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.