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Anode
Oct 28, 2011, 5:45:47 AM10/28/11
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A tradesman's van has gouged out a small area from my tarmac drive. The
damaged area is about 100mm x 50 mm, and about 6mm deep.
There is a wide variety of products that claim to make cold repairs to
damaged tarmac. Can anyone recommend any particular product suitable for
this (minor) level of damage?
I am more interested in a repair that inhibits further
disintegration/weather damage taking place around the existing damage, than
I am in the cosmetic standard of the repair. It may be helpful to just pour
on some suitable sealer, but I don't know what.
(I live near to a tarmac making plant: could I usefully try to get a small
amount of anything from them that would help with this specific repair?)
Anode.
damaged area is about 100mm x 50 mm, and about 6mm deep.
There is a wide variety of products that claim to make cold repairs to
damaged tarmac. Can anyone recommend any particular product suitable for
this (minor) level of damage?
I am more interested in a repair that inhibits further
disintegration/weather damage taking place around the existing damage, than
I am in the cosmetic standard of the repair. It may be helpful to just pour
on some suitable sealer, but I don't know what.
(I live near to a tarmac making plant: could I usefully try to get a small
amount of anything from them that would help with this specific repair?)
Anode.
NT
Oct 28, 2011, 6:32:20 AM10/28/11
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On Oct 28, 10:45 am, "Anode" <an...@munge.com> wrote:
> A tradesman's van has gouged out a small area from my tarmac drive. The
> damaged area is about 100mm x 50 mm, and about 6mm deep.
>
> There is a wide variety of products that claim to make cold repairs to
> damaged tarmac. Can anyone recommend any particular product suitable for
> this (minor) level of damage?
any cold lay tarmac is good.
> A tradesman's van has gouged out a small area from my tarmac drive. The
> damaged area is about 100mm x 50 mm, and about 6mm deep.
>
> There is a wide variety of products that claim to make cold repairs to
> damaged tarmac. Can anyone recommend any particular product suitable for
> this (minor) level of damage?
> I am more interested in a repair that inhibits further
> disintegration/weather damage taking place around the existing damage, than
> I am in the cosmetic standard of the repair. It may be helpful to just pour
> on some suitable sealer, but I don't know what.
have tarmac, albeit without the fine powder in the bitumen.
> (I live near to a tarmac making plant: could I usefully try to get a small
> amount of anything from them that would help with this specific repair?)
>
> Anode.
way in, then you have cold lay tarmac.
NT
Paul - xxx
Oct 28, 2011, 6:36:38 AM10/28/11
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that size! reply email is legit ..
This is what I use on our playgrounds and car-park/driveway at school.
http://www.twistfix.co.uk/products/masonry-floor-treatments/tarmac-pothole-repair-product.html
For small areas, as you describe, I use a wooden mallet to tamp it
down, the more you flatten it the better for water dispersion. It
works brilliantly and can be merged or formed around grids quite easily
using the mallet, if necessary.
--
Paul - xxx
"You know, all I wanna do is race .. and all I wanna do is win"
Mark Cavendish, World Champion 2011.
NT
Oct 28, 2011, 6:49:07 AM10/28/11
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On Oct 28, 11:36 am, "Paul - xxx" <notcheckede...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Anode wrote:
> > A tradesman's van has gouged out a small area from my tarmac drive.
> > The damaged area is about 100mm x 50 mm, and about 6mm deep.
>
> > There is a wide variety of products that claim to make cold repairs
> > to damaged tarmac. Can anyone recommend any particular product
> > suitable for this (minor) level of damage?
>
> > I am more interested in a repair that inhibits further
> > disintegration/weather damage taking place around the existing
> > damage, than I am in the cosmetic standard of the repair. It may be
> > helpful to just pour on some suitable sealer, but I don't know what.
>
> > (I live near to a tarmac making plant: could I usefully try to get a
> > small amount of anything from them that would help with this specific
> > repair?)
>
> Put some money in a local charity and I'll send you enough for a patch
> that size! reply email is legit ..
>
> This is what I use on our playgrounds and car-park/driveway at school.
>
> http://www.twistfix.co.uk/products/masonry-floor-treatments/tarmac-po...
> Anode wrote:
> > A tradesman's van has gouged out a small area from my tarmac drive.
> > The damaged area is about 100mm x 50 mm, and about 6mm deep.
>
> > There is a wide variety of products that claim to make cold repairs
> > to damaged tarmac. Can anyone recommend any particular product
> > suitable for this (minor) level of damage?
>
> > I am more interested in a repair that inhibits further
> > disintegration/weather damage taking place around the existing
> > damage, than I am in the cosmetic standard of the repair. It may be
> > helpful to just pour on some suitable sealer, but I don't know what.
>
> > (I live near to a tarmac making plant: could I usefully try to get a
> > small amount of anything from them that would help with this specific
> > repair?)
