How to Repair an Asphalt Pothole | Ask This Old House

Подписаться 2,1 млн

Просмотров 719 тыс.

50% 1

Ask This Old House landscaping contractor Roger Cook teaches a homeowner how to fill a pothole in an asphalt driveway to make it safe. (See below for a shopping list, tools, and steps.)
SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: bit.ly/SubscribeThisOldHouse
Shopping List for How to Repair an Asphalt Pothole:
- 4 bags of paver base [amzn.to/3505hP1] (more or less depending on depth of hole)
- 2 bags of 50-lb commercial-grade blacktop repair [amzn.to/34TLgtb], used to seal hole
Tools for How to Repair an Asphalt Pothole:
Shovel [amzn.to/32WEu3V], used to dig out excess debris
Steel tamper [amzn.to/2O9LRkD], used to compact stone dust, aggregate, and blacktop repair
Wet saw [amzn.to/2OcSC58], used to cut asphalt
Hose [amzn.to/2QkO13D], used for water flow to wet saw
Steps for How to Repair an Asphalt Pothole:
1. Use a shovel to dig out the excess rock, dirt, and other debris until you reach subsoil.
2. Use paver base to fill in the hole, compacting it with the tamper every 2 to 4 inches until you’re within 2 inches of finished grade.
3. Cut the edges around the rough hole to make a cleaner surface, using a wet saw with a diamond blade.
4. Dig out any remaining excess of rock, dirt, and debris.
5. Use a high-performance blacktop repair, which is a mix of stone and asphalt binder to fill in the hole.
6. Put it down in 1.5-inch-thick layers and smooth it out.
7. Compact each layer until the patch meets the edges.
8. Let it sit 3 to 4 weeks before making any turns on it with a car.
About Ask This Old House TV:
Homeowners have a virtual truckload of questions for us on smaller projects, and we're ready to answer. Ask This Old House solves the steady stream of home improvement problems faced by our viewers-and we make house calls! Ask This Old House features some familiar faces from This Old House, including Kevin O'Connor, general contractor Tom Silva, plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey, and landscape contractor Roger Cook.
Follow This Old House and Ask This Old House:
Facebook: bit.ly/ThisOldHouseFB
Twitter: bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTwitter
bit.ly/AskTOHTwitter
Pinterest: bit.ly/ThisOldHousePinterest
Instagram: bit.ly/ThisOldHouseIG
bit.ly/AskTOHIG
Tumblr: bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTumblr
For more on This Old House and Ask This Old House, visit us at: bit.ly/ThisOldHouseWebsite
How to Repair an Asphalt Pothole | Ask This Old House
/ thisoldhouse

Хобби

Опубликовано:

17 окт 2015

Ссылка:

Скачать:

Готовим ссылку...

Добавить в:

Мой плейлист

Посмотреть позже

Комментарии : 322

@breebw 8 лет назад

I enjoyed the diagnosis of why this pothole occurred.

@dazedconfuzed6 8 лет назад

+Breen Whitman I know, diagnosis is a lost art in most tradesmen today.

@nicmarzean9324 7 лет назад

Breen Whitman h

@REVerbtalk 5 лет назад

@audubon crosby Why is she useless???

@Helgi105 5 лет назад

@Michael Ross no.

@jmad318 3 года назад

CSI driveway repair

@jackmcslay 7 лет назад

These two did a better job than official road repair crews would, that is they actualy took the trouble of campacting the base underneath instead of just cutiing off the asphalt and dump another one just to see it crack in the same spot just months afterwards

@DavidLeon140m3 6 лет назад

the subgrade wasnt cut out and fixed with base material

@j_pasty_w1823 5 лет назад

If you expect road crews to do this to every single pothole, you’re on crack. 1. That would take way to long. 2. By the time they fixed them new ones would have formed. 3. Potholes in roads are caused by frost in the ground heaving the blacktop up and down causing it to crack and holes to form. Potholes are a fact of life, do what you can with them and move on.

@davec.3198 4 года назад

@@j_pasty_w1823 Lets see....instead of actually fixing the potholes, they sit under a tree and nap all day. They wake up and do shitty job, then refix the same pothole 3 months later with the same shitty method. Yeah. I want them to fix the pothole the right way. Do your job instead of being lazy. Or eliminate your state job and lets contract it out.

@royalt3690 3 года назад

@@j_pasty_w1823 I have been repairing potholes for 22 years and you are right. There are different techniques and good and bad ways of repairing them. Bottom line is citizens call in irate about when their pothole will be fixed? We realistically do not have the time in a large city with less and less employees to repair each pothole by saw cutting etc.

