Polished concrete gives homes a contemporary look.
Concrete countertops can be customized to customers' wants and needs.
Glass fiber reinforced concrete (GFRC) is concrete that relies heavily on the use of glass fibers to provide strength.
A residential home showcases a number of concrete techniques.
Cohesion inside and out is achieved with seeded aggregate.
SBC SinkCrete allows contractors to perfect sink fabrication.
Scott Cohen is riding a wave in California. But it's not the type of wave surfers in the Golden State maneuver.
Concrete countertops continue to gain acceptance by builders, architects, and homeowners as an up-scale design alternative to granite, topaz, and other high-end materials.
GFRC isn't new to the concrete industry but its use in concrete countertops is a recent phenomenon.
Some contractors are building precast countertops and sinks featuring surfaces as shiny as glass when released from their forms or molds.
Attractive and environmentally friendly GreenCrete countertops are made of a cement binder mixed with post-consumer recycled glass.
The collection of tile patterns can be used on floors or countertops to create intricate, custom patterns.
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This outdoor concrete countertop application at a residence in southern Louisiana features a 28-foot-long two-tiered arched countertop with fiber optic LEDs embedded throughout to illuminate custom glass inlays cut in the shape of wine bottles.
This decorative concrete project at the Leduc Residence includes kitchen countertops, as well as a decorative island.
Specializing in countertops and precast installments, New Edge Design, created these custom concrete countertops and island to aesthetically complement the kitchen's design.
Two thick matching concrete countertops grace this Northwest kitchen.
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The Concrete Countertop Industry Conference will take place Aug. 21-23, 2008, at the Sacramento Convention Center, Sacramento. Brought to you by The Concrrete Countertop Institute, the event will feature seminars, exhibitors, and more.
The world of decorative concrete keeps expanding, even into the realm of furniture. On first blush it doesn't seem that using concrete to make furniture is a good thing to do. It's brittle, it cracks, it has little tensile strength, and it's much heavier than wood. Even so, all around the country...
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Natural Look penetrating sealer is an aqueous, copolymer, chemically reactive dispersion designed to impart concrete countertops with a durable, transparent barrier that guards against oil and water.