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Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 12:24 pm
by mumps
had drive tarmac over concrete on friday 9th july now today 4days later seems like blobs of tar in places all over patchy the largest one wet tar sticky to touch comes off on fingers have not driven on drive yet dont even really want to walk on it as will pick up on shoes contractor says it will dry out is this so it seems to me mix is not right it doesnt look compact enough any ideas mumps :O
Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 2:11 pm
by mumps
am answering myself to see how this works mumps
Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 6:06 pm
by bobbi o
what material was used? got any pics?
Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 8:11 pm
by mumps
have waited all day for reply thought someone could have helped and given some advise the latest is the company is not happy and are blameing distributors of mixture and are sending rep of that company any advise how i deal with this would be appreciated mumps
Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 8:16 pm
by mumps
bobbi o answer to y6our question is when we called contractor back his first reaction was this is tarmac
Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 8:36 pm
by msh paving
mumps try not to be inpatient as all the help on this site comes from working men who give there time for free, we all have our own buisness or are employed in the industry,most reply come in evening,we have a couple of tarmac experts around davel,bobbio,and a few others, a pic will help to advise the problem MSH 
Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 8:45 pm
by GB_Groundworks
saying tarmac, which is a trade name is very generic.
bitmac asphalt etc is what we refer to it as, did you not have a written spec which stated 100mm of 40mm base course, topped off with 30mm of 6mm wearing course etc.
if the contractor doesn;t know what he laid then i dont hold out much hope.
Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 8:48 pm
by bobbi o
is it spray and chip? ie: have they sprayed liquid bitumen on the existing surface and then spread chips on top?
if not ask to see the ticket from the asphalt plant they got the material from.even the gypos know the difference between the different materials available.
i presume they are a reputable contractor?
Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 9:51 pm
by mumps
thanks gb groundworks for your reply is that what a reputeable firm would have suggested to put down on an existing concrete base drive mumps
Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 10:10 pm
by GB_Groundworks
i only patch holes we dig in bitmac, or lay base with a 360 digger.
i sub in our surfacing lads to do any bitmac work leave it to the pro's, bobbi o and Dave_L or big jim are the surfacing lads on this forum.
Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 10:12 pm
by mumps
bobbi o would you have recomended spray and chip on an existing and extended concrete drive and yes they were a supposedly reputable firm
Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 10:42 pm
by bobbi o
mumps wrote:bobbi o would you have recomended spray and chip on an existing and extended concrete drive and yes they were a supposedly reputable firm
no,its no use for a driveway.
i'm not replying again unless you post a pic. save a lot of fannying around guessing whats been laid on your drive.
Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 7:17 pm
by Dave_L
It's very hot here in the UK at the moment - this is causing some problems with freshly laid tarmac drives etc - so patience is key here.
A picture would be ever so handy!
