Tips For Paving A Small Area.

ruskent

I need to pave a area alittle under 200 sq ft on a jobsite. My blacktop sub was suppose to pave it tommorrow. He left town for some reason. I need this done asap. Is it fesible for me to do it and compact it with my reversible plate compacto with 6700lbs of force?

I am not worried about raking it smooth. We do that all the time. I am just worried about the finsh the compactor will leave.

Will I be okay?

tgeb

Your plate tamper will do fine as long as you don't try and lay it down too thick.

I would think 4" max and you will be OK!

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ruskent

We will be doing about 2 inches.

Cole

Matt,
I just had to do something very similar in size and I used a plate compactor and it worked great. No need to call in paving contractor with something that small.

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ruskent

The reason I asked was because the guy I go to for sitework/excavating advice told me it never comes out the same with a plate compactor vs a roller.

There will be a 9" paver boarder between the section I will install and the 6 week old section.

tgeb

Excavating contractors don't know anything.

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mdterp

you should have no problems and if you are paving only 2" a tamper is perfect. when you put it down don't over rake/lute it, it will loss heat and over working it will cause poor bonding between asphalt and agg. don't forget to keep the plate compactor wet from water of spray will diesel to keep the asphalt of the plate

grew up and a paving family

ruskent

So I put diesel on the plate and the spray it with water?

mdterp

either or, if you have a tank of the tmper to hold water or can keep the pad wet with out cooling the asphalt too fast do that, or spray the pad with diesel periodically to prevent sticking

rbsremodeling

Rusk I have to say man I love your drive and dedication. You remind me of myself when I was younger. I know the guys here bust you chops sometimes but I guarantee you this, If you ever have a question and I have the answer it is yours.

I truly hope you do well in this biz bro

I think a lot of guys here forget when they were your age an trying to bring it all together.

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jmic

Well he wasn't lieing, it won't be the same.

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mdterp

but don't over diesel, for the same reason it stops asphalt from sticking it will break down the asphalt bond in your mat, less is more

Any other question?

Cole

Tom, I hope that wasnt directed at me?

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ruskent

How different?

tgeb

No not at all Cole, I thought you gave good advice.

I thought how funny it was that Matt posted this:

And I posted this as a joke.

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jmic

You will not end up with the same finished product using a plate compactor as you would have if you used a roller. But maybe for what you're doing the finish with the plate compactor will be acceptable.

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Cole

I have to agree, if this is going to be something permanent that you are going to have to live with, get a roller. For my job it is only semi permanent. Using a plate compactor did a better job than I thought, but if it was going to be the finished product, a roller is what you need.

Tom, i got it, sorry about the confusion.

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ruskent

The area is so small i doubt any contractor would bring a roller out. Half the time the roller would be on the lawn.

errr I will sleep on it.

Cole

If you weren't doing it tomorrow, I could have got you some pictures. I am out of town and wouldn't be able to get pictures until this weekend.

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tgeb

It comes down to not what size is the area (200 sq. ft.) but what are the dimensions.

Is this paved area 2' X 100' or 10' X 20' ?

You can produce an acceptable finish with a plate tamper but it can be difficult. The larger the area the more difficult it can be to keep it flat with a plate.

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