STAMPED CONCRETE
The Hottest Thing In Concrete

WHAT IS STAMPED CONCRETE?
THE CONCRETE INDUSTRY HAS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY!  ONCE UPON A TIME, CONCRETE WAS ONLY AVAILABLE IN A STANDARD GREY COLOR. NOW THERE ARE COUNTLESS TEXTURES, COLORS AND PATTERNS TO CHOOSE FROM. 

STAMP PATTERNS CAN RESEMBLE COBBLESTONE, SLATE, BRICK, TILES AND SO MANY MORE.  WE HAVE SEVERAL COLORS THAT ALLOW YOU THE FREEDOM TO COMPLEMENT ANY OF YOUR VARIOUS SURROUNDINGS!  IF SOMETHING MORE SUBTLE IS WHAT YOU’RE LOOKING FOR, WE HAVE PATTERNS SUCH AS SEAMLESS OLD GRANITE.  IT REVEALS A SLIGHT RIPPLING EFFECT (SEE ABOVE PHOTO).

STAMPED CONCRETE UTILIZES PATTERNED RUBBER MATS THAT ARE STRATEGICALLY PLACED ON FRESHLY POURED CONCRETE.  THE PATTERN ON THE MAT IS MOLDED INTO THE CONCRETE USING A TAMPER.  ONCE REMOVED YOUR CREATION IS UNVEILED!

BENEFITS OF CONCRETE 
CONCRETE IS BASICALLY A MAINTENANCE FREE BUILDING MATERIAL.  A STAMPED CONCRETE DRIVEWAY, FOR EXAMPLE IS LIKELY TO LAST 30 YEARS OR LONGER WITHOUT ANY MAJOR MAINTENANCE.  ANY MATERIAL REQUIRING MORTAR JOINTS HAS A TENDENCY TO SETTLE AND COME APART.  ONCE THIS HAPPENS WEEDS CAN GROW UP DEMANDING CONSTANT MAINTENANCE.  ANOTHER DOWNFALL IS ONCE SETTLED, THE SLATE OR WHATEVER HAS BEEN LAID, CAN BUCK.  THIS UNEVEN SURFACE COULD CAUSE A TRIPPING HAZARD.  ASPHALT NEITHER HAS THE LIFE EXPECTANCY OR THE DECORATIVE OPTIONS OF CONCRETE.  ITS SPONGY-LIKE CHARACTERISTIC REQUIRES FREQUENT PATCHING AND RESURFACING.  CONCRETE IS TRULY THE WAY TO GO IF YOU WANT QUALITY, LOW MAINTENANCE & RELIABILITY. 

REAL-ESTATE BROKER, CAROLYN KLEMM SAYS THE COST OF A DRIVEWAY UPGRADE CAN BE DOUBLY RECOUPED UPON HOME RESALE.  “IT’S LIKE ADDING A SCREENED PORCH OR A POOL.”  IF IT COST YOU 10,000, IT WILL BE WORTH 20,000 TO THE NEXT OWNER, BECAUSE OF ITS GREATER APPEAL AND THEY DON’T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE AGGRAVATION OF PUTTING IT IN.”

PROCESS

1. CHOOSE YOUR STAMP DESIGN (ASHLAR SLATE, BASKETWEAVE, GRANITE, ETC.)  FOR SLAB.  DETERMINE IF YOU WOULD LIKE A  BORDER AND WHICH ONE YOU WOULD LIKE. 
2. FROM THE “INTEGRAL COLOR” SECTION OF THE COLOR CHART CHOOSE THE COLOR THAT WILL BE DISTRIBUTED THROUGH YOUR ENTIRE STRUCTURE. 
3. IF USING A BORDER DETERMINE IF YOU WOULD LIKE A COLOR, DIFFERENT THAN THAT OF YOUR SLAB.  WE CAN ALSO USE A DARKER VERSION OF YOUR SLAB COLOR FOR THE BORDER.