I had a new asphalt driveway put in several months ago. The provider was the cousin of the provider that was recommended to me. The original provider told me he was going to give me 3" of asphalt and was recommended by a friend of mine who uses him on large jobs. The cousin came and claimed he also did commercial work but his cousin could not do the work due to other commitments. So he did the job. I asked him about the 3 inches and he hemmed and hawed and said well you can't know for sure, it will probably be somewhere around 2 - 2.5 inches. The driveway looked very loosely compacted. Know I was there for most of it and he had a large roller and all the big equipment. I stayed off the driveway for a week. He promised the driveway was as good as anyone could do and maybe it is. Here is the problem. The other night when it was fairly cool for the entire day, my son parked his bicycle with the kickstand down in the early evening. Not it was no warmer than high 70s and got down to low 70s with a cool breeze that night and the next day there was a pretty good hole left in the driveway. Picture below. Sorry a little blurry. But should the driveway look this loose? Should a bike make a hole that quickly on a cool day? There are some other damages also. Some of the asphalt has moved from a car tire that went over it. Is that normal? I could understand if it was a week of 100 degree days but this seems to damage to easily. Any help appreciated. Thanks

We bought a house about a year ago with a garage foundation (along with foundation wall), but there is no Garage. Based on property records, we know that this foundation was poured over 5 years ago. Given existing cracking and chipping in the foundation, I would rather not finish building the garage. Instead, I would rather turn this into a parking pad by removing the foundation wall on the left side of the garage foundation. How would I go about doing this? The wall is 8" thick so a sledgehammer probably will not work. Essentially, I want to cut the concrete flush with concrete around it. I suppose a jackhammer might work, but I would have to operate it sideways somehow. Is that possible? Are their special tools or methods for this type of job that I am not aware of? It should be noted that the base of the garage floor is slightly lower (~2") lower than the base of the parking pad to the side. I am ok with these not being level since I can grind edges to make this a park-able area (even if it is not pretty) There are also pieces of rebar/bolts sticking out the top of the wall (probably for a sill plate that was never installed), so I would have to probably cut those with an angle grinder or something. Thanks for reading!