- Location
- East Sussex
We had the farm road redone by national grid when they had to replace the 400kv lines about 7 or 8 years ago. It is a lovely Tarmac surface but is now showing its age in places where it is cracking/moving slightly.
Money is a bit tight and don't want to go down the water based tar and grit route over the whole length as I don't think it is a lasting method of repair, is a big job and contractors are just going to rape me!. By that I mean that the water based products are cr*p and the grit does very little but flick into the hedge and could even make the cracking worse.
What I do have though is a trailed tar boiler with a barrel about six foot across with burner and stirrer incorporated. I was hoping to get some proper bitumen/tar based product we could melt in this pot and apply road dust over the top to seal it and keep the frost out of the few 6ft square patches that are blown.
What tar would you get and would roofing bitumen be good enough? I can get this in 20 odd kilo blocks pretty much anywhere but don't know the suitability.
Ideas and experiences appreciated.
Money is a bit tight and don't want to go down the water based tar and grit route over the whole length as I don't think it is a lasting method of repair, is a big job and contractors are just going to rape me!. By that I mean that the water based products are cr*p and the grit does very little but flick into the hedge and could even make the cracking worse.
What I do have though is a trailed tar boiler with a barrel about six foot across with burner and stirrer incorporated. I was hoping to get some proper bitumen/tar based product we could melt in this pot and apply road dust over the top to seal it and keep the frost out of the few 6ft square patches that are blown.
What tar would you get and would roofing bitumen be good enough? I can get this in 20 odd kilo blocks pretty much anywhere but don't know the suitability.
Ideas and experiences appreciated.