>
> Put some money in a local charity and I'll send you enough for a patch
> that size! reply email is legit ..
>
> This is what I use on our playgrounds and car-park/driveway at school.
>
>
> For small areas, as you describe, I use a wooden mallet to tamp it
> down, the more you flatten it the better for water dispersion. It
> works brilliantly and can be merged or formed around grids quite easily
> using the mallet, if necessary.
Last time I looked, cold lay tarmac was about £6 in wickes
> For small areas, as you describe, I use a wooden mallet to tamp it
> down, the more you flatten it the better for water dispersion. It
> works brilliantly and can be merged or formed around grids quite easily
> using the mallet, if necessary.
NT
Paul - xxx
Oct 28, 2011, 7:21:05 AM10/28/11
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We don't have an account with Wickes and we don't pay retail prices
anyway .. and ICBA to pay for stuff out of my own pocket and claim it
back!
Bill
Oct 28, 2011, 8:01:04 AM10/28/11
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<026c9d47-4bd7-44ac...@h5g2000yqk.googlegroups.com>, NT
<meow...@care2.com> writes
>Last time I looked, cold lay tarmac was about Ł6 in wickes
After getting advice here, we invested in a bag of this stuff for about
a pound more than that at the local woodyard. I saw the cheaper Wickes
price the next day.
My son put some over some tree root damage. He didn't trust the
instructions and heated it up with a blowlamp after he had laid it. I
think the blowlamp was unnecessary.
I 'borrowed' some of the bag and filled in a deep hole (dug through the
drive by some animal) and another shallow area. I laid it cold, but had
put it in the front footwell of the car beforehand with the heater
running flat out to improve the "give".
We used my lump hammer at both sites, and I think it has worked
brilliantly, but we haven't yet seen its performance under frost..
--
Bill
<026c9d47-4bd7-44ac...@h5g2000yqk.googlegroups.com>, NT
<meow...@care2.com> writes
>Last time I looked, cold lay tarmac was about Ł6 in wickes
After getting advice here, we invested in a bag of this stuff for about
a pound more than that at the local woodyard. I saw the cheaper Wickes
price the next day.
My son put some over some tree root damage. He didn't trust the
instructions and heated it up with a blowlamp after he had laid it. I
think the blowlamp was unnecessary.
I 'borrowed' some of the bag and filled in a deep hole (dug through the
drive by some animal) and another shallow area. I laid it cold, but had
put it in the front footwell of the car beforehand with the heater
running flat out to improve the "give".
We used my lump hammer at both sites, and I think it has worked
brilliantly, but we haven't yet seen its performance under frost..
--
Bill
Anode
Oct 28, 2011, 1:19:42 PM10/28/11
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"NT" <meow...@care2.com> wrote in message
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On Oct 28, 10:45 am, "Anode" <an...@munge.com> wrote:
> A tradesman's van has gouged out a small area from my tarmac drive. The
> damaged area is about 100mm x 50 mm, and about 6mm deep.
>
> There is a wide variety of products that claim to make cold repairs to
> damaged tarmac. Can anyone recommend any particular product suitable for
> this (minor) level of damage?
any cold lay tarmac is good.
NT
> A tradesman's van has gouged out a small area from my tarmac drive. The
> damaged area is about 100mm x 50 mm, and about 6mm deep.
>
> There is a wide variety of products that claim to make cold repairs to
> damaged tarmac. Can anyone recommend any particular product suitable for
> this (minor) level of damage?
any cold lay tarmac is good.
Thank you for letting me know that when I do this repair I would be all
right using cold lay tarmac - I appreciate your help, and the further
information you added.
Anode.
Another John
Oct 28, 2011, 1:25:32 PM10/28/11
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In article <j8dtk7$p0t$1...@speranza.aioe.org>, "Anode" <an...@munge.com>
wrote:
> A tradesman's van has gouged out a small area from my tarmac drive. The
> damaged area is about 100mm x 50 mm, and about 6mm deep....
So ... 4" by 2" by 0.25"? I need to know more about tarmac drives:
why isn't this so tiny as to be completely insignificant? (This is a
genuine question!)
Or are we all assuming that Anode got his mms and his cms mixed up?
Cheers
John
wrote:
> A tradesman's van has gouged out a small area from my tarmac drive. The
So ... 4" by 2" by 0.25"? I need to know more about tarmac drives:
why isn't this so tiny as to be completely insignificant? (This is a
genuine question!)
Or are we all assuming that Anode got his mms and his cms mixed up?
Cheers
John
Phil L
Oct 28, 2011, 2:16:06 PM10/28/11
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the gravel size of the cold lay stuff is 6mm, so you won't get any in
without mashing the stones.
If it were mine, I would deepen the hole to 25mm minimum and square off the
sides too, then fill proud and flatten with a piece of wood and lump hammer,
then just the hammer
Anode
Oct 28, 2011, 3:11:28 PM10/28/11
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"Paul - xxx" <notchec...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Anode wrote:
>
>> A tradesman's van has gouged out a small area from my tarmac drive.
