I need a quick set (under 30 minutes) pothole fill in on a private road used by about 4 households that has lots of potholes. Would postcrete (https://www.wickes.co.uk/Blue-Circle-Ready-To-Use-Postcrete---20kg/p/221100) do the job? Don't own the private road so any repairs have to be done quickly.
Quick set 'something' for private road pothole
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I used cold lay tarmac. Not easy to lay in Winter.
Travis Perkins https://www.travisperkins.co.uk/asp...-trupack-black-cold-lay-macadam-25kg/p/682652, says it takes 35 hours to dry too long.
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To fully cure yes, to be at a point where one can drive over it, no, as long as tamped down well, it would be OK, but not this time of year.
So this tarmac could be driven over 1 hour after set by a standard car ?
Setting time looks good but don't know if it can be used to fill in potholes
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You could use the car to compact it, I got a bit of tin placed it over the cold tarmac so tyres do not push it out, and ran over the tin to compact it. But a job for a hot day, or the cold tarmac is a pig to work with.
Do you mean a tin sheet that you placed over the tarmac?
Did you cover the top of the tarmac post application with a tray or plastic?
Is there much difference between this Vicat cement and postcrete (e.g. https://www.travisperkins.co.uk/cement/blue-circle-ready-to-use-postcrete-20kg/p/519476)?
What's the road made of: concrete or blacktop. Always better with like for like if possible.
You do need to prepare the potholes whatever you do: cut the edges down so you don't have a feather edge. The better the job you do, the longer it'll last. Are all of the users doing the work or just you? Should at least be possible to agree a way to get more time: do one side first for instance, agree window when no one will access.
I have successfully used Postcrete (a material I normally view as the devil's work!) as normal concrete ie mixed with water on a board to produce very fast setting concrete for remedial works under a floor. Be warned though you have to work like crazy as it sets lite rakly as you watch.
You do need to prepare the potholes whatever you do: cut the edges down so you don't have a feather edge. The better the job you do, the longer it'll last. Are all of the users doing the work or just you? Should at least be possible to agree a way to get more time: do one side first for instance, agree window when no one will access.
I have successfully used Postcrete (a material I normally view as the devil's work!) as normal concrete ie mixed with water on a board to produce very fast setting concrete for remedial works under a floor. Be warned though you have to work like crazy as it sets lite rakly as you watch.
This private road is not tarmaced and not cemented just a stony (natural stone bits) plus soil road with the end (joining the main road) tarmaced.
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You will be liable for any damage even on a private road.
Having lived on an unadopted street, which is technically similar to but not the same as a private road, I would go with mixing ballast and cement. You’d be consolidating the surface not filling the hole with fresh material.
Our road was a mass of potholes, blocking one hole changed the water flow and flooded other areas.
Only when the residents all got together did it get resolved. They bought several truckloads of stone to resurface the whole rd.
Having lived on an unadopted street, which is technically similar to but not the same as a private road, I would go with mixing ballast and cement. You’d be consolidating the surface not filling the hole with fresh material.
Our road was a mass of potholes, blocking one hole changed the water flow and flooded other areas.
Only when the residents all got together did it get resolved. They bought several truckloads of stone to resurface the whole rd.
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