How to Extend a Driveway with Asphalt | Ask This Old House
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- čas přidán 22. 04. 2023
- In this video, This Old House mason Mark McCullough helps a homeowner add an extra parking spot to keep their vehicles off of a very busy street.
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Adding a parking spot to a driveway can increase the driveway’s usefulness, keep the vehicle safe and away from busy streets, and even provide an extra spot for repairs. And while it’s not exactly a DIY project, it’s helpful to understand the steps on how extending a driveway with asphalt is done.
You Might Need Permission
In many municipalities, the sidewalk and even some of the yard may belong to the town. Adding a parking space that may affect the town’s property will require permission. On top of that, the town may require a permit. While neither item is usually a big deal, homeowners should do their due diligence and check with the town first.
Hire an Asphalt Contractor
Asphalt requires special equipment, techniques, and knowledge, so it’s best to hire a contractor. Knowing how to slope the 300-degree asphalt before it hardens is critical, else there can be low spots that collect water or rain may run off in the wrong direction.
Mark the Utilities
Installing an asphalt driveway requires some excavation, and contractors need a general idea of where the utilities lie. For this reason, asphalt companies will call utility marking agencies to come out and mark the yard wherever the gas, sewer, water, or underground electricity travel under the yard.
Where to find it?
Mark recruits the help of a local asphalt contractor to install a parking spot for a homeowner on a busy street.
Contact utility locating services in preparation for any project that requires digging. Once water, gas, and sewer lines that run underground are identified and marked, it’s safe to proceed on to digging.
To prep the space the crew will dig down about 15” to get below the frost line and use a specialty
compactor, called a drum vibratory roller, to compact the soil to establish a solid base. Add a layer of crushed added for proper drainage. Pour the asphalt base and surface layers, compacting between each layer.
Visit the Better Business Bureau [www.bbb.org/] website to find reputable asphalt companies near you.
The asphalt is sealed with a product manufactured by Pioneer Sealcoat, LLC. [www.pioneersealcoat.com/]
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How to Extend a Driveway with Asphalt | Ask This Old House
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To those criticizing this video and others like it:
From what I have seen over the decades, they've covered a lot of DIY projects, and perhaps are looking for new material (no pun intended).
Although not all of us have excavators or even plate compactors, the goal of such videos is to familiarize the homeowner with the process, so that they know what is involved. Of course, directions to check out CZcams comments with advice and final approval from contractors with decades of experience should become standard practice by the video editors. Take note, TOH - the masses don't seem to approve of your content quality anymore!
Good thing we did not have CZcams in the '90s ...
This not a diy video; it is an "hire an asphalt company" video.
Haha right on! Too much money for a driveway. Way too much!
And not a good video at that!
I look forward to the follow up video in 30 years, to see how it’s holding up.
If they seal it every year, it should look good. People are lazy and do it every 5 to 10 years
@@zack9912000
I was told every other year, otherwise it comes too heavy and slick when it’s wet. That happened with my last house.
Been following this advice for a while now and it’s turned out well
Asphalt is such a waste honestly, I recommend pavers anytime
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if its getting frequent use for doing car work with car jacks/stands, chemical spills. It won't last that long
I think this may be the very first time in 30 years that Ive been disappointed by a TOH video. Ive been a professional asphalt contractor in the northeast for over 25 years and those 2 big potholes where the new asphalt meets the existing driveway absolutely should have been fixed while they were there. It should have been built into the price to protect the integrity of the job, even if this was donated for free. There is no way that joint will last 2 northern winters before it cracks and separates, let alone 30 years. I am definitely shaking my head on this one.
I worked for a paver for a while, and this is true. They didn't seal between the old and the new, either.
@eLad VanAllen It appears to be the neighbors driveway that the pot holes are in. Can’t just go do work on someone else’s property.
first time? i love TOH as well, but these 10 miunte shorts, majority of them are hack jobs
I am asphalt contractor for 40 years here in jersey too. We do it nice and clean and immaculate when completed the best never rest 😂😂😂
I agree with the edge being left for someone else to fix. Do better
they said they brought a "specialized piece of equipment".... shows a skid loader 🤣🤣🤣
Asphalt guy failed to mention how it'd hold up to car jacks, jack stands, and "mechanic work".
It holds her weight, so everything will not be a problem. 😄
@siedlikmasterek Haha did her dirty dawg 😂
its mainstreet so its like against the town law to work on your own car
The paving company didn't seal between the old blacktop and the new. Sealing it protects it from getting water in there that would be allowing weeds to grow in that joint.
I was gonna comment say the same thing no liquid sealer to tie them in from old to new on the asphalt
Could one do this themselves? Is any special equipment required?
Next project needs to be those front stairs, wow. Surprised that wasn’t done first!
As a mechanic, he needs a space to work. If he can work on a few cars, he can get money so they can move. If he works on a few BMWs, Mercedes, and Audis, they will move to a mansion in no time.
Always nice too know the guys that can do a job. Good job.
Also check that your zoning rules allow for the extra driveway considering rain water absorption.
