Cracks and repair

Crack filling, potholes, patches, edges, weeds and other fixes for damaged asphalt. 118 guides, A to Z.

• A Level Landing in Front of the Garage Door

  The last stretch of driveway at the garage should be a controlled landing so water does not run in and the car does not hang up on a sharp grade break.

• A Stump Buried Under an Asphalt Driveway

  A stump or buried log rots, collapses, and leaves a dip in the driveway above it. The asphalt has to come out, the wood has to come out, and the hole needs compacted backfill before you patch.

• Asphalt Apron: What It Is and How to Repair It

  The apron is where a driveway meets the street or garage, and it's often the first part to sink or crack. What causes the damage and how it's repaired.

• Asphalt Bleeding: Shiny, Sticky Spots on Your Driveway

  Shiny, tar-like patches that get sticky in summer are asphalt bleeding. Why binder rises to the surface and the repair options, from sand to replacement.

• Asphalt Crack Filler: Types, When to Use & DIY Tips

  Rubberized pourable, caulk-tube or hot pour? Which asphalt crack filler fits each crack width and climate, how to prep, and when a crack needs more.

• Asphalt Crack Repair Tape: Does It Actually Work?

  Asphalt crack tape is fast and tidy, but it isn't right for every crack. How the heat-applied and peel-and-stick kinds compare with pour-in filler.

• Asphalt Curb and Berm: How Extruded Curbing Works and How Many Tons

  Asphalt curb and berm are extruded from hot mix to guide water and define edges. Shapes, curb machines, pros and cons vs concrete, and tonnage by length.

• Asphalt Driveway Crack Repair Cost: Per Foot & Job Totals

  Pro driveway crack repair often runs about $0.50–$3.00 per linear foot; 50–150 ft of cracks often lands around $100–$400. Trip minimums, DIY cost.

• Asphalt Driveway Edge Repair: Fix Crumbling Edges Before They Spread

  Why asphalt driveway edges crumble, DIY vs hire, planning cost bands per linear foot or patch area, and when to stop patching and rebuild instead.

• Asphalt Driveway Edging Ideas on a Budget

  Cheap ways to give a blacktop driveway a finished edge: gravel bands, reclaimed brick, timbers, and hidden edging, while keeping the asphalt supported.

• Asphalt Driveway Pothole Repair Cost: Patch Price Guide

  Driveway pothole patches often run about $50–$250 per small hole or $8–$25 per sq ft for saw-cut work. Trip minimums, DIY cold patch cost, when to stop.

• Asphalt Driveway Repair Kit: What's Inside and When It Helps

  What an asphalt driveway repair kit usually includes (cleaner, filler, patch, sometimes sealer), when a kit helps vs failed base, plus Amazon search links and a free tonnage calculator.

• Asphalt Driveway Soft Spots: Causes, Diagnosis & Repair

  Spongy or pumping asphalt driveway spots usually mean wet subgrade, thin base, a settled trench or poor drainage. How to diagnose them and when to rebuild.

• Asphalt Driveway Tree Root Damage: Lift, Cracks & Fixes

  How tree roots lift and crack an asphalt driveway, when to prune vs remove the tree, and how to undercut and rebuild the patch so it lasts.

• Asphalt Hot Box: How It Keeps Mix Hot for Patching

  An asphalt hot box is an insulated, heated hopper that keeps hot mix workable for pothole and patch jobs. How they work, sizes, uses, and patch tonnage math.

• Asphalt Patching Services: When to Hire vs DIY

  Asphalt patching services and professional asphalt patching services — what a crew should include (cut, tack, compact), when DIY bags are enough, and why prices are local.

• Asphalt Ramp: Garage, Curb and Driveway Transitions

  How to build an asphalt ramp to a garage, curb or driveway step: plan the slope, key the thin edge, compact it, and estimate tons for a wedge.

• Asphalt Repair: Crack Fill, Patch, Overlay & When to Replace

  Asphalt repair options ranked by damage: crack sealing, patching, overlays, and the signs (alligator cracks, soft base) that mean it's time to replace.

• Asphalt Segregation: Causes, Patterns and Prevention

  Asphalt segregation leaves coarse, open patches with high air voids that ravel early. What causes it, the patterns it leaves and how crews prevent it.

