We’re all familiar with asphalt paving. In most places, it’s the favored surface for public streets and parking lots, and for many Americans it’s what covers their driveways. In the business, this mix ...

Q: My driveway needs a patch that's about two feet by one foot. I asked the company that sealed my driveway, but I was shocked when I received this reply: "A rough ballpark to perform a hot asphalt ...

You might assume, since I write a column about home improvement, that my house is perfect in every way. You’d be wrong. I suffer from a condition where I know how to do 99 percent of the projects ...

Q. Tim, I read a previous column of yours in which you talked about repairing a shallow depression in a concrete surface using sand and Portland cement. My issue is I have a few shallow puddles in my ...

Use the soap nozzle on your power washer or a garden hose applicator to apply the driveway cleaner. Then scrub the entire driveway with a stiff-bristle push broom. Even if you think your driveway is ...

Q: As spring approaches, I will, once again, seal my asphalt driveway. I have repaired the cracks many times, using different media. Nothing seems to work. What do professionals do so they don’t have ...

Dear Richie: Repairing driveway potholes yourself can be challenging without heat. Heating the asphalt repair materials makes them pliable and easier to compact and stick together. Using heat is also ...

After the winter months of rain, snow, ice, and frost, your driveway might not be looking its best—especially now that spring has sprung, and the weeds are further highlighting all its newly formed ...