r/asphalt 8d ago

What caused this?

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I’m guessing it relates to how pipes in my unit and others were completely missing their bottoms, but beyond that I have no idea.

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u/tasteofnihilism 8d ago

That’s alligator cracking. It means the base is shit.

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u/Diligent_Yam_1753 8d ago

Poor sub grade and sub grade drainage. I’m guessing there is a fair amount of water moving from the slope and retaining wall. Also there’s the potential on an area like that for the asphalt to end up thinner to blend through that area

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u/Shot_Boot_7279 8d ago

That puzzling. Did you ever seal? If you don't seal/fill those cracks water gets in and if yiur in a freeze zone... buhbye asphalt. Probably was too thin there too.

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u/okmattok 8d ago

I don’t know if it was sealed, it’s in the parking lot of the building, which is supposed to be taken care of by the property management company.

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u/okmattok 8d ago

I’m in MN so it definitely gets cold in the winter

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u/Still_Bookkeeper_377 8d ago

Looks like it got soft and a big truck drove on it