How to Repair an Asphalt Walkway | This Old House

This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook shares a fast fix for ruptured paving. (See below for a shopping list and tools.)
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Shopping List for How to Repair an Asphalt Walkway:
-pack, stone and stone-dust mixture [] used to fill trench
- two 2x6s [], used as forms
- 1/2-inch-diameter x 24-inch-long rebar []
- asphalt cold patch []
- asphalt sealer []
Tools for How to Repair an Asphalt Walkway:
- 4-foot level []
- pointed shovel []
- pruning saw []
- electric chipping hammer []
- 10-pound sledgehammer [], used to compact soil
- 3-pound sledgehammer [], for pounding in rebar stakes
- hand tamper []
- wet saw fitted with a diamond-impregnated blade []
- garden rake []
- driveway squeegee [], used to spread asphalt sealer
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