How to Patch A Hole In your Driveway / Blacktop

Learn how to patch a hole in your driveway the right way using either a cold patch or hot blacktop. The best way would be to use a demo saw to cut the hole square ensuring the edges are as thick as you can get it.

[@lynnlynn983]

I am a middle aged women..I don't know beans about any DIY projects.. but I find your videos so interesting and informative... Makes me want to fix things around the house by myself for the first time!! Great videos!

[@glovefet]

nice fella, seems to be genuine and cares about the job he's doing.

[@Askmediy]

Thank you so much.

[@MilosStevanovic1]

It is always nice to see people like this who just know what they do.

[@siroos7]

Many Thanks for a great tutorial and an entertaining one too! I have been pounding away my anger at the pavement companies that cut corners and screw their customers by putting down less than 3 inches of asphalt.

[@AdrianJayeOnline]

I was going to skip your video, when you pulled out the cutter.... BUT it does make TOTAL sense... nice job

[@giseliapereira777]

Thank you for the video, saves me replacing my whole driveway.

[@OB1974]

Again a very well explained procedure on how to fix a common problem. Keep them coming!

[@jimmedeirosrepairexperienc9441]

Very impressed with your video I liked all the attention you paid to the details of the repair.ThanksJimmyCambridge,MA

[@BidCrushr]

Dude you make THE BEST videos !! I watch each and every single one of them. You explain everything in clear english with none of that fancy smancy shop talk. Its what what i like best about your video turorials. GREAT JOB :0). Keep em coming !!!!

[@mjrmjr4]

Thanks for making this video. I learned what I needed to, and you are great on camera.

[@marka.denham6858]

Thanks bud. This helped a lot. Best demo video on this topic I have come across.

[@Fallen2Dope]

great video...I run my own landscape company and I'm opening it to handy man/maintenance services because I like doing stuff like this I can't wait for spring so I can start this myself!

[@johnmeyers3844]

great video. I’m going to get a saw and cut the edges square like he demonstrates. I appreciate the tutorial.

[@threeque]

Thanks for the video. I always wondered about that patch in a bag stuff. Looks like an OK repair.

[@uhs5441]

Bravo Dominic.Good job.Thanks.

[@fritzhvac]

Hey Dom !!! What a Great Professional Job Brother !!! You are the Man !!! Hope Yall are Safe with that Nasty Storm coming my Friend !!! Take Care, Fritz ...

[@Paul-lm5gv]

Dominic. Great tips! I laughed a couple times too! You'd be fun to have around for any DIY project!

[@Askmediy]

LOL you bet ya. Thank you so much

[@rjmlakota]

Great video! I will be doing this tonight!

[@cskye6529]

Just a note to all. You do not need to rent that enormous saw just to cut out the asphalt, especially with as shallow as his asphalt is, inch and a half. Mine was 3 inches at least. Just get a 7" segmented diamond blade asphalt or masonry saw blade at Ace Hardware or Harbor Freight for $25 and attach it to your circular saw . Tape the guard back and wear gloves, eye protection, ear protection and a dust/paint mask and maybe use a little water spray to keep the dust down. (that was my mistake and everything got covered in dust). Ace hardware has the blades more specific for asphalt. For some reason the big home stores don't. Save yourself a lot of money. Don't worry it cuts through it quickly.

[@geneirvine9710]

Good instructive video! Thanks!

[@jimmyoalfaro]

Thanks for this great video!

[@1new-man]

Awesome! Very helpful post.

[@zeghjt231]

best repair video

[@spelunkerd]

I love watching your videos, Dominick. Funny, educational, interesting. Would it help to use a big torch to cure the new blacktop? Would it help to use one of those vibrating tampers? Should you build it up a little higher to avoid a divot as the material settles?

[@Nicebuoy666]

Good job. Thanks from Australia

[@Askmediy]

Thanks for watching!

[@GerryStilton]

That was great video, thanks so much!

