Filling in tarmac potholes and cold pour seal ques

ODDJOBBER · Post: # 34002Post **ODDJOBBER** Fri Jan 16, 2009 3:58 pm

hi i need to fill in about 40 holes in a medium sized car park.
do you think the cold repair bags will be any good and i cant find anyone that sells a cold pour jointing product in essex.

also do you think there are any companies in essex that can sell just a tonne of bitmac and deliver it for a fair price?

Pablo · Post: # 34003Post **Pablo** Fri Jan 16, 2009 4:15 pm

Hi OJ the repair bags are a short term fix for the like of this. They won't last and you'll get an angry call sometime later on this year. The best way to repair a hole is to square it off sort out the base if needs be then coat it with bitumen and fill with fresh warm bitmac. Even if you collected it yourself you would struggle to lay it before it went cold although it is possible to get stuff that will stay workable for longer. I'm not sure if a tar plant would be happy to load a trailer with such a small quantity.

ODDJOBBER · Post: # 34005Post **ODDJOBBER** Fri Jan 16, 2009 5:03 pm

yeah im thinking ill do the cutting a squaring and seal it and phone another company to come and do it.
so far its Â£700plus vat for a 1.5t load inc labour
sound s a bit rich but theres not many interested

Post: # 34015Post **msh paving** Fri Jan 16, 2009 9:51 pm

700 soffs is alot for that amount off bitmac,Â£90 a ton to buy,

Post: # 34025Post **Dave_L** Sat Jan 17, 2009 10:46 am

A tub of Colas Bitukold is what you need to prime the vertical saw cut faces of the patches - probably a couple of tubs to do 40 patches. About Â£15-18+VAT/tub.

Deferred set bagged material? Forget it!

As you say, it's probably better you do the prep work and get someone suitably equipped/experienced to come in and reinstate the patches.

Depending upon the state of the existing surface, you might want to 'paint' the joint between the old and new surfaces with Bitukold to keep out any water from the joint. Pain in the ass job! You're hand will ache! Best to water it down a little so that it *just* pours and pour it on carefully from a tar can.

Ex-works tarmac collected by your own transport is the most expensive way of buying by the ton, the quarries/plants want to use their own transport. Ex-works SMASC at our local tar plant is Â£120/ton - considerably less than that delivered to us from our usual quarries.