Saturday, February 1, 2014

By Serena Price


Constructing pavement surfaces in premises adds curb appeal, promotes smooth flow of traffic, as well as increases the dollar value of the property. If you would sell a property in which you have constructed car parks and driveways, it would fetch a lot of money. Installing pavements with help of colored concrete Fair Oaks contractors offers you a great chance to design surfaces, which are unique and looking amazing.

There are different materials you can use to install pavements but one material that is unmatched in durability and maintenance cost is concrete. The concretes can be plain gray in color or dyed before they are manufactured to give you the color finish you want in your pavement. The dying process ensures that you get the color you want for the pavement.

The little maintenance means that less is spend in repairing and replacing the surfaces. Concretes also suffer from de-icing salts used during the winter season to thaw ice from the roads. These salts may help remove the ice on surfaces but then they cause damage on your concretes pavements. The salts can alter the chemical composition of concretes leading to degradation of the material.

The dying and stamping will change your pavements to appear as though they have been installed using bricks. The patterns can be done in such a way that they create brick-like installation. Similarly, if you want to have a surface that looks like a natural stone, you could design it with your stamping tools and the dyes.

If you have a small area and you want to make it to appear larger, the sizes of the concretes are designed larger. The different varieties of patterns and colors you can create from concretes make the material the most versatile in pavement installations. Pattern stamping is applied to make the concretes look like tiles, bricks, cobblestone, or slate.

Concrete is the most commonly used pavement installation material alongside asphalt. The asphaltic material is used to install pavements in driveways and car parks. Asphalt is durable and supports heavy weights but it also comes with its challenges. It goes through continuous oxidation, which degrades its quality, and you have to deal with a number of problems such cracks, potholes, and upheavals.

These concretes can last for long and they need little maintenance. However, concretes suffer from cracking, and the installation process has to be done very carefully. Moreover, the surface treatment needs to be done to preserve the quality of pavements. Concretes have pores, which allow them to breathe in air and absorb moisture.

In driveways and car parks, the oil spill, grease, and transmission fluids can come into contact with concretes and cause stains. Such staining can be prevented by ensuring that concretes remain sealed with color sealants. If you plan to install pavement in your premises whether a home or business property, you can consult colored concrete Fair Oaks contractors to get help on how you can transform the surfaces.




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