Posts Tagged ‘patio ideas’
Stamping Concrete! Dust is a Stirring
Oh, It’s all glamour and glitz! Yea, give me a break. Well take a look. That brown dust you see happens on virtually every stamp job we do. The only difference you might see from one job to the next is the color of the dust. By the way, this dust has a name it’s called…
Read MorePrepping for the Concrete Patio
While it is not very exciting this is something we do for every job. Initially, before we start building anything I go over the layout with the homeowner. I use marking paint and paint the lines on the grass. The crew then removes the grass following the painted lines. For this job we nailed several pieces…
Read MoreExposed Aggregate Concrete Richmond, Va
A very popular finish. Whether it’s a driveway or pool deck exposed aggregate gives you a nice natural looking finish. The process to the installation starts with the concrete mix. The stone you are left seeing is part of the mix and has to be ordered as exposed aggregate mix. You could also expose a regular…
Read MoreStamped Ashlar Gray Richmond VA (Give It Time)
We did this stamped sidewalk this week. The concrete is so fresh that the colors have not come into play yet. This is a light gray integral colored concrete with a medium/dark release. I have something to confess. I have a hard time getting back to our jobs and take a finished photo. Oh, I…
Read MoreLet’s Pour Your Concrete Driveway
You would never know looking at it now. I should of taken a picture of the old driveway that was here. We tear out a lot of driveways. Some are asphalt and some are concrete. Then we pour them back how you want it. This customer wanted a medallion centered on the garage door. We poured the driveway…
Read MoreConcrete! Stamped or Textured?
Stamped or Textured? That’s a question I run into a lot. It is fairly hard to explain fully to my customers. Technically both are stamped concrete with a twist. Texture is accomplished using mats with just texture…
Read MoreTime is a Wasting on Your Concrete Project
It does not matter the time of year, Spring, Summer, Fall or Winter. We can pour your concrete at anytime of year.Of Course the Winter months are very difficult with the freezing temperatures and all. But the Winter still does not stop us from doing your project. We use insulated concrete blankets in the Winter. Now the Summer months here…
Read MoreStamped Concrete-Concrete Sitting Wall
The Concrete Sitting Wall is 100% Concrete. The top is concrete, the walls are concrete and the stones are concrete. Not the prefabbed concrete stones you buy. It all starts with a foundation. This sitting wall is poured all at once. What you don’t see is that the wall extends 2 feet in the ground.…
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