Asphalt over old concrete driveway, contactor reccomendations, Newport News VA

[Keith]

Any contactor reccomendations? What should I ask for? How much asphalt? How can I be sure I am getting a good job?

I would like to put asphalt over my 50 year old concrete driveway, It has sagged a bit in the middle and now holds water. It has some sort of very thin coating on it( looks like 1/2 inch asphalt ) that is flaking off. This coating, according to my neighbor, was all the rage a couple of decades ago. The concrete seems to be OK, its cracked at the street end.

I've talked to a couple of contactors, one will pull a string to verify slope and will cut out the concrete near the garage to get a smooth transition between the garage and the driveway. One will just make a berm there. Neither will take up the flaking coating. He said I would get 2 inches of asphalt.

Keith

[TimS]

Get a concrete contractor

What should I ask for? A concrete driveway

How much

None

By getting it done in concrete

I bought a house with an existing asphalt driveway, expense, expense, expense. Do it right or fix it it concrete, and then ignore it it for 50 years.

[v]

But what did YOUR existing asphalt driveway have under the asphalt? Most asphalt problems are actually from a bad base. The asphalt is only a shell to keep water and maybe some abrasion off the base, it cannot bridge across soft spot as homeowners often try to do.

The OP here, already has a great base: the concrete. He should be able to go over it with asphalt. The same is often done on highways.

-v.