• Asphalt Shingle Cleaner: Removing Black Streaks and Moss Without Wrecking the Roof

  How to choose an asphalt shingle cleaner for black streaks, moss and lichen, apply it safely without pressure washing, and keep growth from coming back.

• Asphalt Shoving: Causes and Repair

  Shoving is asphalt pushed into a ripple or bulge where cars brake, turn, or meet a slab. What causes it, how to spot it, and how it gets repaired.

• Asphalt Tamper: Choosing and Using a Hand Tamper for Patches and Edges

  How to choose and use an asphalt tamper: plate size and weight, handle types, tamping hot mix and cold patch, and when to switch to a plate compactor.

• Backer Rod for Asphalt Cracks: When and How to Use It

  When a driveway crack is too deep or wide for filler alone, foam backer rod saves material and helps the seal last. Sizing, depth, and install tips.

• Bitumen Tape: Self-Adhesive Flashing Tape Uses, Limits and How to Apply It

  Bitumen tape is a self-adhesive rubberized asphalt strip, often foil-faced, for sealing flashing, gutters, roof seams and metal joints. Uses and limits.

• Block Cracking Across an Asphalt Driveway

  Block cracking divides the surface into large rectangles. It often means the asphalt has aged and shrunk. Tight blocks can be sealed. Blocks that rock and pump need reconstruction.

• Can You Reheat Asphalt?

  Asphalt can be reheated, but only with the right equipment. How infrared heaters and hot boxes work, why torches do harm, and what it means for driveways.

• Can You Use Cold Patch in the Rain?

  Some cold patch products can go into a wet pothole and others can't. How to tell which you have, and how to get a patch to hold in wet weather.

• Can You Use Cold Patch to Make a Driveway?

  Cold patch is built for holes, not whole driveways. Why paving a driveway with bagged patch is costly and weak, and cheaper options that work better.

• Catch Basin Repair: Why the Asphalt Sinks Around the Grate and How It's Fixed

  Why parking lot and driveway catch basins sink and wash out, how contractors rebuild and reset them, what you can DIY, and how to keep one draining.

• Chewing Gum on Asphalt

  Gum flattens into black dots that stick to shoes. Freeze or scrape it off, and avoid solvents that soften the pavement around the dot.

• Cold Patch Asphalt Cost: Bags, Bulk, and When Hot Mix Wins

  Cold patch asphalt cost by the bag, or by the ton for bulk cold mix: what drives the price, how many bags a pothole needs, and when hot mix is cheaper.

• Cold Patch Asphalt Repair: DIY Holes & Where to Buy

  Cold patch asphalt repair for a defined pothole: clean, fill in lifts, compact. How to find cold patch asphalt near me (yard, hardware, Amazon) without a fake store directory.

• Cold Patch Asphalt: What It Is, How to Use It & Limits

  Cold patch asphalt is bagged mix you compact into a clean hole without a hot-mix truck. How to use it, how it compares with hot mix, and its limits.

• Cold Patch Not Hardening? Why It Stays Soft and How to Fix It

  Cold patch stays soft when it's under-compacted, too thick, wet, or cold. Here's why it happens, how long it really takes to firm up, and how to fix it.

• Crack Down the Middle of Your Asphalt Driveway: Seam Cracks Explained

  A straight crack running down the center of a driveway is usually a paving seam opening up. How to tell a seam from a base problem, and how to seal it.

• Crack Filler Coverage: Linear Feet per Gallon

  How far does a gallon of asphalt crack filler go? Linear feet per gallon by crack width and depth, cartridge coverage, and how to measure before you buy.

• Crack Filler Not Drying on Asphalt? What's Going On

  Driveway crack filler still soft or tacky days later? The usual causes, from thick pours to cool damp weather, and how to fix it without starting over.

• Crack Seal Versus Crack Fill

  Crack sealing usually means routing a reservoir and placing a flexible sealant that can move with the crack. Crack filling places material in a quieter crack without that designed reservoir. Neither replaces a patch where the asphalt is gone. Hot kettle work stays with the crew.

• Cracks Too Wide for Driveway Crack Filler

  Crack filler is for narrow joints. A crack you can put a finger into, or one with broken edges, is a patch. A tall rope of filler in a wide gap will shove, leak, and peel.

• DIY Asphalt Driveway Repair: Clean, Fill, Compact, Seal

  Practical DIY asphalt driveway repair (asphalt driveway repair DIY) for cracks and small holes — clean, dry, fill, compact, seal — plus tools, Amazon search links, and when to call a paver.

