We've had a lot of rain up here in the Northeast and a
1-foot-by-1-foot-by-1-foot (very symmetrical!) sinkhole has formed in
my paved walkway.
I'm thinking about filling the hole with rocks and then pouring some
concrete in there and then hiring someone to put an asphalt patch over
it so it blends in with the rest of the walkway.

Does this sound like the right approach?

Vin - Menotomy Vintage Bicycles
http://OldRoads.com

Skip the concrete and use base rock not a bag of uniform sized rocks



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We've had a lot of rain up here in the Northeast and a
1-foot-by-1-foot-by-1-foot (very symmetrical!) sinkhole has formed in
my paved walkway.
I'm thinking about filling the hole with rocks and then pouring some
concrete in there and then hiring someone to put an asphalt patch over
it so it blends in with the rest of the walkway.

Does this sound like the right approach?

Vin - Menotomy Vintage Bicycles
http://OldRoads.com

If you're going to get a hot patch done, then I would get them to take
care of the base prep work too. Most important is that it be
compacted. And I agree to forget about the concrete, as it isn't
buying you anything. But it's going to be hard to find anyone that
wants to do that small of a job. You cou go with the cold patch
material sold at the home centers. I've used it for similar work and
it's still there doing fine 10 years later.

On 22 May 2006 13:58:51 -0700, wrote:

We've had a lot of rain up here in the Northeast and a
1-foot-by-1-foot-by-1-foot (very symmetrical!) sinkhole has formed in
my paved walkway.
I'm thinking about filling the hole with rocks and then pouring some
concrete in there and then hiring someone to put an asphalt patch over
it so it blends in with the rest of the walkway.

Does this sound like the right approach?


No. If it's really a sinkhole, and not just
a pothole, or washout, you need to find out where
all the water and dirt is going. Dig it up first,
find out what's going on, *THEN* fill it with rocks,
smaller-rocks, and mixed-run gravel. SKip
the cement.

Or you could just let whoever is going to be doing
the asphalt patch worry about the whole job.

i agree find out whats going on otherwise the hole will just appear
again/

sewer water or drain lines in the area

Thanks for your help with this.
I dug it out and found it was caused by rainwater flooding a chipmunk
hole underneath the walkway.
I packed everything down, filled it with crushed stone (no cement!),
and bought some coldpatch and followed the directions on the package.
It came out pretty well, though the color of the coldpatch is a lot
darker than the walkway asphalt. Maybe it'll get lighter over time.

Vin - Menotomy Vintage Bicycles
http://OldRoads.com

sprinkle some light colored sand on the coldpatch and pound the surface
with the end of a 2x or so and it will stick and give a lighter color