>> The damaged area is about 100mm x 50 mm, and about 6mm deep.
>>
>> There is a wide variety of products that claim to make cold repairs
>> to damaged tarmac. Can anyone recommend any particular product
>> suitable for this (minor) level of damage?
>>
>> I am more interested in a repair that inhibits further
>> disintegration/weather damage taking place around the existing
>> damage, than I am in the cosmetic standard of the repair. It may be
>> helpful to just pour on some suitable sealer, but I don't know what.
>>
>> (I live near to a tarmac making plant: could I usefully try to get a
>> small amount of anything from them that would help with this specific
>> repair?)
>
> Put some money in a local charity and I'll send you enough for a patch
> that size! reply email is legit ..
>
> This is what I use on our playgrounds and car-park/driveway at school.
>
Thank you for your kind and helpful reply, Paul. Have emailed you with
>
>> A tradesman's van has gouged out a small area from my tarmac drive.
>> The damaged area is about 100mm x 50 mm, and about 6mm deep.
>>
>> There is a wide variety of products that claim to make cold repairs
>> to damaged tarmac. Can anyone recommend any particular product
>> suitable for this (minor) level of damage?
>>
>> I am more interested in a repair that inhibits further
>> disintegration/weather damage taking place around the existing
>> damage, than I am in the cosmetic standard of the repair. It may be
>> helpful to just pour on some suitable sealer, but I don't know what.
>>
>> (I live near to a tarmac making plant: could I usefully try to get a
>> small amount of anything from them that would help with this specific
>> repair?)
>
> Put some money in a local charity and I'll send you enough for a patch
> that size! reply email is legit ..
>
> This is what I use on our playgrounds and car-park/driveway at school.
>
further information.
Anode.
Anode
Oct 28, 2011, 3:15:16 PM10/28/11
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"Phil L" <neverc...@hoitmail.com> wrote in message
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material. I shall certainly follow the way you suggest.
Thank you
Anode
Roberts
Oct 28, 2011, 3:37:32 PM10/28/11
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I bought some in a plastic sack from Wickes to widen a church drive. Just
laid it out and flattened it with a heavy garden roller. Some six years
later it is still OK despite heavy use.
Robbie
"Anode" <an...@munge.com> wrote in message
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laid it out and flattened it with a heavy garden roller. Some six years
later it is still OK despite heavy use.
Robbie
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dennis@home
Oct 28, 2011, 4:01:40 PM10/28/11
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removed tarmac in a low oven for an hour and then hammered it back in the
hole. It works if the tarmac is newish, it may work for older stuff but I
haven't tried it. You could try it on the stuff you dig out, it may save you
having to buy some stuff.
Anode
Oct 29, 2011, 6:00:34 AM10/29/11
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"Bill" <Billa...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>>Last time I looked, cold lay tarmac was about �6 in wickes
>
> After getting advice here, we invested in a bag of this stuff for about a
> pound more than that at the local woodyard. I saw the cheaper Wickes price
> the next day.
> My son put some over some tree root damage. He didn't trust the
> instructions and heated it up with a blowlamp after he had laid it. I
> think the blowlamp was unnecessary.
>
> I 'borrowed' some of the bag and filled in a deep hole (dug through the
> drive by some animal) and another shallow area. I laid it cold, but had
> put it in the front footwell of the car beforehand with the heater running
> flat out to improve the "give".
>
> We used my lump hammer at both sites, and I think it has worked
> brilliantly, but we haven't yet seen its performance under frost..
> --
> Bill
Thanks for sharing that information, Bill.
> After getting advice here, we invested in a bag of this stuff for about a
> pound more than that at the local woodyard. I saw the cheaper Wickes price
> the next day.
> My son put some over some tree root damage. He didn't trust the
> instructions and heated it up with a blowlamp after he had laid it. I
> think the blowlamp was unnecessary.
>
> I 'borrowed' some of the bag and filled in a deep hole (dug through the
> drive by some animal) and another shallow area. I laid it cold, but had
> put it in the front footwell of the car beforehand with the heater running
> flat out to improve the "give".
>
> We used my lump hammer at both sites, and I think it has worked
> brilliantly, but we haven't yet seen its performance under frost..
> --
> Bill
Anode
Anode
Oct 29, 2011, 6:05:12 AM10/29/11
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"Roberts" <m...@privacy.net> wrote in message
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>I bought some in a plastic sack from Wickes to widen a church drive. Just
>laid it out and flattened it with a heavy garden roller. Some six years
>later it is still OK despite heavy use.
> Robbie
That is very encouraging, Robbie. Thank you for the information.
>laid it out and flattened it with a heavy garden roller. Some six years
>later it is still OK despite heavy use.
> Robbie
Anode.
Anode
Oct 29, 2011, 6:07:44 AM10/29/11
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