On Friday, November 6, 2015 at 2:28:29 PM UTC-5, TomR wrote:
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ChairMan no typed:
DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Thursday, November 5, 2015 at 12:25:03 AM UTC-5, HerHusband wrote:
What product should be used to fill in an odd shaped area between
an asphalt driveway and a paver pad?
A picture is worth a thousand words, so I'll only use a hundred or
so in this post.
Note the area designated as needing to be filled in. It's a 1' x
10' ragged-on-one-side, straight on the other, tapered wedge.

http://i440.photobucket.com/albums/q...way_zpsrztpjaa
u.jpg

The paver pad is there to provide a clean, solid area for people to
use when getting in and out of a vehicle. The tapered dirt area
grows grass and weeds, gets muddy, etc. It's easy enough to step
over but it looks like crap and it's hard to keep neat.

Can you cut the asphalt back so it's parallel with the pavers, then
add a couple more rows of pavers to fill in the gap? A masonry blade
in a circular saw should do it, or you could rent a gas powered demo
saw.

If you can't find matching pavers, maybe you could relocate the
outer row or two to fill the gap. Essentially shifting the paver
area towards the driveway.

Good luck!

Anthony Watson
www.mountainsoftware.com
www.watsondiy.com

See my (long) response to trader_4 cutting the existing asphalt.

Rather than cut it or fill it with something else, why not back fill
it with some fresh asphalt?

I was thinking along the same lines -- basically widening the existing
asphalt driveway to fill the space and meet up with the pavers. I guess the
space would need solid fill underneath and then asphalt on top of that.

I just looked at a QPR product, which is available at Lowes in 50# bags
for $12:55 per. Home Depot carries a similar Quikrete product for $10.97.

http://qprusa.com/company/installation-instructions/

Per their calculator, a 1' x 10' area would require about 250# per 2"
layer. For $150 I could do a 4" layer.

The only drawback is the video says that you need to use a QPR tamping
tool to compact it. My tamper is generic, so I guess I gotta buy one of
theirs. ;-)