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How to Use Concrete Features to Improve Your Outdoor Space

How to Use Concrete Features to Improve Your Outdoor Space

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A concrete patio may conjure images of a solid, grey industrial slab, but there are actually many ways to use concrete in a stylish manner. Using concrete enhancements, you can beautify your backyard, patio, walkways, or other outdoor areas and turn heads. Here are a few ideas for concrete enhancements to impress your guests and relatives the next time they visit you. Create a Stamped Concrete Patio With Concrete Enhancements You don’t have to have concrete look like concrete. Using stamped patterns you can make concrete look like brick, flagstone, or cobblestone. By doing this, you can save money on the cost to actually install any of those other materials as they are typically much more expensive. These concrete patios also take less effort to maintain than an alternative like…
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Top Concrete Floor Designs

Top Concrete Floor Designs

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Alongside the recent trend of the industrial look, concrete floors have been making a comeback. Concrete floors are highly versatile making it easy to incorporate many different concrete floor designs that can complement any room.  Below are some of the trendiest designs that can work in both commercial or residential settings.  One of the Most Popular Concrete Floor Designs: Polished Concrete Flooring  Polished concrete floors are often a popular choice due to the customizable nature of them. Often chosen for residential settings, polished concrete floors are often simple and elegant.   Due to their polished nature and reflective surface, they can also add more light to a room.  Commonly chosen for ground floors, polished concrete floors also can make a space feel larger, and look bigger, making them ideal for living or dining room spaces.   Polished concrete can also be acid-stained to have a smart, artistic stain that’s highly customizable to properly work with the…
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Resurfacing A Concrete Driveway

Resurfacing A Concrete Driveway

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When you have the choice of building materials, concrete is one that consistently stands above the rest. It’s one of the most common picks for many different projects and is one of the most popular choices to both build and resurface a concrete driveway.  However, especially when it comes to resurfacing, it’s important to know if all that time and effort will end up being worth it.  We address those concerns below. What is Concrete Resurfacing? For starters, there’s no longer just one type of concrete. The widely used building material comes in many varieties including mortars, patchers, and fast-setting concrete mixes.  Concrete resurfacer is one of those varieties. It uses a blend of Portland cement, fine sands, polymer modifiers, and other additives aimed at providing adhesion to effectively a…
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