Tiling a Driveway With Asphalt

Check your existing driveway for cracks, chips and holes. You can fill cracks and holes yourself, but if you are concerned about whether there are underlying problems causing the cracks, you should have your contractor check the driveway. Remove loose debris from the crack or hole with a chisel or screwdriver, being careful not to enlarge the crack or hole. Spray water on the crack and fill the crack with sealer or grout. Use a trowel to smooth over the crack. Wait 24 hours for the crack or hole to dry. Remove chips from the driveway with a chisel or screwdriver and follow these steps to fix the resulting hole.

Measure the width of your driveway. Write the measurements with chalk on each side of the driveway. Mark the halfway point, going horizontally. Repeat this process but measure the length of your driveway this time and mark the vertical halfway point. Snap a chalk line across the driveway horizontally, going through the halfway point, and vertically, going through that halfway point, to make four chalk squares on your driveway.

Snap the chalk line diagonally across the driveway in both directions to convert your four squares into eight triangles.

Prepare mortar in a bucket according to the directions on the package. Lightly wet the driveway and put a thin coat of mortar over a 3-by-1.5 foot section of the driveway, using the straight edge of a trowel. Comb a 1/2 inch thick coat of mortar over this coat with the trowel. Put these first two coats over the midpoint -- the part of the driveway where all the chalk lines cross.

Lay the first tile. Line up the center of this tile with the midpoint and press it firmly into the mortar. Work outwards from this tile, working in small sections. Align each tile with the chalk lines and push it into the mortar. Put two coats of mortar in a new section once you have finished this section and continue laying tile.

Continue laying tile until you have laid it across the entire driveway. Mark excess tile at the edges of the driveway and cut it with a wet saw. Wait 48 hours for the tile to try before walking or driving on it.