• Downspouts Washing Out the Driveway Edge

  A downspout that dumps at the edge of the asphalt cuts a channel, undermines the base, and cracks the pavement in a line. Extend the leader to a safe outlet before you patch the edge.

• Edge Break Versus Raveling

  Edge break is chunks leaving the unsupported side of the mat, often in a scalloped line. Raveling is stone leaving the surface across an area. Edge break needs shoulder support and a patch with a vertical face. A sealer brushed over a broken edge will not hold the next tire.

• Extruded Asphalt Curb Versus Header Curb

  Extruded asphalt curb is a raised edge paved on the surface, often over tack, and it can crack loose if it is stuck only to sealer or a dirty mat. A header is a formed edge, sometimes concrete or timber, that the asphalt paves against. Extruded curb is not a structural wall.

• Fatigue Cracking Versus Block Cracking

  Fatigue cracking is a connected network in the wheel path from repeated load on a weak structure. Block cracking is larger rectangles across the surface, including areas with little traffic, from shrinkage of aged asphalt. Treating both with the same coating misses the cause.

• Hot Mix vs Cold Mix Asphalt: Which One Fits the Job

  Hot mix vs cold mix asphalt: how plant-made hot mix differs from bagged cold mix, when each is used, and how the choice changes tons, timing, and results.

• Hot Patch Asphalt: Plant Mix for Small Repairs

  What hot patch asphalt is — plant hot mix placed while workable for a small cut-out — versus cold patch, how to compact a DIY-scale patch, and when you still need a crew.

• How Long a Tandem Driveway Needs to Be

  Tandem parking stacks two vehicles one behind the other. The length is the sum of those vehicles plus gaps so bumpers, hitches, and the sidewalk are not in conflict.

• How Long Does Cold Patch Last? (In the Hole and in the Bag)

  How long a cold patch repair holds up, what shortens or extends it, and how long an unopened or opened bag stays usable in storage.

• How Many Bags of Cold Patch Do I Need? (With a Simple Formula)

  Quick rule: length x width (ft) x depth (in) divided by 6 = 50-lb bags of cold patch. Worked pothole examples and tips so you don't run short.

• How Potholes Start in an Asphalt Driveway

  A pothole is the end of a water-and-traffic story, not a random bite out of sound pavement. The mat breaks up after the support under a crack, seam, or thin spot stops holding still.

• How to Cut Asphalt Using a Circular Saw

  Yes, you can cut asphalt with a circular saw and a diamond blade, but a 7 1/4-inch saw only reaches about 2 1/2 inches deep. Steps, blades, and safety.

• How to Fill the Gap Between Your Garage and Asphalt Driveway

  Fill a garage-to-driveway gap with flexible filler: crack filler for narrow gaps, backer rod plus sealant for wider ones, and patching for big drops.

• How to Fix Low Spots in an Asphalt Driveway

  How to fix low spots in an asphalt driveway: diagnose birdbaths, choose patch, infrared or overlay, and estimate tons so the repair lasts.

• How to Report a Pothole and Get It Fixed

  How to report a pothole: find who maintains the road, use 311 or the state DOT form, give the exact location and photos, and follow up if it stays open.

• How to Widen an Asphalt Driveway: Permits, Base, Joints and Tons

  How to widen or extend an asphalt driveway so the new strip lasts: permits and setbacks, base depth, cutting a clean joint, tack, paving, and material math.

• Infrared Asphalt Repair: How It Works and What It Costs

  Infrared repair heats old asphalt so new mix blends in with no seams. How it works, where it shines, when it's the wrong fix, and what drives the price.

• Jack Stands Sinking Into an Asphalt Driveway

  A jack stand's small cup can creep into warm asphalt and let a raised car shift. Spread the load, work on cool pavement, and do not go under a vehicle that is not securely supported.

• Measuring Driveway Ruts With a Straightedge

  A straight board across a wheel path tells you how deep a rut is. That depth helps you separate a surface groove from a base failure, which sealer cannot fill.

• Modified Bitumen Roof Repair: Fixing Blisters, Splits, Seams and Flashing on Mod Bit

  How to repair a modified bitumen (mod bit) flat roof: finding leaks, patching splits, resealing laps, fixing blisters and flashing, and when to call a pro.

