Drive way ? repairing blacktop - Page 3

Rangerscott · 08-28-2010, 10:15 AM

You can claim your driveway under your home insurance.

tommymac · 08-28-2010, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Kaneman

My house is completely covered by large trees, you can't see the roof from Google Earth, only tree canopy.

Its great in the summer, but the roots have completely destroyed the driveway and patio. In some cases the driveway has been pushed up half a foot or so.

Will cutting roots kill the tree?

The worst thing with that sort of stuff is you may have ot re do it in a few years. My dads sidewalk got pushed up several times by a tree out front. The tree is "owned" by the town yet you had ot pay to have it removed and also if it damaged your sidewalk you had to foot the bill.

I think the teer out front of our house may be dying, a prety thick section of branch fell in the street, I went out to clean it and its all rotted and theres some sort of moss/fungus growing on it.

Kaneman · 08-28-2010, 10:20 AM

Ugh that sucks.

Maybe I should break it all up and lay gravel like Prtcl said. Downsides?

Particle Man · 08-28-2010, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Rangerscott

You can claim your driveway under your home insurance.

Sure, if you want your rates to go up

askmrjesus · 08-28-2010, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Kaneman

Ugh that sucks.

Maybe I should break it all up and lay gravel like Prtcl said. Downsides?

Depending on the amount of rainfall, and soil type, you may have to add gravel every year.

It's also not as easy as it sounds. To do it right, you have to dig down, and lay some larger rock first. That gets topped off with some 3/4 minus (gravels smaller than 3/4" in diameter). If you don't lay the bigger stuff first, the small stuff disappears into the ground.

JC

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08-28-2010, 10:15 AM	#21
Rangerscott Viff6N Mutated Warrior Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Texas Moto: '01 Honda VFR 800 & '09 ER-6N Posts: 8,704	You can claim your driveway under your home insurance.