@TheAmishElectrican 10 месяцев назад

@@DavidLeon140m3Quiet 🤡

@microdesigns2000 6 лет назад

"Dis packs HAD AS A RACK".

@Austin17070 6 лет назад

I can't stop laughing! Why can't I thumbs up this comment more times?!

@dannycondeii 5 лет назад

😂😂😂😂😂

@Lauren-ug7ke 5 лет назад

My mother is fluent. Me too after a couple drinks. Phonetically you'd spell it HAHD AZ A RAWWK

@jmad318 3 года назад

Hahd ahsa rahk

@wcsd9577 5 лет назад

Forget about the asphalt patch, I want to know more about the dry well and all those pipes.

@fbksfrank4 3 года назад

Water from inside the house, or more likely water from around the house being directed to the drywell, to be dispersed away from the house down the grade.

@nathan4233 2 года назад

Yep, water is usually diverted to a dry well so it can easily dissipate into the ground

@faisalmalik368 6 лет назад

Y the hell is this acoount and its videos so addictive 😣

@TheOnlyTominator 3 года назад

I spend my weekends watching home repair videos while my house falls apart around me.

@microdesigns2000 3 года назад

@@TheOnlyTominator You can always move to a newer home and allow that home to crumble around you. Or you can work on the smallest room in your house. One at a time.

@pelc0420 7 лет назад

Want to know how my city repairs potholes? One Easy Step... They Don't!

@RANGEROVER13 6 лет назад

I live in Dallas and I’m guessing you do also lol. Streets here are horrible.

@fluorcyl6112 3 года назад

@War Machine I live in the Detroit area. Here they don't even bother to put garbage in the holes. As you drive over it your car slowly falls apart and that fills the hole in! Obviously I'm kidding but might as well be true. Our roads suffer because it can easily be in the middle 90s in the summer and well below zero in the winter.

@drew8238 3 года назад

sounds about right

@kaseywilkey4579 7 лет назад

she was really putting in some work😂😂😂

@rawbacon 4 года назад

Thousand times better than the road commission does around here fixing potholes.

@ysl_tony4904 5 лет назад

The black stuff he put at the end looks so satisfying

@jpbiscaro8694 4 года назад

I came here after watching park and recs. Thanks Ron Swanson

@phaonthomas6094 4 года назад

5:00 Woman *standing on the fresh asphalt* “Would you believe you can walk on this right now?” “No”

@jmad318 3 года назад

I've been on a jobsite where Tommy was filming a scene. It's all very scripted. Took about 10 minutes of takes to film 60 seconds of footage

@beptex2858 3 года назад

@@jmad318 so there is someone telling you or do they have to memorize stuff? Just wondering

@jmad318 3 года назад

@@beptex2858 ya, there's someone directing, reviewing scenes, going over camera angles, tweaking dialogue. It's all real jobsites and contractors though. Just slightly polished

@beptex2858 3 года назад

@@jmad318 cool

@RyanWinter 6 лет назад

OMG, that circular saw near the power cord at 4:20 was freaking me out!

@biggreenblob 6 лет назад

why?>

@SunnyFLBoy 6 лет назад

you mean at 4:12

@mattkaplan1316 5 лет назад

And the water as well

@Fattony6666 2 года назад

@@mattkaplan1316 are you still afraid of water 3 years later?

@flat-earther Год назад

Don't worry it wasn't even close. BTW Ryan I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.

@damonm7541 3 года назад

Roger: “Turn the shovel the other way” Homeowner: “This way?” Roger: “Yeah” Love the TOH dialogue.

@blacklanner5795 5 лет назад

Forwarding this video to Caltrans every morning.

@samsngdevice5103 3 года назад

1:14 Looks like we're starting to find some stuff. leather gloves, shovel, trash bags, receipt from Wal-Mart, Ah hah! it's murder in this neighborhood.

@mattthomas4026 6 лет назад

I swear every city road crew filling pot holes I've witnessed. They just dump a few shovel full of asphalt and to tamp it down they smack it with the shovel. That's how I thought potholes were fixed. I had no idea there's a correct way to properly fill the hole.

@Kyle17206 6 лет назад

Matt Thomas they probably purposely do it wrong so they’re still employed when they come back next year to “fix” it again

@mattp1482 6 лет назад

Imagine doing this for all the potholes... they would still be on the same road ten years later.. meanwhile you are late to work from the traffic back up cause guys are laying on the road digging three feet down

@johnmarston2527 6 лет назад

No, that's when you repave the fucking road.

