How to avoid expensive professional tarmac repair and do it yourself.
Tarmac Driveway
The tarmac repair kit is an all in one cost effective solution to the problem of repairing your driveway or other small paved area. Tarmac driveways are expensive to put in and when they need repairing, it can be very expensive to call in the professionals.
So, the answer is to do it yourself and various manufacturers have risen to the challenge and are producing and selling the complete answer for DIY tarmac repair.
The kit for carrying out tarmac repairs consists of two things you need to carry out any small tarmac repair to your driveway.
- A bitumen joint sealer which you need to coat the bottom and sides of your excavated pothole. This will seal your repair work and prevent water from getting in and damaging it any further.
- A cold mix, cold lay macadam packed in either bags or tubs. This is the stuff you put in the pothole on top of the bitumen sealer and then compact it. It consists of a finely graded aggregate mixed with a purpose made bitumen which is suitable for instant use in any weather conditions.
When your driveway was originally constructed a hot mix tarmac would have been used to make the surface. This hot mix is laid at temperatures of up to 165 degrees centigrade and needs specialized equipment to handle it. And if you called the professional paving contractor in to repair your driveway in all probability this is what he would use. But you on the other hand wouldn’t want to handle something that hot and you wouldn’t have the equipment to do so either. This is where the cold tarmac repair technique is so useful. It allows you the homeowner to carry out your own small tarmac repairs and at a much lower cost.
The range of tarmac repair products is vast ranging from the complete tarmac repair kit to many different makes of tarmac repair bags. Ask around, do your research and choose the right product for your needs. And save money by doing it yourself.