• Moss on an Asphalt Driveway: Removal and Prevention

  Moss on an asphalt driveway means shade and moisture. How to scrape it off, which treatments to use with care, and how to keep it from coming back.

• Mud Pumping Up Through Driveway Cracks

  Light-colored mud on top of a crack means water and traffic are pumping the base or the soil. Sealcoat will hide the stain for a week and leave the pump in place.

• Ordering a Little Extra Asphalt for Waste and Edges

  A textbook tonnage calculation assumes a neat rectangle at one thickness. Real driveways lose mix to edges, joints, and low spots in the base, so confirm a modest allowance with the plant before the truck is loaded.

• Parking Lot Repair: Matching the Fix to the Damage

  A practical guide to parking lot repair: crack sealing, pothole patching, remove-and-replace, overlays, drainage, and how to plan tons and budget.

• Pavement Ants in an Asphalt Driveway

  Little sand piles in driveway cracks usually mean pavement ants. Do they cause damage, how to control them with baits, and how to keep them away.

• Photos to Take Before the Paving Crew Arrives

  A short photo set taken before demolition or paving protects you and the contractor. It records cracks, drainage, edges, and nearby walls that later arguments always seem to involve.

• Plate Compactor vs Roller for Asphalt Patches

  For small asphalt patches, a plate compactor with a water tank is usually the better tool. Rollers win on big areas. How to choose, plus bag math.

• Pothole Damage Claim: How to File for Car Repairs

  How a pothole damage claim works: document the damage, find the responsible agency, meet notice deadlines, and know when car insurance may pay instead.

• Pothole Patcher Machines: Spray Injection, Hot Boxes, Infrared and Truck-Mounted Units

  What a pothole patcher is and how the main types work, from spray injection trucks to hot boxes and infrared heaters, plus pros, cons and when each fits.

• Put a Sleeve Under the Driveway Before You Pave

  A conduit sleeve installed before paving lets you pull wire or pipe later without saw-cutting the driveway. A sleeve you forget becomes a trench patch that settles.

• Railroad Tie Edging Beside an Asphalt Driveway

  Railroad ties used as driveway edging heave, trap water, and leave a trip lip as the asphalt settles. They are a poor form for pavement and a maintenance problem next to a plow.

• Repair or Replace an Asphalt Driveway: How to Decide

  Repair or replace an asphalt driveway: cosmetic cracks vs alligator and base failure. Cost to repair is local — get bids (Dallas included). Planning calculators and temporary DIY product links.

• Rolled Curb Versus Barrier Curb at a Driveway

  A rolled or mountable curb can be crossed at a driveway, and a barrier curb is meant to stop vehicles. The driveway opening has to match the curb type the street actually uses.

• Roller Marks on Fresh Asphalt: Which Lines Fade

  Some roller lines are surface sheen that fades, and some are dents or pickup that stay. Look at the driveway in raking light before the crew leaves, while the mix can still be finished.

• Roofing Nails Left on the Driveway

  Tear-off nails hide in grit and sealcoat, then find tires and feet. Sweep and use a magnet before you coat the driveway or park on it again.

• Rubberized Asphalt Crack Filler: Cold Pour vs Hot Pour and How Much You Need

  How rubberized asphalt crack filler works, cold pour vs hot pour, crack size limits, backer rod, prep steps, and the math to estimate how much filler to buy.

• Ruts in an Asphalt Driveway: How to Fix Them

  Ruts in an asphalt driveway point to a soft surface mix or a weak base. How to tell which, repair options from rut filling to rebuilding, and prevention.

• RV Stabilizer Jacks Denting Asphalt

  Stabilizer jacks and landing gear are small feet under a heavy coach. On hot or thin asphalt they punch in, tilt the RV, and leave cups. Boards spread the load, and they do not upgrade a light driveway.

• Segregated Asphalt on a Driveway: Rocky Spots and Fat Spots

  Segregation is a mix that separated, leaving coarse brown patches and shiny binder-rich spots. Those areas ravel or stay tender, and sealer does not put the stones back where they belong.

• Setting a Mailbox Post in or Beside Asphalt

  A mailbox post fails when it is set in a blob of patch at the edge of the road or where the plow can hook it. Set a footing, respect the roadside rules, and keep the joint tight.

• Setting a Post Through an Asphalt Driveway

  A post set through asphalt needs a real footing and a patched joint, not a hole poked in the mat and packed with cold patch around the wood.