@hammertime7349 5 лет назад

Replace the rd. Yea right then people bitch cause taxes go up. Can’t have it both way

@jgood005 4 года назад

@@mattp1482 You mean 1 guy digs 3 feet down... 1 shovel per hour... while the other 17 people on the crew stand around

@mijalic1 2 года назад

Great instruction. Thank you for the time and effort you took to make this video and share it with us. Greetings from Croatia.

@youarerightboss 6 лет назад

PENDOT and PA Commonwealth municipalities need to learn this procedure.

@m.savage8318 6 лет назад

Dicky Ball LMAO yeah right.

@youarerightboss 6 лет назад

Chad K, you must ride they PENDOT gravy train. Fix the roads, bum!

@MoparGuy1625 5 лет назад

Dicky Ball same w NJ

@flat-earther Год назад

Tricky I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.

@joseepeej3004 6 лет назад

You Sr. are a great guy.

@miltonnegron65 5 лет назад

Excellent video Thanks

@daniellecomeau2996 Год назад

Roger is the best.

@jamesburton1050 5 лет назад

Wow that's deep!!

@RichAlienWesna Год назад

Brilliant video I learned a lot .

@PROJECT_936_dot_NET 3 года назад

First-rate exhibition You have inspired me to work on my channel, thanks. 🐼

@westtv1587 8 лет назад

thank you fort the videos good job guys

@flat-earther Год назад

West I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.

@BossChronicles 7 лет назад

great demonstration i learned a ton

@Blazen747 10 месяцев назад

Ikr me too 😊

@Rambam1776 Год назад

That was so satisfying

@bahadirakcam5301 6 лет назад

My this is how my TOH show became an Indiana Jones movie ;) It would be fun to find some ancient gold in that old wooden barrel.

@michaeljin9043 3 года назад

Now I learned something and could apply the knowledge to fill many holes in my parking lot. I was about to worry kids might come over for adventure rides. But where could I get a diamond cutter and how much it could cost me?

@jrgaln 3 года назад

Awesome video

@brepilman6210 4 года назад

white sneakers with some black asphalt perfect combo

@bert26a 8 лет назад

Usually potholes are caused by water freezing and thawing and penetrating in to the pavement and finally popping out a pothole.

@husseinkemal1194 6 лет назад

woah..

@ZennaHarajli 6 лет назад

bert26a yes the ground expansion due to the winter, creating air pockets underneath. I made a funny video on potholes. Check it out if you want to laugh

@MultiArmy2012 7 лет назад

Great vid

@eduardoherrera4894 3 года назад

would love to drive there in a hot summer day great fix right?

@MultiArmy2012 7 лет назад

Hey can you make o video on how to use an edger

@thekid4698 5 лет назад

This old House needs to come to Philadelphia and teach them how to fix roads they don't know how to

@flat-earther Год назад

the kid I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.

@auntmelisa8689 5 лет назад

I’ve seen potholes bigger on the highway here in Minnesota.

@lhanna42 2 года назад

Cutting the edges first would have been my choice, then once the hole is cleaned out continue the process. One of the most important items is to know just how compact to tamp the hold. Too much compaction and the asphalt pothole mix will crack.

@mattseymour8637 6 лет назад

Can you use a normal diamond blade for cutting stone or does it have to be a special one for cutting ashfelt?

@NoName-pw9qw 6 лет назад

Matt Seymour regular diamond blade

@dilloncollins5092 4 года назад

idk but this is dope

@napoleonibonaparte7198 4 года назад

Fix it with FlexTape!

@jmad318 3 года назад

Now that's a lot of damage

@shaunbarnes4420 3 года назад

Black duct tape

@flat-earther Год назад

Bonaparte I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.

@RockoYourSocksoff 6 лет назад

Put a bag of concrete in, wet it, finish, paint black when dry.

@symbioticvenom6456 6 лет назад

and repair it in again in another month or two....

@PoeCompany 6 лет назад

symbiotic venom money for the cement company. The cycle continues

@ZennaHarajli 6 лет назад

Rocko good idea 👌 I made a funny video on potholes. Check it out if you want to laugh

@flat-earther Год назад

ROcko I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.

@aaronburke1587 10 месяцев назад

@@flat-earther joe biden

@candis9693 2 года назад

Roger!

@KreSade01 6 лет назад

Come on lady get some dirt on that shovel.

@johnmarston2527 6 лет назад

I literally said out loud, "This bitch doesn't know how to use a fucking shovel" when i saw her digging.