[@Askmediy]

Glad I could help out.

[@mattseymour8637]

Thanks for the info. So i will be ok using a standard blade for concrete etc and won't damage it?

[@freetobememe4358]

Exactly how I will fix mine. Thanks bunches.

[@freetobememe4358]

Had to come back and say, Thank You for showing us how to.

[@russwelday]

Thanks, good video.

[@ZacMclaughlin]

Have you ever added heat (propane torch) to cold patch to actually make it more like hot asphalt? Im used to buying 1-3T of hot but it really is a pain in the ass to transport all that when you only need 1/4T or so. I also have a power tamper/ all the equipment for working with hot but I'd like similar results as the hot with some of this. Cold patch usually takes forever to really cure which is a pain for foot traffic areas. I was thinking get it good and hot, power tamp and mist with diesel to harden... thoughts?

[@ricardopineda6138]

Good job 👍⛏️⛏️⛏️👍 greetings from México 🇲🇽👍

[@DominickAmorosso]

Thank you. Greetings from New York

[@inhibited44]

Nice video. Certainly better than the directions on the bag of quickete. I will have to get a tamper and try it on my 10 x 10' busted driveway. Sounds like a good job for the Hulk!. Hulk SMASH!!

[@GreenfurbLtd]

Nice vid. Thanks for sharing

[@Askmediy]

Always my pleasure. Thank you

[@lehairline5181]

Nice vid. My concrete driveway entrance has a pretty bad slope that scratches the bottom of my car when entering or leaving, I'm trying to fix it myself. Would you recommend an angle grinder? Thanks

[@donnibrasko1]

Thnx Dominick!

[@3Dsjk]

Great video, I have to do a bunch of patches in my driveway this summer. Can an angle grinder with a diamond bit work to cut out some smaller areas?

[@Typhlosion100]

Definitely wear a face guard and gloves to save yourself

[@marcinlenski3857]

Thank you. As we here (Poland) also have some water/ice winter problems and I did not understand what you use to seal old/new asphalt - can you write it, please?

[@Alasdairryan]

What about a 1,1/2 foot road crossing would cold tar be ok?

[@3greatgreyhounds3]

Wow found a lot of videos I like on your channel! Yes!!! Do u have a video also on how to level a driveway that is holding some water in some low spots? The tree roots messed it up... :o/// Thought I saw a video one time on KZbin of someone pouring some leveling stuff down...but didn't know what it was called or it was on tv. LOL 4:48 awesome!

[@Askmediy]

Thank you

[@ramonmurodiaz]

THANKS Excelent Videos

[@Rizz375]

great video, thanks

[@Askmediy]

Thank you

[@Paulie_O]

Thanks for sharing!

[@Askmediy]

Thanks for watching!

[@GregK9]

How long do you have to wait before you can put sealer over it???

[@shawnchapman1479]

Were you on howard stern once?

[@bigbeard6676]

What would you fill the hole with if it's much deeper because the soil underneath washed out?

[@mattseymour8637]

good video! is the blade you are using a general concrete blade or a special ashfelt one?

[@Askmediy]

I really don't remember. Either one works.

[@whez08]

For a smaller but deeper hole would cement be ok?

[@Askmediy]

Yes you can. But over some time the concrete can and will break up.

[@d4byz]

Hey I like your videoI live on Long Island ny I can't make out the type of saw that u said u are using I can hear it's a diamond blade but can't make out what type of saw u said and how big is that blade I am hoping to rent one this weekend Thanks Doug

[@barbarascugoza1575]

Doug Mayer

[@abesyed4537]

i have pretty big area where I want to use cold patch to repair it. Please let me know if cold patch will work just fine for bigger repair than hot patch.

[@Askmediy]

Sorry to say. No way

[@MrPureSin]

yea the winters here suck. i'm in the finger lakes area...

[@fanfig77200]

what county r u in in new York?

