On Aug 14, 4:55*am, Ohioguy wrote:
* *We moved into our refurbished (FHA rehab loan) 1979 home back in
March. *I had been planning on just applying a couple of those
"squeegee" sealcoats onto the old asphalt drive, but the huge and very
heavy dumpster that they had resting there during the rehab process
caused a bit of damage on the way out.

* *I tried patching one of the holes with pothole filler, with mixed
results. (looks ok, but we were tracking in black crap on our shoes for
weeks)

* *I really just wanted to call a local blacktop place and have them
take care of it for about $500. (it is a roughly 180 square foot area -
not too big) *It would have been taken care of quickly. *Guess what?
Not an option. *The city where we've moved has issued an order where
homeowners have 2 options:

1) put in concrete that meets a long list of requirements (cost: about $3k)

or
2) homeowner must do the repair 100% on their own.

* *The latter would allow me to do less expensive options, however,
nothing is going to look like new. *There are pitted areas that need
filled in, since this is at least 20 years old, and has been let go.
I've cleaned all the dirt and debris out, and killed any plants with
herbicide. *I am rather miffed that I can't just have somebody come in
and repair it.

* *What I'm considering now is called "whitetopping" - basically
covering the pitted blacktop up with a fiber reinforced concrete layer,
about 2" thick. *I've seen the 40# quickrete bags specifically for this
selling for about $10 each locally. *It would probably cost about $220
total, and I'm guessing that it would need a lot less maintenance than
an asphalt surface. *Plus, my wife and I don't really care for a dark
black *- we are used to the grey of limestone out in a driveway. *The
dark black is just too hot for barefooting in the summer.

* *I was wondering - anyone out there have experience with whitetopping?
* I'm wondering how well it holds up.

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Thanks!

2 5-gallon pails of driveway sealer and a squegee will cost you less
than $50.00 Use some of the sealer mixed with some sand for a
patching material, let it dry for a couple of days, put a fan blowing
on it if you are in a hurry, and then just seal the whole thing.
You're making too big a deal over something so simple I would have it
done in less than an hour.

The reason for the municipal law may very well be that they had too
many of the black paint sealer gypsies going thru the town defrauding
older folks who didn't know what was going on.