Asphalt driveway Questions
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Life expectancy of asphalt driveway--complete redo vs overlay?
Comments (1)Why start another thread with the same question?...See MoreAsphalt Driveway: Problems Already!
Comments (14)I need to repave my asphalt driveway, so I've been investigating how it should be done as well. I came across this site for the National Paving Contractors Association. They have a consumer's message board area where you can post questions and paving-related issues, and some of their professional members tend to provide answers. It is not all that active, but you might want to post what you did here and see what they say about your situation. You don't have to register, but they also review what you want to post before they put it on the message board. Here's a link: http://pavementpro.com/forum/ For what it's worth, in the first consumer topic area, Residential Questions and Answers, someone posted a topic titled "Poor Paving Job" that sounds similar to what you posted, except it is someone from New Hampshire. You might want to take a look and see what some of the pro paving contractors had to say about gravel base and asphalt layer thicknesses in that particular instance. Not saying your situation is similar to this one, but it might give you an idea of what you can expect back as a reply. Good luck....See MoreNew Asphalt Driveway Question
Comments (6)asphalt isn't usually formed. It's a heated granular material that's placed and then rolled to densify it. It doesn't flow like concrete. Without forms the paste portion of the concrete mix would tend to flow out the edges of the pour and leave just aggregate behind. The only time they use a "form" with asphalt is when a clearly defined edge is desired/required. Otherwise, it just slopes at the ends. My 0.02...See MoreTulip Tree, safe distance from Asphalt driveway
Comments (11)Embothrium has just about convinced me to rethink this as a driveway tree altogether. I carried it over to a spot where a white pine blew over this winter. and took some pictures of what it might look like there. This is a spot that can easily accommodate a gigantic tree. It's also much further from the house so safe removal for any future home owner might be a little less of an issue. The biggest negative to this planting location is that it's close to a part of the yard that can be pretty wet during the spring. I may give some additional thought to whether this should be a driveway tree of if I'll go with something smaller for that application. There are a number of these tulip tree's utilized as driveway trees in our area. At their current size they make great shade trees, but I still may rethink that application....See MoreJazz3
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