To fill in pot holes in tarmac (our private road)i have used the folowing method with sucess.
1.Cut back tarmac edges to square things up,
2. Fill hole with 1-3 mix concrete using rapid set cement fill to within 1" of top surface,
3As soon as concrete sets brush concrete and eges with bonding bitumen, when tacky (5 mins),
4.Spread cold lay tarmac (wikes sell it) (if the weather is cold or the tarmac in the bag is compacted warm up with a blow torch).
5.compact with a punner or vibrating plate
If the road surface is mearly graded harcore and gravel then i would fill the hole using dry weak mix concrete (20mm to dust and cement) 1-8 dry mix (no water)fill the pothole and comact this well into it. The moisture in the ground will set the cement and help bind the repair.
The pot hole in monmouthshire are terible. Round my way the council dont even bother clearing the dirt from the inside of the pot hole before filling.
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I used to live along a private road along with a number of other residents. Nobody maintained the road. It had to be a comunal thing! Get a contractor to do it properly as and when it becomes absolutely necessary. Clubbing together is one way to reduce costs.
If YOU fill in a hole and for whatever reason someone trips up over YOUR repair, YOU will be liable.
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Thanks all.
RB, the private road further up the hill is maintained by the residents to a good standard. For some unknown historical reason before we moved here, a section bordered by three houses (including ours) is not included in the scheme.
When we moved in, I offered to get involved, but was ignored by the then organiser. As stated previously, I don't drive on the road outside my house so I haven't subsequently bothered in my own interests. The only drawback I have is hearing vehicles banging into the holes.
If I'm legally liable for any subsequent litigeous action, then I'm going to let the roadway become a mud track.
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What are you all? Chaps with a ton and a half of surplus ready mixed roadmetal going cheap? That sort of thing?
Come to think of it the approach road down in Sussex is beyond a joke, you have to swerve round the potholes and you wouldn't want to slip off the road into the trees...
'Things fall apart. The centre cannot hold.'
But it isn't the centre that's the problem, it's the sides where the wheels go. Let plants grow in the centre, do all this concrete gardening in the ruts, if you can be, is one allowed to say deleted - NO! - DD
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You are forgetting the obligatory "temporary" traffic lights.
A team of council workmen set up the lights several days before the work is scheduled. The hole-fillers belong to a different union, and the timing of their jobs is worked out by another department. The lights may or may not be removed after the job is finished.
Oh yes, and needless to say, the lights are unreliable and frequently stick in the permanently red position.
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Pothole filling (at the edge of the road, anyway) in my neck of the woods is carried out by one man with just a small truck-load of tarmac and a shovel.
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I sympathise with the "3rd world chic" comments: my girlfriend lives in sunny Armley, Leeds and I am always utterly astonished by the poor quality of the roads. They're bad all over Leeds, but Armley, Hyde Park and surrounding areas are dreadful.
Mind you, probably a good thing, given the quality of driving in Leeds...
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We?ve been house-hunting for new build projects the last few weeks which has meant driving down roads that are supposed to be maintained by the developer but are clearly a low priority. One in particular was so bad it was like driving over moguls. There were worrying groans and creaks coming from deep down in the car. I thought the windscreen was going to pop out.
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Friend of mine had a leak in the road outside his house,hmmmm,perhaps I should have put that differently,a pipe was burst and quickly pushed up the patching where repairs had been attempted previously.He informed the highways dept.who sent out their best moron to deal with it.When my friend spotted him shovelling tarmac into the hole,still with water gushing out of it,he enquired if it wouldn't be a good idea to fix the leak first the moron replied it was not his job.'Couldn't you contact someone whos job it is,waterboard perhaps?'Not his job either.Needless to say the 'repair'did not last the day.
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