[@domenicd123]

just a little advice to people, if you prep a little patch like that and call a few paving companys to see if theyll litterally throw a few shovel fulls of asphalt in it for you when they are in the area they might do it... 50-75$ they might help you out. also if you prep your own driveway it will save you alot. another option the owner of this driveway could do is to top this driveway. it would add 15-20 years to the life of it.

[@jgehbinv]

What do you do if this is on the end of a driveway, where half of the area you see in this video is against the grass and you have allot of water moving through this area when it rains?

[@Askmediy]

Proper drainage is always good to have. You would fill in sides with dirt to make more support.

[@Askmediy]

LOL, Thank you.

[@genergoebel]

Hi Dominic, I work at a state park on a rail trail and we experience an extremely high volume of people everyday and we have multiple areas that need to be fixed. At one location someone decided to start a fire on the trail while they were fishing during the winter. Previous employees over the years (before me) have tried to fix it with poor results. Another area has some tree root damage and has actually raised the blacktop a good inch or two and it goes from one side of the trail to the other and split the blacktop in half. So here are some questions I have for you if you can spare a few moments. 1) By cutting the edges smooth and then filling it in is it more likely that the patch will fail because it's not actually binding to the sides (like adding rebar to concrete) or does blacktop not work that way because of the tar mixture added in with the stone acting like a glue to the smooth sides. 2) How long does it have to set before it can start to experience High foot, bicycle, and rollerblade traffic? 3) How will blacktop sealer help improve the patch? Thank you for your time and video, Gene G.

[@eaf-target-xx2745]

Maybe its because i do asphalt, but id never recommend cold patch. It can be there for a year, and if you have someone turn their tires on it when its a beautiful 80 degrees, its going to tear up with the same consistency as when you put it in. Go to an asphalt plant, pick up asphalt chunks. The chunks that look like they were fresh black too that they didnt need. Use a propane torch, heat the chunks up and spread them in the hole

[@Askmediy]

So do I. I also know that around here they won't just let anyone get out of their Toyota to pick "some blacktop" up. That's why I make DIY videos. Not to be used by the pro.

[@eaf-target-xx2745]

+askmediy i hear that. I do alot of side work. Im the dump truck driver for a small asphalt company, i pull the equipment and bring material, so when we clean the paver out, i save the chunks.

[@brandonshreve7450]

Anthony White aquaphalt thank me later

[@esemr.nobody8945]

How can I cover potholes? I need some advice or guidance on how to cover potholes on my streets.

[@crankshaft1053]

Ese Mr.Nobody don’t

[@JTGuzinski]

how long should you wait to seal the driveway. some things say right after, some say 6 months?? good video

[@Askmediy]

Thank you. Not all cold patch is created equal. Read the label on the patch you used.

[@domenicd123]

if its a new driveway? a year. if its patches you can do it immediately... fyi seal-coat dose not do much for the driveway. its mostly cosmetic

[@brandonshreve7450]

JTGuzinski you are very wrong about that proper sealer keeps water and oil from soaking in and eating up the asphalt

[@augustreil]

It also keeps the asphalt from drying out prematurely.

[@williampilla2978]

What kind of saw with a diamond blade?

[@DominickAmorosso]

That's a demo saw. Not cheap lol. It's better to just rent one.

[@jessegarcia123]

After you put the cold patch you can drive over it to compact it instead of tamping it

[@brandonshreve7450]

Jessesweet 1 ehh that's a half assed way to do it and it generally looks like shit trust me roll it or tamp it

[@youtuuba]

Yes, you CAN do it that way, but it will be seriously half-assed, and will not hold up as well as compacting it properly. Even better than these tamping plates is a tamping attachment on an electric hammer (as in a rotary hammer with the rotation turned off, or one of those semi-pro electric jack hammers). The problem with those hand operated tampers is that there is a tendency to only whack each part of the area a few times, whereas with a tamping attachment on an electric hammer, the tamping will happen many more times in a given part of the area, and so it will compact better. In my view, the main reason that cold patch products have a bad reputation with so many people is that so many people apply that product poorly; failing to make clean straight sides, failing to provide a solid and stable substrate, and failing to completely compact the product.

