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"whitetopping" an asphalt drive
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! |
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