@venividivici4253 5 лет назад

Yeah I was surprised. Probably she never touched a shovel her whole life.

@oldtwinsna8347 3 года назад

These scenes are staged anyway. The homeowner only does some action for the camera and they have a regular crewmember who does the rest of the digging.

@emperorsanders5744 3 месяца назад

Can I use cement instead of pack?

@petreyankovski8845 4 года назад

First you dig a well, and then you fill it. Got it. :)

@san379 7 лет назад

i would of just bought 2 bags of coldpatch n filled the pothole n tamped it

@Nuke21 6 лет назад

@san379 I agree, they made it a thousand times more complicated than it needed to be. Some asphalt companies around my area in Idaho will come and use their extra on a pothole like this for free if you ask them ahead of time when they are getting rid of excess

@gfriedman99 5 лет назад

Have

@shaunatate7740 Месяц назад

@@Nuke21really? Wonder if this is the case all over the US.

@Nuke21 25 дней назад

@@shaunatate7740 It's worth asking local asphalt companies in your area for sure

@erikhopkins9488 4 года назад

Roger, I was wondering if you could fix the city of Chicago?

@flat-earther Год назад

Erik I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.

@gyanmarcoflores7965 4 года назад

Now I'm ready to build an overpass

@snuckyr 6 лет назад

81 archeologists got jealous and disliked the video

@flat-earther Год назад

Haha BTW Chris I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.

@starburstphilly1 4 года назад

Why wasn't the dry-well repaired in case it ever got used again?

@kleifdalaguit5540 Год назад

'salute to these private citizens

@RayleighCriterion 3 года назад

Most cold patch bagged asphalt never lasts, use Aquaphalt instead which has 3 year guarantee.

@kikingkiking7616 5 лет назад

Do you have to wait that long to seal coat? Or you can seal coat driveway right away after repair?

@richardedwards9349 2 года назад

best to wait till it hah dins

@CHEECHMUN Год назад

@@richardedwards9349 hardens!

@flat-earther Год назад

kiking I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.

@yggdrssil00 6 лет назад

In my country they put a layer of crushed granite before pouring down the asphalt. Maybe thats why i dont see that kind of pothole around

@flat-earther Год назад

sam I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.

@kylefowler5082 5 лет назад

i want to know where you buy "pack". In the video he has a bag of the stuff however Home Depot or Lowe's dont seem to have anything like it. I noticed that the bag is unlabeled. I did a little research and found that I believe some people call it "hard pack" but still couldn't find the product.

@venividivici4253 5 лет назад

Order it from Amazon. And the bag actually has some labels on it if you look carefully.

@kylefowler5082 5 лет назад

@@venividivici4253 you are right there are labels on the bag that you can read if you view the video in high def and in slow motion lol. The label is most clear at 3:24 So what he is using is actually "paver base" which I didnt know was a thing until now. Looking for "pack" through Google doesn't lead one in the right direction. I do electrical work for a living and always try to call parts by their official name not their slang names because slang names mean different things to different people. Case in point is this video, I was way off base on what was being used!

@richardedwards9349 2 года назад

@@kylefowler5082 or manufacturers name kliens, official name lineman pliers. now manufacturers name channel locks should also be the official name, don'tcha think

@fins59 2 года назад

@@kylefowler5082 Well spotted, that's 'Patio/Paver Base' on the bag.

@deanslegos1990 4 года назад

4:20 started shaking my phone

@agentcorbeau3530 Год назад

What is the name of the stone dust used to fill up the hole Avsilable vat home depot

@buzoff4642 Год назад

"paver base", at big box stores, or "hard pack", if you're getting it [by the yard] from a landscape supplier.

@seangoodwin8759 6 лет назад

what is that stuff that he fills the hole with?

@flat-earther Год назад

I think it's paver base. BTW Sean I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.

@Jordan22220 5 лет назад

Anyone ever tell them about a post hole digger?

@NytronX 6 лет назад

3:57: Where do I buy a wet saw like this? edit: On the second view, it looks like it's just a circular saw with a water hose ghetto rigged to it?

@DDWES 4 года назад

Nytron with a diamond blade, hose is to cool the blade and help prevent dust

@flat-earther Год назад

Nytron, Deckstar I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.

@shaunatate7740 Месяц назад

@@flat-eartherwhy in the hell are you spamming the threads you friggin nutjob loon

@seantheoriginal86 8 лет назад

if it were me, i wud backfill the same crap that came out of the hole back in,compact it in layers and finish with the asphalt

@TDPEquinox 7 лет назад

That's how you get another pothole in the same spot a year later.

