Asphalt removal and replacement in Edmonton, done once
When the ground under a surface has given way, nothing laid on top of it lasts. Full-depth replacement takes everything out, rebuilds the granular layer, and starts the clock again rather than postponing it.
Why a failed Edmonton surface cannot be patched indefinitely
A patch replaces the asphalt above a problem. If the problem is the granular layer washing out, the new patch sits on the same void and drops in the same way, which is the single most common complaint about paving work anywhere.
The giveaway is repetition. A surface that has needed the same area patched twice is telling you where the base has gone, and a third patch is money spent on confirming it.
Replacement is the expensive answer and it should be the last one. Where only part of the surface has failed, that part is replaced and the rest left alone, and where the base is intact an overlay is quoted instead. The crossover point is worth understanding first.
Full depth
How it runs
How Edmonton asphalt replacement is carried out
Mark what is coming out
The failed area is marked on site. Where only part of a surface has gone, the rest is left in place rather than removed to make the job simpler to price.
Break out and haul away
Existing asphalt is broken to full depth and removed. It is normally recycled, which is why the disposal line is usually smaller than people expect.
Rebuild and compact the base
Washed-out or soft material is dug out and replaced with fresh granular, graded to the finished slope and compacted in layers rather than in one pass.
Lay the new surface
Hot mix is laid to the depth the traffic needs and rolled to density, with the joint against any retained surface sealed so water cannot get in there.
Partial or complete
Replacing part of your Edmonton surface, not all of it
Failure is rarely uniform. The entrance of a lot or the turn at the top of a driveway often goes while the rest of the surface is still sound, and replacing only the failed section keeps a large job from becoming a much larger one.
The decision is about the joint. A well-made joint between new and retained asphalt, sealed properly, lasts; a ragged one lets water in and starts the next failure. Edges and joints are where this work is judged.
Where the failure is widespread, partial replacement stops making sense and the whole surface comes out. The cost difference between the two is usually smaller than people fear once disposal is taken into account, and what is covered afterwards often differs between them too.
Widespread connected cracking, areas that have been patched more than once, and sections that have visibly settled. Any one of those points at the base rather than the surface.
Often, yes, and it is usually the sensible choice. The quality of the job then depends on the joint between the new and retained asphalt being made and sealed properly.
It is broken out and hauled away, and in most cases recycled rather than landfilled. Disposal appears as its own line so you can see what it is actually costing.
A residential drive is commonly one to two days depending on how much base has to come out. A lot is staged across several sessions so the site keeps operating throughout.
Yes, because removal, disposal and base rebuilding are all added. That is the reason an overlay is always checked for first rather than offered as an afterthought.
It is built back to the level that works against your garage, kerb and drains, which is sometimes slightly different from the old one if the previous surface had settled.
