We have an asphalt driveway that is in need of some repairs.
The half along the side of the house up to the garage is in pretty good shape. Some cracks, but nothing major. The half out to the street is much worse. Does the sun damage asphalt? The part that is worse gets full sun, the rest is mostly protected.
Anyway, there are two problems: (1) cracks and sinking and (2) the redwood 2x4 borders.
(1) We have two contractors looking at the asphalt itself. One wants to resurface the whole thing. Cost: $3,500. The other wants to just patch it. Cost: $800. The $3,500 guy says that the patch will look terrible and won't last. The $800 guy says that it gets very light traffic and doesn't need to be resurfaced.
Any comments? What should I look for? Should I get a third opinion?
(2) The border. The old redwood 2x4s are completely shot. Broken and rotted. Our gardener offered to replace the boards. One of the asphalt contractors (the $800 guy) suggested replacing them with something called Trex. I did a little internet checking and this seems to be a good product. I am inclined to the the $800 guy do both.
Any comments?
Thanks