[@davidredden8361]

This dude was on an episode of Kitchen Nightmares!

[@lorenloken1715]

I have several potholes in a commercial drive thur . Will cold mix stand up to constant car traffic? I'm going to try to fix them myself by cutting them out.

[@Askmediy]

Not really. But it's going to really depend on how wide and thick they are.

[@lorenloken1715]

They are small. Maybe 2x2. Where the cars continously stop. I have six of them. No contactor wants to deal with that small of a job. They want to rip out the Hole drive thur and start new

[@Askmediy]

That's big for cold patch. Yeah I know what you mean. That's why we do good on doing pot holes. Ask around you should be able to find someone to drop and fill in their time and cheap. Where abouts are you?

[@lorenloken1715]

Crookston, MN

[@Askmediy]

Little far for me lol.

[@captainjoey8239]

My hole (1ft x 7ft) is at the edge of my driveway. Where it meets the street. Is there anything special that I need to consider?

[@Askmediy]

Cold patch really won't do well on an edge. It's just too soft.

[@johns6]

What would you use instead on an edge?

[@Askmediy]

Same stuff really. But it will take a long time to get really hard, so you'll not want to drive on it anytime soon.

[@incyphe]

great video. wish this stuff was cheaper. That's minimum $10 worth of materials into that hole....

[@littlejoesandoval5484]

I use tack around the edges so it won’t pull away due to expansion and contraction

[@Askmediy]

Awesome idea

[@Askmediy]

I wouldn't for a long time. This type of patch requires a long time to dry and get real hard.

[@marcmetat1208]

You look like vin diesel!

[@samurphy]

How much is your driveway worth when the ice gets in there and makes a hole worse?

[@josegarcia303]

Vin Diesel!!!

[@GregK9]

we're talkin' a few months?

[@solohoh]

What's the cost for repairing one hole like that one?

[@louiesheets]

solohoh one of them bags is like 12 bucks at lowes

[@uhs5441]

Handyman can charge abt 120$ minimum.

[@CeicelRockMonster]

The manufacture don't recommend sealing for at least 6 mo after application until it cures

[@Askmediy]

Yeah this stuff take forever to really harden up.

[@AlmostReady504]

Okay. How about if you don't have access to the power tools.? Have to thank Egyptian Pyramids here.

[@Askmediy]

Just play the cold patch in the hole and stomp it down with your foot.

[@Rob-hx6on]

Good video, very helpful. You need a pair of knee pads though, your older self will thank you.

[@Askmediy]

Thank you, will do

[@Askmediy]

Toilet paper always worked for me.

[@crazyhandshands9028]

You forgot to put adhesive on the edge

[@GPerry-mk3dp]

Recovery?🤔

[@Askmediy]

What do you mean?

[@sweetkellymay]

If your mad at anybody....4:41 ...Bosses, Ex-wife's ...

[@Askmediy]

It works best of you have a X wife to think about.

[@Askmediy]

Orange County

[@majoralpha1015]

Where did you get 1000 dollars for the saw 😂

[@Askmediy]

Where did I get the 1k or where did I get the saw for 1k?

[@majoralpha1015]

Where did the number come from . That’s awfully high .

[@Askmediy]

@@majoralpha1015 Not really. It's more like 1,450. today... They're not cheap by no means... And mine is a stihl, top of the line.

[@DrCanadianGamer]

you're complaining about it being one and a half inches thick my driveway is about three quarters of a inch thick and its needing a lot of repairs

[@augustreil]

Finished driveways should be at least 3'' for maximum strength and durability.

[@Askmediy]

Works ok. But not like the real deal. Over time it's ok

[@KeithDeley]

American shovel's 😂😂😂😂😂 what about the banding around the edges of the patch.