Following up from last month's column, Joe Nasvik discusses materials and procedures needed to properly form concrete stairs.
Layout out steps isn't easy, so here are some guidelines to help with quick, accurate layout.
Performing the scratch test helps contractors decide which diamond tooling is best for the job.
UV-cured acrylic resins offer many benefits to contractors and owners.
There are different types of water-based stains on the market. Here is what they are and how to use them.
High durability concrete has both positive and negative consequences for decorative concrete contractors.
Learn how to use multilayered stencils to produce 3D images on concrete.
Learn about what can go wrong with overlay applications and what to do when it does.
Find out how to patch architectural and decorative concrete.
Learn the definition of what dyes are and how to use them.
Stamping patterns and textures in concrete started in the 1950s and still is considered to be the bread-and-butter of the decorative industry.
Few professional concrete organizations would suggest that concrete should not be cured, though some exceptions exist.
Air-entraining admixtures are the most problematic of all admixtures for manufacturers, ready-mix producers, and concrete contractors.
Vertical overlay concrete or grout is used to complete vertical rock-work, thinset coatings on walls, stamped masonry unit patterning, free-standing art sculpting, and architectural detailing. They can be built up as much as 3 inches in thickness without sagging or slumping.
When owners and specifiers know the required type of finish for an application, contractors can bid prices that everyone understands.
The demonstrations covered a variety of techniques.
Self-leveling overlays can be installed very quickly. You can place and finish more product per day, per worker than with any other cast-in-place decorative product.
GFRC isn't new to the concrete industry but its use in concrete countertops is a recent phenomenon.
Eight years ago, the editors of CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION thought it would be a good idea to highlight decorative concrete at the World of Concrete (WOC).
Acid stain technology is at least 120 years old, exceeded only by integral color as a concrete coloring medium.