Surface dressing..?? FOR or AGAINST..???

Surface dressing, what's that, we could do with some, as holes with in holes

 

Yes, that's how I'd describe the people who think it's OK to put that stuff on roads.

 

so thats what it is called , I thought it cheap and nasty as the stones dont stay that long and its skid city in the winter but I know the stretches off the road that are bad , but it catches lots of people out

 

I agree this is usually a nasty way of bodging up the roads, but probably because its never done properly.
I remembers seeing this kind of surface years ago, and it stayed put back then.

I'm not sure how they do it now, but then it was always rolled with a road roller, not seen one of them for a long time.

They always seem to do this kind of job on the hottest day of the year also, so the tar never sets, which is why we end up with a nice shiny road surface after about two days and grit everywhere for a year or so.

 

The re-did a stretch of the road here a little while ago and yes they used a roller, there was no surface stones either, the road is lovely now so sometimes it is done properly.

Val

 

It depens on where you live, as some councils use differant tar and differants size chippings

 

The problem is its not the councils that do it, its usually some dead beat bunch of morons that will do the job, for the council, the cheapest.

If they have a bit left over they knock on your door and ask if you want your drive resurfacing.

 

I know what you wrote you naughty boy

 

They top dress the roads a lot here, what a load of rubbish! The potholes aren't filled in first either. What is left lying on the road is then gradually tossed into mounds by vehicles and once all our cars have finished being damaged by these granite chippings a road sweeper comes along to make a mess of clearing them up.

Surely it can't be cost effective in the long run, they might just as well re-surface properly with tarmac in the first place.

Loofah mentioned skimming...... on the island we know this as something different. It's a very thin layer of tarmac laid as a temporary measure, but that temporary measure never seems to evolve into something more permanent and breaks up or wears through very quickly.

 

They did the road through the village a few weeks ago and left a tiny pile of chippings in a lay-by surrounded by cones and plastic warning tape, but heaps of the stuff all over the road and they never swept the loose stuff off, just left it to be thrown up by passing vehicles.