Can you blacktop over cement?

Question

Instead of replacing my cement driveway can I have blacktop put over it?

Janet Pizaro · Answer

is the driveway in tack without cracks?

William · Answer

No. Blacktop needs a solid gravel base to bond. It will just float, crack, and peel off the concrete.

Barb Adams · Answer

The Builder says yes (and a few other things as well): https://www.askthebuilder.com/blacktop-driveways-over-concrete/

Johnavallance82 · Answer

Tarmac - Resin - Chippings & Resin - Concrete Blocks - Concrete Stain.....

Fix It Jen · Answer

Thats one to ask your local companies; they may have a formula that bonds but normally it’s a no. You can also stain your cement to change the color, if that’s the desired effect.

Fix It Jen · Answer

Likeky not, but contact your local company to check. Have you thought about staining the concrete darker instead?

Han11807599 · Answer

My parents & an uncle & his wife both had their cement driveways covered with asphalt due to cracks in the cement. They would apply tar-like blacktop sealer on it every few years & it held up very well, & this was in N.W. Indiana with harsh winters & hot summers.

Christine Marie · Answer

I have a blacktop over cement driveway. I didn’t know it until I wanted to replace the driveway. The old stuff was fine, just cracked and old. We laid a new blacktop over it and it’s still fine. Good luck!

Connie Hirchert Stadelmann · Answer

No. Asphalt needs a gravel base

SLS Construction & Building Solutions LLC · Answer

Yes it can be done & in fact some major roadways are done this way - just find a company that knows it stuff & does this (worried ask to see some of their earlier ones - which is good practice anyways)

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