driveway burning

surfnsnow · 04-26-2013, 06:21 PM

hi all, I need to burn winter leaves and sticks on my driveway. I had to do this a couple of years ago and left a scorch mark that is just going away. is there some prep I can do to do mitigate this?
thank you in advance

Jidge · 04-26-2013, 08:44 PM

Personally, I wouldn't do any burning on an asphalt driveway. Blacktop is made up of aggregate and asphalt cement. Asphalt cement is basically a refinery of crude oil and some additives. Repeated burning on the asphalt will actually burn the oil out of the blacktop leaving just the aggregate. Its much like when gas spills on your driveway and dissolves the oil, which basically binds the aggregates. When installed asphalt is heated to a certain temperature to ease the workability . A direct flame will burn the oil away like an oil lamp. This is just my opinion. Maybe try a metal barrel on some cement blocks. Good Luck

codeman671 · 04-26-2013, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by surfnsnow

hi all, I need to burn winter leaves and sticks on my driveway. I had to do this a couple of years ago and left a scorch mark that is just going away. is there some prep I can do to do mitigate this?
thank you in advance

Why would someone burn on a paved driveway???

wifi · 04-27-2013, 07:20 AM

Don't forget your fire permit

surfnsnow · 04-27-2013, 08:20 PM

thanks for the tip guys . I didn't know about the asphalt aspect.

appreciated. snarky comment, not so much

RLW · 04-27-2013, 08:28 PM

I second and third wifi comment and then they usually only allow burning after 5 PM and and then that is pretty much governed by the weather.

04-26-2013, 06:21 PM	#1
surfnsnow Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 173 Thanks: 133 Thanked 52 Times in 29 Posts	driveway burning hi all, I need to burn winter leaves and sticks on my driveway. I had to do this a couple of years ago and left a scorch mark that is just going away. is there some prep I can do to do mitigate this? thank you in advance

04-26-2013, 08:44 PM	#2
Jidge Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 40 Thanks: 3 Thanked 17 Times in 10 Posts	Just an opinion Personally, I wouldn't do any burning on an asphalt driveway. Blacktop is made up of aggregate and asphalt cement. Asphalt cement is basically a refinery of crude oil and some additives. Repeated burning on the asphalt will actually burn the oil out of the blacktop leaving just the aggregate. Its much like when gas spills on your driveway and dissolves the oil, which basically binds the aggregates. When installed asphalt is heated to a certain temperature to ease the workability . A direct flame will burn the oil away like an oil lamp. This is just my opinion. Maybe try a metal barrel on some cement blocks. Good Luck

04-27-2013, 08:28 PM	#6
RLW Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Alton Bay on the mountain by a lake Posts: 2,023 Thanks: 563 Thanked 444 Times in 311 Posts	I second and third wifi comment and then they usually only allow burning after 5 PM and and then that is pretty much governed by the weather. __________________ There is nothing better than living on Alton Mountain & our grand kids visits.

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04-27-2013, 08:20 PM	#5
surfnsnow Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 173 Thanks: 133 Thanked 52 Times in 29 Posts	thanks for the tip guys . I didn't know about the asphalt aspect. appreciated. snarky comment, not so much