• Settlement Dip Versus a Rut in Asphalt

  A rut is a channel in the wheel path from a weak mix or a soft base under repeated tires. A settlement dip is a broader low spot over a trench, a log, or a soft pocket, and it may sit outside a neat wheel line. Both hold water. The repairs differ. Sealer does neither.

• Shingle Granules on the Driveway

  Roofing granules left after a tear-off act like tiny marbles until they are swept up. They are not the driveway losing its own stone, and they should not be sealcoated in place.

• Skid-Steer Tracks on an Asphalt Driveway

  A compact track loader can chew asphalt by turning in place, especially with steel tracks, on a hot day, or on a new mat. Protect the surface or stage the machine somewhere else.

• Slippage Cracks in an Asphalt Driveway

  Slippage cracks are crescent-shaped tears where the top of the asphalt slid on the layer below, often because the bond was poor. Sealer will not glue that slide back together.

• Steel Plates Over a Driveway

  Steel plates bridge a cut or spread a heavy load. They also slide, gouge edges, and hold heat. The plate has to be thick enough for the load and secured so it does not skate.

• Sump Pump Discharge on an Asphalt Driveway

  A sump that empties onto asphalt runs water across the drive all year, leaves ice in winter, and can undermine an edge. Pipe it to a permitted outlet instead of onto the pavement.

• Sunken Asphalt Driveway Repair: Patch vs Level vs Rebuild

  Why asphalt driveways sink (water and base failure), why bagged cold patch is only temporary, and when leveling or full replacement is the real sunken asphalt driveway repair.

• Trailer Tongue Jacks Denting Asphalt

  A tongue jack puts the trailer's hitch weight on a small wheel or foot. On warm asphalt that foot sinks, the trailer leans, and the dent holds water. Set the jack on a block.

• Transverse Cracking in Asphalt: Causes, Spacing, Repair and Prevention

  Transverse cracks run across pavement, usually from cold-weather shrinkage or joints below. Causes, how to spot them, repair options and prevention.

• Tree Sap Stuck to an Asphalt Driveway

  Sap drops harden into sticky spots that track into the house and hold dirt. Lift them without soaking the pavement in a solvent that softens asphalt.

• Undercutting Soft Spots Before You Pave

  A soft spot found before paving is an excavation, not a thicker skim of asphalt. Dig out the mud, backfill with compacted stone, and then pave across a base that does not pump.

• Using Plywood Sheets to Protect Asphalt

  Plywood can spread the load of a delivery, a dumpster, or a small machine so a hot or thin driveway is less likely to dent. It does not turn a weak base into a strong one.

• Vibratory Rolling Next to a House

  Vibratory compaction densifies asphalt, and it also sends vibration into nearby foundations, walls, and older masonry. Photograph existing cracks first, and expect static rolling close to the house.

• Water Activated Asphalt Patch: When It Works

  What a water activated asphalt patch is, how it differs from standard cold patch, when water-activated mix helps on a small hole, and when the base is the real problem.

• Weeds Growing Through Asphalt Driveway: Causes & Lasting Fixes

  Weeds grow through asphalt where cracks reach soil. How to clear roots, fill and seal the cracks so weeds stay out, and when patch or overlay is better.

• What a Butt Joint Does on an Asphalt Overlay

  A butt joint is a milled or cut vertical face where new overlay meets old pavement, a gutter, or a driveway tie-in. The new mix is placed against that face at full thickness instead of feathered to zero. A feather at the street ravels and can catch a plow. The joint should be tacked.

• What a Keyed Joint Is in Asphalt Paving

  A keyed joint, sometimes called a wedge joint, notches the edge of the first paver pass so the next pass locks in at full thickness. It is a longitudinal-joint method. Loose stones left in the notch keep the key from working.

• What a Thickened Asphalt Edge Is For

  A thickened edge adds asphalt or base at the unsupported side so the mat does not crumble where tires ride the rim. It is an edge detail, not a substitute for stone under the whole drive. On a home driveway, extend a solid base past the mat and pave full thickness to a clean edge.

• What Asphalt Raveling Looks Like

  Raveling is the loss of surface stone, leaving a rough, rocky texture. It starts when the binder is aged, the mix was cold when rolled, or traffic scours a dry surface. It is not yet a pothole. A light ravel on a sound mat can be slowed. Deep ravel means the layer is coming apart.

