Driveway Pothole Repair - Asphalt Driveway Repair

You can make a permanent pothole repair in your driveway with a pothole patch. I've had great results from Henry products. I like how easy this Henry pothole patch is to work with. I've used a bagged pothole patch that came out in chucks and was difficult to spread.

You can fill holes in 2" layers, tamping each 2" layer before applying more product. You can spread the pothole patch with a trowel, rake or shove. You want to fill the hole 1 1/2" above the finished surface before tamping.

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[MrAnklebreakA]

I love all of the comments from people who have clearly never worked with asphalt or cold patch. Do you people not realize that this video was made for home owners who most likely do not have access to tampers or hot mix or asphalt saws? Working for my city’s street division for the past 7 years I can tell you cold patch will hold up in a scenario like this for months years possibly if it is done right it even will hold up on high traffic roadways if compacted enough. Do any of you even realize how expensive hot patch is and that you can only buy it by 1/4 ton increments? This saved the home owner money and was a great fix. Rather then calling a paving company and spending an arm and a leg for work that didnt need to be done they did it themselves. Enough from you arm chair quarterbacks who have never used the stuff more then twice in your life.

[sharonmaclise]

Didn't know you could repair a pothole over top of broken asphalt. Thought you had to break it up completely, clean it out, cut clean edges with a concrete saw, add gravel before pouring the asphalt in and tamping. This is much easier. You learn something new everyday. Going to try it - hope it works... and lasts. Thanks for this.

[jodyrohde]

The is a helluva lot better option than the $33, 000 bid we just got! Thanks! You have another new subscriber!

[keithfrank]

Simple and direct . My drive was recently repaved there are some areas that need caulking and some small spots where the drive connects with the road that need small patches before seal coating ( no complaints the pavers did a great job ) this vid helps a great deal . Thanks

[nygreenguy]

I love this channel because it shows you literally everything.

[hawkeyestiguy]

Great video! You have a new subscriber! This is precisely what I was looking for. I recently bought a walk-up ice cream business that has about a 2" depression in front of the order window. Our asphalt lot will be replaced next season, but this is a great option for a temporary fix. Most of what I was seeing online was to cut it out & patch it, but that's far more work & expense than it is worth for my situation.

[mijalic]

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

[OutThere]

You could also use a hand grinder to create a milled edge around the perimeter, creating a smooth, flush join.

[roy]

if you clean out the hole good and coat it with roofing tar then patch it will last a long time. the tar bonds it and seals out water

[daveroller]

Thank you so much for sharing! I was about to call someone to do it, but with the economy being uncertain, I think this video illustrates how easy it is to do it yourself and I'm definitely going to go that route.

[richardburchett]

Thank you, thank you. I will try this. We had a place on the edge of the driveway broken up when the neighbors had a large tree cut down and fell on it. Since it's on the edge, I think I will build a small form on the edge and fill inside. Thanks again; I had no idea where to start.

[PacoOtis]

Thanks Dude! We definitely owe you a beer!

[mikesmith]

Great video, I think you should mention that a warm day is bes since the material gets harder to work with when it is cold out

[tanyadavis]

Looks very easy. My backyard walkway is asphalt and I have a hole about the size in the video. I will be doing this repair in the spring. I'm so glad a saw this video.😁

[stephencarmichael]

Driveway sealer makes a patch not want to stick and peal off in shot order. use a propane torch to heat up the area and burn off some seal coat then slap on a patch while it's good and hot.

[gse]

Great Video, I have almost the same scenario for my driveway. Very informative and now I know exactly what I need to do. Thanks!

[williamjackson]

A similar tamper can be had for 27.99 from Harbor Freight. So if you need one more than once it might be a good option. It would be less if you can get a coupon.

[timothymathis]

Thank you for letting me know that it takes three weeks for the repair to be ready to be resurfaced. I had someone repair and refinish my small driveway. He did not repair any cracks and the asphalt repair looks like patchwork. He did not refinish it at all. It looks like a child did it. I am going to repair the cracks and I will use crack filler on the asphalt repair myself, and I will refinish the entire driveway with another coat. Weeds are already coming through the driveway cracks after two weeks. I paid $1000 for a $300 job. It took me hours to figure out how and when to refinish a driveway after asphalt driveway repair. Once I do all that and I fill in the cracks, then maybe it will look like a $1000 job.

[babydragonsoapers]

I think this kind of video is very satisfying 😂

[fifocrew]

Thanks, there were some good tips in that.