On Tuesday, September 18, 2018 at 9:58:01 PM UTC-4, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 9/18/2018 9:44 PM, KH wrote:
I had a asphalt driveway installed yesterday.Â* I stopped home during my
lunch
to check on the progress to find them installing the driveway in the
middle fo
a gigantic downpour.Â* Later, when I came home, I noticed that the
surface is
uneven and there are a lot of areas that I can see uneven stripes. (mainly
down the middle...but not like it was intentional).Â* Some of the
driveway is
nice and smooth, other parts are super rough with bigger rocks (too
rough for
the kids to be able to draw with chalk...if that makes sense).Â* I see other
black asphalt driveways that look nice and even...so I don't feel like
this is
right.Â* Is a driveway supposed to be paved in a downpour???



I've seen it done in light rain, but not in the downpours like we had
today. Sounds like a sloppy job and you have legitimate complaint.

IDK what the limits are in terms of rain, but I also see it being put
down, major road work for example, in some pretty decent rain, regularly.
If the rain had an effect, it may be that it limited the performance of the crew,
what they could see while rolling it, etc as opposed to an effect on the
asphalt itself. Or it could be that they would have done a crappy job
anyway.

This is one of those worst case screw ups. If it's hosed, I don't think
there is any easy fix, it's tear it up, remove it and do it again.
I guess the question is exactly how off it is. I'd get them there
immediately, while it's still not fully cured maybe if it's some minor
problems they could still roll it again before it's fully cured. Also
a good example of the kind of job where you should try to have someone
there watching.