10-18-2008, 07:10 PM
I wish my driveway was made of concrete, not asphalt. 
I just had the paving guy out last month to give me an estimate for repairing my (huge) asphalt driveway. The bottom line is, there's no inexpensive way to fix driveways. The cost for repairing the sunken and/or cracked areas is $4.25 per square foot. For that, you get patches. Next spring, the entire driveway would then have to be seal coated, which will blend the old surface with the new. Without the seal coating, think of the ugly patches on highways. The bid for repairing and seal coating mine is about $4,000. I was going to have it done, but the economy started tanking before I signed any contracts. That's the only break I've had lately, and now I'll just be living with my crappy looking driveway for quite a while longer.
I just had the paving guy out last month to give me an estimate for repairing my (huge) asphalt driveway. The bottom line is, there's no inexpensive way to fix driveways. The cost for repairing the sunken and/or cracked areas is $4.25 per square foot. For that, you get patches. Next spring, the entire driveway would then have to be seal coated, which will blend the old surface with the new. Without the seal coating, think of the ugly patches on highways. The bid for repairing and seal coating mine is about $4,000. I was going to have it done, but the economy started tanking before I signed any contracts. That's the only break I've had lately, and now I'll just be living with my crappy looking driveway for quite a while longer.