• What Delamination Between Asphalt Lifts Looks Like

  Delamination is two asphalt layers separating, often because the lower layer was dirty, wet, or not tacked. The top sheet can slide or come up in patches. That is a structural bond failure. Sealer that peels like paint is a coating problem, not the same repair.

• What Happens When Paving Stops Overnight

  Mix placed today and mix placed tomorrow meet at a cold joint. If that line is feathered instead of cut and tacked, it becomes a crack that runs across the driveway.

• What to Do About Water Standing in a Pothole

  Water in a pothole is the reason the hole grew. Bail or pump it out, find what keeps filling it, and do not bury that water under a patch.

• What to Do When an Asphalt Patch Sits Too High

  A patch that stands above the driveway becomes a speed bump, a plow catch, and a place where water shears sideways. The usual fix is to mill or replace it so the surface is flush, not to coat over the hump.

• What to Do With Hairline Cracks in Asphalt

  Hairline cracks are tight surface lines. Filling every one with a thick bead can make a bigger mess than the crack. Decide whether they are stable aging or the start of a real split.

• When You Can Drive on a Fresh Asphalt Patch

  A fresh patch needs enough time to cool and tighten before tires twist on it. Hot mix firms as it cools, while cold patch stays pliable and should be treated as a temporary fill.

• When You Can Drive on Fresh Crack Filler

  Crack filler needs the cure time on the label before tires twist on it. A skin that looks dull can still smear into the garage or pull out of the joint.

• Who Maintains the Driveway Apron

  The apron, where the driveway crosses the public edge to the street, is often in the right of way. Who repairs it depends on local rules, not on who drives over it most.

• Why a Low Asphalt Patch Holds Water

  A patch finished below the driveway stores water, and that water restarts the pothole. Bring the repair up to flush with enough compacted thickness, or the dish will keep growing.

• Why a Pothole Patch Should Be Cut Square

  Round, crumbly holes make weak patches because the new mix feathers to nothing at the rim. A squared opening with vertical sides gives the patch a shoulder to sit against and a thickness that can survive tires.

• Why a Utility Cut Patch Keeps Sinking

  When the asphalt over a gas, water, or electric trench keeps dipping, the backfill under the patch is usually settling. Another skim of mix follows the same dip unless the trench is rebuilt in compacted lifts.

• Why an Asphalt Edge Drop-Off Breaks the Mat

  An edge drop-off is a vertical face where the shoulder has eroded. Tires scrub that face and the asphalt breaks back in a scallop. Bring gravel or soil up beside the mat, and cut out asphalt that has lost support. Piling soil on top of the mat does not rebuild the shoulder.

• Why Asphalt Corrugates on a Hill or at a Stop Sign

  Corrugation is a series of ripples where traffic brakes, turns, or climbs. The surface mix shoves into waves. A thin unstable mix, a poor bond, or a slick layer underneath lets it move. Planing the waves and replacing that layer is the usual fix. Sealer only highlights the ripples.

• Why Cracks Come Back Through a New Asphalt Overlay

  Cracks in old pavement move with temperature and traffic and telegraph up through a new overlay. That is reflective cracking. A thicker overlay takes longer to show them. Treating the old cracks, or removing the bad layer, is the real conversation. An overlay is not a promise of a crack-free drive.

• Why Feathered Asphalt Patch Edges Ravel

  A feathered edge is asphalt raked out to zero thickness. Tires and plows strip that thin fringe first, water enters, and the patch unravels from the outside in.

• Why Is My Asphalt Driveway Crumbling?

  Loose stones, a rough surface, or broken edges? What makes asphalt crumble, how to tell surface wear from base failure, and which fix fits each.

• Why Is My New Asphalt Driveway Cracking?

  Cracks in a driveway that's only months old usually trace back to the base, thickness, drainage, or early heavy loads. How to tell which and what to do.

• Why Patch Walls Should Be Clean and Vertical

  The joint around a patch survives when new mix is compacted against a clean, upright face. Sloped, dusty walls let the edge flex, open, and take on water.

• Why Someone Saw-Cuts a Joint in Asphalt

  Crews saw a straight vertical face so a patch or a tie-in has full thickness and a clean surface for tack. A saw also removes a failed strip. Asphalt does not need concrete-style control joints every ten feet. Random cuts do not stop thermal cracks. Clean the cut before new mix arrives.

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