Pothole Repair in Moncton
Potholes repaired the way that holds, cut back to solid asphalt and patched full-depth, with the water problem underneath addressed.
A pothole is the visible end of a problem that started underground. Water found a way into the base, froze, expanded, and broke the asphalt apart from beneath, and the hole you see is what is left. Filling it without dealing with the water is why so many patches last a few weeks, so Moncton Paving Co repairs it from the base up.
Cut Back and Patched Full-Depth
We do not drop material into a hole and call it done. We cut the failed asphalt back to solid material, look at why the water got in, correct the drainage or base problem where we can, and lay a full-depth patch compacted to match the surface around it. Done that way, the patch becomes part of the driveway instead of a plug waiting to pop out under the next tire and the next frost.
When One Pothole Is a Warning
A single pothole is often just a local repair. But several across a surface usually mean water is getting into the base more widely, and patching each hole in turn only chases the symptom. When we see that pattern, we tell you, because at that point the honest fix is looking at the base as a whole rather than repairing potholes forever.
What's Included
- Failed area cut back to solid asphalt, not filled over
- Full-depth patch compacted to match the surface
- The drainage cause behind the pothole addressed
- Driveways, approaches, and small lots
- A fixed written quote before we start
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Pothole Repair Questions
Why does cold patch never seem to last?
A shovelful of cold patch dropped into a pothole sits on top of the same soft, wet base that caused the hole, so traffic and the next freeze-thaw push it right back out. A repair that lasts means cutting the failed asphalt out to solid material, fixing what let the water in, and compacting a full-depth patch so it becomes part of the surface rather than a plug sitting in it.
What causes potholes in the first place?
Water. It gets into a crack or a weak spot in the base, freezes, expands, and breaks the asphalt apart from below, and Moncton's constant freeze-thaw does that over and over through the winter. That is why a lasting pothole repair has to deal with the water, not just the hole.
I have several potholes. Is that a bigger problem?
It can be. One pothole is a local failure, but several appearing across a driveway or lot usually means water is getting into the base more widely, and that points to a drainage or base issue worth looking at as a whole rather than patching hole by hole. We will tell you if that is what we are seeing.
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