Styled Concrete™ can be coloured, honed to a smooth polished finish or the concrete mix can be exposed to give a natural crushed aggregate or pebble look. View our Styled Concrete™ product range. such as high-strength concrete, high-performance concrete, cellular concrete, composites, marine concrete and tremmie mixes.

The Floor Company — Eastern Ontario's trusted provider of decorative concrete finishes. A division of The Door Company, with 34 years of local service, our know-how and service are what sets us apart. Performance coatings, colour flakes, and polished floors -- count on our team's experience to help design and specify the most effective

Finishing and Curing (Concrete Contractor) After concrete has been placed, consolidated, and struck-off, the concrete finisher is charged with using proper finishing practices to achieve an aesthetically pleasing yet durable concrete surface. The typical recommendations for finishing are as follows:

Concrete additives to improve concrete durability and produce high performance concrete. Our offering includes: plasticizers, air entertainers, accelerators, retarders, water reducers, corrosion inhibitors, hydration stabilizers, micro-silica, shrinkage control, rheology modifiers, waterproofing, and much more!

Medium-broomed finish—1/32 to 3/64 in. in depth and created with a horsehair or synthetic bristle concrete finishing broom. Heavy-broomed finish —3/64 and 1/8 in. in depth and created with a

Concrete Colour Solutions has a number of solutions for renovating or colouring internal concrete areas. By using different trowelling and colouring techniques you can create finishes that simulate traditional marble, sandstone, tiles and wood grain textures.

The steady state and mass performance are influenced by the size and type of masonry unit, type and location of insulation, finish materials, and density of masonry. Lower density concrete masonry mix designs result in higher R-values (i.e., lower U-factors) than higher density concretes. Thermal mass describes the ability of materials to store

The goal is to get the concrete fluid enough to place without adding water, which weakens the mix. Additional chemicals: As you get into more advanced mix designs you may want to use these chemicals to further boost your concrete's performance. Viscosity-modifying admixtures: VMAs are used in conjunction with high dosages of superplasticizer. The super makes the concrete more fluid, which

Click here for Performance Table: Wall Finishes and Wind Speeds in Phases I and II Findings and Conclusions. Portland cement plaster over concrete masonry is an effective finish for resisting water penetration into and through the walls. It should be installed in accordance with industry practices—the proper mix at the correct thickness

Textured Concrete Finishes. Compare concrete finish options that range from simple to elaborate Updated September 30, 2020. Textured concrete finishes range from simple to elaborate and affordable to expensive. Some are easy to create, while others require special skills.

The Stamped Concrete finish is created by using a selected patterned stamp to create an attractive design in your concrete project. Stamped concrete is concrete that is patterned and/or textured or embossed to resemble brick, slate, flagstone, stone, tile, wood and various other patterns and textures.