@crapper1 7 лет назад

or a hell of a dip in 3 months as it settles the voids till the winter and the whole thing fails

@kurtvonfricken6829 4 года назад

The best asphalt patch on the market is aquaphault. It certainly doesn’t require that step with the circular saw.

@bobmorell355 Год назад

Thanks for the tip! I'm going to give it a try!

@BeastmowedNEPA Год назад

Of course it does I use it all the time you must cut to square the edges

@Astinsan 6 лет назад

Pack is just crushed stone right?

@erowidoz 6 лет назад

dense graded base

@walterbrob 3 года назад

Called crusher run

@zaidalabosy9113 5 лет назад

Must put prime coat after asphalt

@Giggiyygoo 2 года назад

I have a gaper like this smack dab in the middle of my driveway. I should really do this before the Amazon delivery guy falls in and needs to be rescued.

@flat-earther Год назад

Did you do it yet? BTW Giggitygoo I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. Link in my about tab.

@shaunatate7740 Месяц назад

I can do everything else myself but I don't have a diamond blade wet saw. Ugh...

@carlocalore7362 5 лет назад

Tombini a livelloooo!

@lrodriguez9315 6 лет назад

wait did he cut right by the cord ?

@stalkerspike 4 года назад

Can you teach my City?

@chipe.stewart9576 10 месяцев назад

looks familiar 😂

@marcobarron4743 7 лет назад

#LIT

@X152535 6 лет назад

Where do I throw all that dug up dirt?

@zaxarispetixos8728 5 лет назад

2:22 can i have a pack of pack?

@marceltartan4747 5 лет назад

He's the brain , she's the muscle .Ha ha !!!!!

@mickypitt7610 5 лет назад

A wock or a pateo

@tyshaverr 5 лет назад

Anyone else notice the girls hard work ethic 😂😂😂

@flat-earther Год назад

Tyrell I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.

@cecilhenry9908 6 лет назад

Wow, well done, but that was a lot more work than it initially appeared to be.

@flat-earther Год назад

Cecil I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.

@bg147 6 лет назад

I like this lady. She seems laid back and stylish.

@flat-earther Год назад

bg I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.

@Shadow_wo1f05 3 года назад

Yeah “dry well” aka there was gold and someone took it and try to cover it up lol

@sharpshooter012345 5 лет назад

Put a cover on it lol

@Ljokerz 6 лет назад

OMG 4:09 almost cuts the power cord

@flat-earther Год назад

Wasn't even close to worry about it... BTW Mathieu I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.

@garypoteshman570 Год назад

They need to use perma-patch permanent pavement repair cold patch

@airjones45 5 лет назад

City of Houston take notes

@EnjoyCalculus 4 года назад

Roger and his stone dust

@steelhere5519 6 лет назад

This is the first time I've seen a black person on this show.

@actionnew 4 года назад

Me too I been watching it since the 80s

@flat-earther Год назад

Steel, Action I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.

@artfay8382 2 года назад

didnt Ron Swanson explain how to do this

@henrypaulperalta1748 11 дней назад

Does this stuff actually work ? Asking for a buddy that feels like he can do this and wants to bid a bigger area😂

@noname6979 6 лет назад

I cant see the other person

@ShakespeareCafe 3 года назад

HOME DEPOT----there I said it...home center my a$$

@heathdetweilerRealtor 3 года назад

That’s literally what she said 1:21

@Patrk38 5 лет назад

is there anything he can't fix?

@flat-earther Год назад

Patrk I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.

@MotleyStew 5 лет назад

4:34 close your eyes and listen "..nice and even all the way through .. we can't do anything until it's nice and wet.." Giggidy giggidy..

@flat-earther Год назад

Motley I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.

@mr.mckinnon5680 3 года назад

I should forward this video to Gretchen Whitmer's office. WILL SOMEONE FIND THAT WOMAN A DAMNED ROAD TO FIX?

@trevorc4052 4 года назад

Next Fall: Asphalt still hasn't cured...

@aaronbeast11 8 лет назад

More how to

@tiernan1876 8 лет назад

The whole channel is about how to do stuff and sometimes they fix houses

@dazedconfuzed6 8 лет назад

+aaronbeast11 They have more than 30 years worth of footage all on "How to", what more do you want?

@ricos5549 6 лет назад

Cold patch is temporary

@maximslesarev6285 4 года назад

In the long run, everything is temporary.

@flat-earther Год назад

RICO, MAXIM I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.