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Two Babies, A Dog and One Desperate Landscape Window boxes and a big Sullivan cypress tree are key to this Desperate Landscape yard rehab. From "Desperate Landscapes" episode DDSL-111

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Project #2: Patching Driveway

Mollie and Eric's driveway is a mess. It's filled with cracks and holes (figures K and L). Our first target is patching a hole. There is a three-inch wide and four-inch long hole that's in desperate need of repair.

Figure K

Figure L

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	Figure M
	Figure N
	Figure O
	Figure P

Steps:

• Choose the right repair product. In this case, for a hole 1/2 inch or wider, you'll want a product such as cold-patch blacktop. It's also known as asphalt cold patch.

• Clean the hole with a stiff brush, a pressure washer or a garden hose to get rid of loose debris.

• Allow crack to dry before filling with patch.

• Fill hole with patch, slightly overfilling the hole (figures M and N ).

• Use a tamper to compact the patch (figures O and P).

• Add more patch if necessary.

• Cover patch with scrap plywood and drive over it to level it.

• Allow patch to dry and then seal.

Web Extra: Patching Driveway Cracks: For driveway cracks that are 1/8 to ½ inch wide, use a rubberized asphalt-emulsion crack filler. It can be applied with a caulking gun. Then smooth it with a putty knife.

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