Sawcut patchwork is the full-depth repair: the failed section is cut out to clean square edges with a saw, removed down to sound base, and replaced with new asphalt compacted in lifts. It is what you do when the base has failed and a surface patch would only buy a season.
Step 1
The perimeter is cut square and set back past the visible damage — failure always extends further than it looks.
Step 2
Asphalt out, full depth. The base is then inspected: soft or saturated base gets addressed before anything goes back in.
Step 3
Every cut face is tacked so the new asphalt bonds to the old rather than sitting as a plug.
Step 4
New asphalt in lifts, compacted properly. Done right the repair outlives the pavement around it.
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A full-depth asphalt repair. The failed area is saw-cut to clean square edges, removed down to sound base, and replaced with new asphalt compacted in lifts. It is the permanent alternative to repeatedly patching the same spot.
When the base has failed rather than the surface. The signs are alligator cracking across an area, a depression that returns after being patched, or exposed base course. A surface patch over a failed base sinks again inside a season.
Yes. Cutting, excavation and base repair are unaffected by cold. Material choice changes with the season, and the crew will tell you if a repair should be made safe now and completed permanently in spring.
Patching removes a trip or tire hazard and stops water reaching the base through a hole.
Read→New asphalt, placed over a properly prepared base.
Read→A walk of the property, measured and photographed, returned as a written report with a prioritized repair schedule and budget figures.
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