Saw a post on cl today from a guy who has tons of this (crushed, recycled, asphalt shingles) available, got me thinging about if it was good for a road way to shop? anyone use this before good or bad, would it be considered waste on the ground? could my town say anything? would be nice to cover up the mud producing roadway.
Crushed, recycled, asphalt shingles?
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STINEY
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I can't help but think "nails".....
1BADLS1tuner
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Spareparts
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They regring it and run it over magnetic conveyer belt rollers to seperate the metal and reuse it in asphalt.
pro machine Engineering
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i would think on the hottest of days you will be tracking oil into the shop from the shingles
rburke65
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I have seen them use old asphalt road material, or grindings, but never shingles. But they are tar base.
Many companies around here use ground shingles in blacktop to reduce the amount of AC ( asphaltic cement ) oil needed in the mix. There seems to be a market for it.
Ground shingles used as a road covering by themselves would not work well. Too fine, no base or structure to hold up to any kind of use. Also they will blow away in a good wind, that is if it hasn't rained already which turns ground shingles into a black sponge with even less strength.
You can re-use blacktop that has been milled from the road. Workes well, the millings are of a size good enough for structure, and with use the millings will compact down into a cohesive mass. I've seen many driveways and farm roads work well with millings.
Blacktop that has been ground up to be used in the production of new blacktop is a bit too fine for a durable road.
Ground shingles used as a road covering by themselves would not work well. Too fine, no base or structure to hold up to any kind of use. Also they will blow away in a good wind, that is if it hasn't rained already which turns ground shingles into a black sponge with even less strength.
You can re-use blacktop that has been milled from the road. Workes well, the millings are of a size good enough for structure, and with use the millings will compact down into a cohesive mass. I've seen many driveways and farm roads work well with millings.
Blacktop that has been ground up to be used in the production of new blacktop is a bit too fine for a durable road.
malibu101
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My municipality laid a few inches of old, ground asphalt on the dirt alley behind my garage about 3 years ago. It's still dusty when someone goes speeding down it but it has held up very well. It sees more traffic than a driveway, has been through a few winters, gets plowed by the borough and still has not grown any potholes like it did before. As well no sticky tar is present to drag around. I'd certainly use it a cheaper solution than paving.
I've never heard of the shingle thing though.
Ground shingles, maybe with a layer with stone on top. I think I'd let somebody else experiment with it before I tried it.
weadjust
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I used to live in a town that had a shingle factory. They would pile the small strips of the shingle that was cut out to form the three tab shingles off to the side. Locals would use those small strips of shingle to cover their driveway. It was free and the factory would even load them up to get rid of them. It worked pretty good for a drive way surface, but the soil in the area was sandy. I doubt it work very good on clay soil.
I would be worried about nails in your application. I had a new roof put on 4-5 years ago and they went around the yard with a magnet. I'm still picking up the nails the magnet missed.
I would be worried about nails in your application. I had a new roof put on 4-5 years ago and they went around the yard with a magnet. I'm still picking up the nails the magnet missed.
Spareparts
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They don't use the shingles by their self, they are ground and mixed with the asphalt mix, we have a disposal service and when we sit a dumpster for a roofing job we take the material to a plant to get ground and they sell it to a asphalt plant, just a reuse of it instead of a landfil. We dump it for free and the guy sells the ground product instead of paying to dump in a C&D landfill to get covered up, more $$$$ for everyone and in this economy that is a plus.
D.J.
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I've seen them (shingles) used before and they worked really well but users made sure all nails were removed before laying them down. Also a friend of mine used the ground millings and said that was the worst mistake he made, since he didn't get them spread level. If they or you can spread the millings evenly they are a great asset.