So, the moobahn i live in has decided to lay asphalt on top of the existing concrete and, although they have apparently laid a nice carpet down ( remains to be seen, especially in the rainy season ) they don’t go right up to each individual house, most of which have a concrete/tiled ramp up into the garage/carport. This is kind of understandable with the amount of different angles and lengths of ramps adopted by the owners. What it has left me is a “ channel “ approximately 30 cm x 5 metres long which i know from experience will retain water ( always had a puddle here after raining). ( ignore the broken tiles, just another on my to do list ) There are drainage points either side of the ramp but a dip in the concrete right in front of the ramp meant there was always a small puddle. I hadn’t tackled this earlier, been here since 2017, as have seen others attempting to divert the puddle using a build up of concrete failing badly, had considered some drainage holes but feared hitting the main water supply which runs somewhere under the ramp or washing away the subsoil, nobody wants a sinkhole opening up outside your house !! Irrespective of any water just this channel across my access will become annoying very quickly as i usually line the car up straight to go inside. Anyway, Thaiwatsadu sell 20 kg bags of asphalt premix so i figured i could tackle this myself and be careful enough to leave a small rise in the middle of the gate to send water towards the drains. So my question ( finally ! ) is has anyone used this product ? What tips can you give me ? Am assuming better adherence is created using some tar like substance beforehand ? and heating the product would make it easier to work with ?? Will visit Thaiwatsadu to check out the product but don’t hold out for too much information from the staff so am relying on the good folks here at AN to give me some pointers. TIA
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