So much for Ask this old house the DIY show. Its slowly becoming the what jobs can a pro do.
Why did they leave those two large low spots (at 7:49) at the near end of the asphalt? Those will hold water big time.
Not part of the quote/scope of work, not my problem - said the contractor
Looks like the neighbors property
@@B.r.i.a.n.1 definitely property line
Boy, we could use some of that Ask This Old House magic to fix an entrance by our local Dollar General... 🤣
Love what you're doing..
1:18 Look at those workers peeking from behind the trees in the background. 🤣🤣🤣
Another great video 🎉😊💥💯👍☝️
Due diligence is best...
Excellent
I would have cut up part of the hill side to extend the drive way.
I’m sure the neighbors will be pleased to see “mechanic work” taking place front and center of the property.
Chicago needs that asphalt expert because the potholes here come within months of new asphalt. We don’t got 30 year asphalt.
Difference between constant traffic and parked vehicles though
Potholes are the least of Chicago's worries. 😟
You paved over paradise and put up a parking lot.
What are the 5 types of cuts?
The front steps look "interesting". I need mine fixed too.
Seems an odd episode considering that most projects are at least mostly DIY.
DIY as in "call the experts yourself!" 🤣
What is a ballpark figure something like that would cost?
A lot more than simply putting in some pavers that last way longer than the asphalt.
one ton of hot top is like 150 bucks... guessing this took a few ton of binder and a couple ton of top then labor and equipment. idk 1500 bucks maybe? no expert just guessing. what's it cost for all those pavers paver boy miles?
@@timregan1005 no way this job was 1500 based on the crew size and equipment brought over. i'm guessing 5k minimum post-pandemic money. probably more like 7500.
It’s between $11,500 to $12,500
This guy looks like Dr. Evil. 🤣
Is this the first time the homeowner just stood there the whole time?
When you don't know, ask the experts. 👍
I see a bunch of tickets and fines in the future from her town for parking on the sidewalk.
30 years with winter weather lmao yeah ok
Okay, so now I know I better not DIY this lol!
I love how busted up and cracked the asphalt is that they're standing next to as he explains how durable it is..lol
I was thinking the same
Its maintenance is done, and a proper base when it is installed can last a long time. Never go with the cheapest contractor
@@zack9912000 well with public roads they pretty much always do, that’s why a lot of roads start to crack after 10 years.
@@miles5600 i live in the North east. Asphalt surfaces never last 10 years without cracking and potholes
@@rd-ch1on cause the contractors are very cheap to save every penny. I’ve lived in the Netherlands for many years and they even have roads that’re 30 years old and have little to no cracks or potholes, but even though the road is fine, most of them are replaced after 10 to 15 years to update the design for more safety.
The neighbors are gonna love having a car basically parked on the sidewalk 🤦
I wonder which is worse for the environment, concrete or asphalt.
Asphalt can be 100% recycled and reused. I know concrete can also be reused a little bit but not how much
Concrete is really bad for the environment
Who cares?
The CO2 emissions from concrete are huge
@@herculesrockefeller8969 exactly
They forgot to seal the seams 😮
No, asphalt needs to cure for a few weeks before it is funny capable of heavy loads and seal
I would absolutely hate to live on a main street
Well thats nice if you have the money to Waste on this... seems pointless i would've just used dirt, grass, gravel, rock, with Some cardboard... im sure the money could've been spent a lot better on the house or the Stairs..
I think she should be worrying about those steps more than the asphalt
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That’s not crushed stone, that’s processed gravel.
After putting down the base, crushed rock - did the contractor laydown a SEALER before putting the asphalt down?
Homeowner forgot to mention her husband is a truck mechanic and services 25,000 pound trucks on that. 🤣
Not impressed with this project tbh
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Short and thick
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Im so confused on why that needed asphalt to begin with. Looks like a sidewalk !
Ha then the city decides it’s putting in a bike path.
One expensive job
It's still cheaper than concrete
yeah, first thought i had was at least a few thousand, maybe 2500-5000
@@zack9912000 and more expensive than some pretty pavers that last longer than asphalt
@@miles5600 what would you estimate the job for them with your pavers?
@@ericcartmansh nah less than that. was a parking space not a driveway
men , let’s take a 50 year break from paving and potholes , make women appreciate men
Never ever use that type of asphalt on roads
No way the town will approve this.... replace part of the lawn to a parking space??? Ridiculous.
Great example of how cars eat into our real estate and make our cities less walkable.
I don't know about you, but I still see a sidewalk...
Ok Biden.
It’s in the middle of nowhere. Looks like a country road anybody can walk on. It’s not like they are walking on the streets of San Francisco littered with drug needles.
@@johnlebzelter4208 how does this have anything to do with biden?
@@MaxRenke that’s not what walkable means, it means that stuff is built too far apart and makes it really hard to walk anywhere useful, like most places require people to drive to the grocery store for some simple products while it would’ve been way more efficient if that person could easily walk there.
She is the size & weight of the road roller.
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