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Compton orders residents to stop fixing potholes on their own
(www.cbsnews.com)
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I could understand this if theyre not actually making the problem better, i imagine there is some sort of science to filling potholes
But something is better than nothing
Literally no just get the mix, fill hole, pound flat, adjust as needed. Good to go.
Now I’m mad because there’s so many potholes in my area that fuck there shouldn’t fucking be any potholes just fucking fill them god damn.
I had a friend who did concrete and they told me that like there are different mixes and there are different types for different needs and also some are outdated. Like apparently the stuff from when i was a kid is different from what they use now
Like if u put some random shit in there will it fuck up the street because it doesnt play with that particular mixture?
Most roads are asphalt, not concrete. You are correct about the mixes with concrete, but asphalt is much simpler and just requires compaction if you're patching
https://info.asphaltkingdom.com/asphalt-patching-guide#6
This is correct. I’ve never done an entire road, but when I did gas work and we had to dig under the road all we did was fill the road portion with cold mix and pound it flat.
Concrete is a whole different animal and all of that is true, the real fix for all of this if the road is bad enough is to redo the entire thing, but considering these people are doing it themselves they’re probably using cold mix, which is exactly what it’s for to fill in potholes. Basically filling in potholes is a temporary fix, but more often than not it’s the only fix poor people get if they get any help at all. These people aren’t doing anything wrong from what I know and even if they were whatever damage is happening to the road is the cities fault anyways. Driving over potholes all the time fucks your car up and I’d personally rather give a shit about that than whatever problem the city would have with the small fixes people are doing, they just need to redo the road like they should be doing anyways
Oh damn ima learn today
Hard agree ty for sharing