023. We are in southern CT. We have a rear lot, so a pretty long driveway and vehicles need to make 3 point turns to leave the driveway (i.e., this isn’t a pull straight in and back straight out driveway).
We had terrible tire scuffing the summer of ‘23 and also ‘24. Not just from trucks turning around, but from our own passenger cars. We went to the trouble of blocking off the driveway much of the summer and stopping almost all deliveries, bringing the trash out to the curb (rather than allowing truck into driveway like rest of year), etc.
Last summer we still got scuffs, though not as bad.
Now here we are in 2026. Today, when it hit 86, an Amazon delivery van left a pretty noticeable scuff. Note that the photo was taken after I had already swept my hand across the scuff a few times; this looks like scuffs we were getting the first two summers.
I can’t believe that here 3 years in we are still getting such scuffs. I’ve not seen other people have these issues. Is it strange that 3 years later we’re still getting prominent scuff marks? Is it possible we got a bad mix of asphalt? Appreciate any feedback.
Hello! I posted this in DiY before finding out there's a sub dedicated to asphalt. Here is my situation: some of my asphalt has started to chip near the house foundation and I was wondering if and how I should patch such a hole. I know absolutely nothing about such work and was hoping someone here might offer guidance. Thanks!
Had our driveway ripped out and re-paved last summer. Found this today after a friend left. He has a VW Toureg so not like it’s an absurdly heavy vehicle or anything.
Obviously there was plenty of time to cure so I’m having trouble understanding why this happened. I believe we have a warranty but not sure if this would be covered under that. Thoughts on how to fix and/or why this happened? It was a warm day but not insane by any means ~85 degrees.
About to seal the driveway this weekend. Should i fill the gap?
Hi UK DIYers, as per title really, I got a pothole in my drive that I’d like to fix. It seems deep from the picture but it is actually quite superficial. I’m not worried about the depth but the fact that the pieces on it can just go off.
If you had similar experiences, what worked for you?
Thanks in advance!
I had a company tear out my old asphalt driveway they just put down stone and will finish the job in a few weeks.
I feel like there are some low spots or spots not perfectly level.
Will they address this on the last step or should I say something now?
The asphalt driveway does not meet the garage, as seen in the picture attached! Can we do a simple “ramp” style patch here, or is this going to get expensive and involving ripping up more of the driveway?
Hi, I’m trying to do some research on resurfacing our driveway. From what I understand this is basically just adding 2 inches of asphalt on top of the existing driveway. What would a fair price for this be?
Someone left a little gas on my asphalt driveway. I applied baking soda to it, let it dry, and tried Dawn dish soap to clean it up. There is now a hole in the asphalt that would be maybe 2”x3” (guessing). My HOA will be displeased, to say the least. What is the best solution, what do I need to fix the hole, with no evidence of the hole when I’m done? I checked it today and it’s all solid in and out of the hole.
Hi everyone, I am replacing my driveway and I have two quotes that are vastly different. I have no background in this and am hoping you can help me understand.
Quote 1: $7500
Installation of 2.5 to 3” on asphalt with all the normal removal of the old driveway, just mentions gravel. No mention of the base on the quote. This company has a lot of good ratings online and with the BBB.
Quote 2: $11,852
Removal of course. Installation of 3” VA#21A base stone. Installation of 2” (compacted thickness) SM-9.5AL bituminous concrete.
Research is showing this 2nd one is concrete asphalt which is confusing because I thought those were 2 different things.
There is obviously a big money difference here but I have no idea if this is the same material or not. Or if one is better than the other.
Can someone offer any insight into what I am seeing here? TYIA!
Hi! I am getting a new asphalt driveway and the class 5 gravel was recently put in. In the quote it said they would “Add Class 5 base material as needed to ensure a minimum of 4 inches of base.” When I look at the sides of the driveway it is obvious there is not 4”. My question is on the sides of the driveway it is normal to not have 4”? Or should it be 4” throughout including at the edges?
I was also told they didn’t sub-cut the driveway as they said that removing some of that underlayer could cause it to be less compacted. Does this seem reasonable?
Thanks for all your help! I know pretty much nothing about asphalt so any info is appreciated!
I’m an inspector. Instead of being called out here *during* the construction of this expanded shoulder that becomes a right turn lane (previously there was only a three foot wide shoulder), this contractor I have never worked with before called to have me only come inspect the finish.
I already finished my report, but I would love to hear what this sub thinks!