Unlike your home which is built to keep water outside, your home’s outdoor areas are exposed to the elements and prone to water damage, especially your concrete patios.

Drainage Problems

Water remaining pooled on your patio after a heavy rain is a sure sign that your patio isn’t draining properly. Not only does this prevent you from using your patio but if the water is pooling next to your house it can begin to seep into your basement. Here are some tips to identify your patio’s drainage problems.

•   Improper pitch: Completely flat patios are unable to channel

Rainwater isn’t just water. Its composition varies based on chemicals in the local atmosphere. These chemicals then rain down onto your concrete and trigger processes and reactions in your concrete which make it vulnerable to deterioration.

Excessive moisture and long-term exposure to any type of water (like this year’s rainy winter) can negatively affect the structural performance of concrete. If you start to notice your concrete displaying signs of water damage, you will want to perform maintenance sooner rather than later to keep it safe and aesthetically pleasing.

Your Options

• Repair: Freeze-thaw cycles and regular use will slowly erode concrete,

Is there someone on your holiday list who loves spending time in their garage? Maybe they love to work on cars, have a garage workshop, or they use the space for crafts, projects, and hobbies? Give them the gift of an epoxy coated garage floor from Concrete Resurfacing this holiday season! As one of the most used (and abused) surfaces in a home, garage floors are often cracked, chipped, and pitted. Durable and beautiful epoxy coatings are designed to withstand constant use, frequent impacts, and dramatic temperature fluctuations, giving any garage a fresh new flooring that will look great for

Winter is always a particularly treacherous time of year for concrete surfaces. Beyond the cycle of constant changes in extreme winter temperatures that cause the moisture in the concrete to freeze and thaw, which takes its toll on a concrete slab’s structural integrity, there are the countless chemicals, de-icers, and salt compounds that are used to treat snow and ice that can also wreak even more havoc on your slab’s lifespan.

If you have a plain, old, drab slab in need of beautification and winterizing, a professional can apply a new, stamped surface to your existing slab that not only

Stamped concrete, often called textured or imprinted concrete, can replicate the look of slate, flagstone, tile, brick, and even wood. In addition to offering an improved visual aesthetic to a space, stamping can also offer a level of safety by reducing slip and fall potentials. More slip resistant than conventional concrete, stamped concrete is a permanent solution that reduces the human and financial cost of slip/fall accidents while eliminating the need for costly replacement safety mats or rugs. Grooves can be cut to channel water away from an area or patterns can be added to increase traction underfoot.

Optimal Locations for Stamped Concrete

When it comes to effective ways to increase your home’s value while also dramatically increasing its curb appeal, few things are as cost-effective and impactful as renovating the concrete on your front entryway, walkways, and/or porch. Even though we’ve discussed the benefit of adding curb appeal by way of decorative concrete on the driveway, which is generally one of the first things most people notice about the front of your house, the front of the house itself certainly factors into the equation. 

Walkways

Often times overlooked as something that can be renovated or refreshed, a drab walkway offers a wonderful opportunity to boost curb appeal

When it comes to stylish indoor flooring options, few things can match up to stained concrete when it comes to beauty, durability, cost, and ease of care. And while it may be easy to care for and maintain, one thing it isn’t is easy to apply. Even though the most confident DIYer might feel okay with attempting to stain a concrete surface, it really is a job best left to a professional.

Preparation

When applying a decorative color stain to a concrete surface, it’s not only important to use the proper tools and chemicals, but it’s even more important to

Occasionally, we here at Concrete Resurfacing Productsreceive online inquiries from our blogreaders, asking us random questions about decorative concreteand different aspects of its installation. Since it never seems to fail that we get a few like it around this time every year, we found the following question to be a timely one worth sharing and addressing:

Dear Concrete Resurfacing Products,

My wife and I have been thinking about getting the concrete on our back patio fixed and resurfaced and were wondering if there was any time of the year when it might be best to get the work done. We’d

If there’s one element of a multi-million-dollar showcase home that helps the most to set it apart from other homes, most would probably say it’s the attention to detail in every aspect. Whether it’s the interior or the exterior, paying attention to the details goes a long, long way. One area of the exterior of the home that is often horribly underrated and often neglected is the driveway. Yes, the driveway.

Usually gray in color, driveways (even brand new ones) weren’t necessarily designed to stand out and make any kind of statement. But when you invest in a resurfaced decorative