driveway repairs | River's world…..

In the summer of 2023 we had our old driveway torn up and replaced. It cost an arm and a leg (seriously, I think I could buy prosthetics for less) and we expected it to last a long time.

This was last week.

When after months of complaining to the manager of the company about a weak spot in front of our garage that was starting to break up, my husband got satisfaction.

Or did he?

A full crew showed up free of charge and maneuvered what looked like a mattress into place.

Turns out it’s a tar heater which melted the offending spots.

I watched and photographed from the window for hours while they worked on the bad section.

The end result?

Hideous.

A black jigsaw puzzle.

This is supposed to solve the problem but to be honest I don’t think it will as the surface looks just as pocked as before.

And to make matters worse?

They rested the flaming mattress on our lawn and browned a perfect rectangle.

Grrr…

The day we’d been waiting for finally arrived .

A temporary mailbox had been installed…

The blockade was removed….

And paving commenced.

The crew pulled in at 7:30am with the big machine but a lot had to happen before they fired up that baby.

Spray painting for instance.

But when the dump truck with the hot tar arrived, things really kicked into high gear.

The bump out parking area was the first spot to be paved.

And I have to say … those laborers I photographed sitting down playing with their phones really earned their pay this day.

Time is of the essence when the tar is hot and they were positively trotting while dumping wheelbarrow after wheelbarrow full of the heavy stuff into place.