What is Acid Staining Concrete

Concrete: gray, durable, boring, and made for basements, garages, driveways, and sidewalks. It’s a great thing to lay down UNDER your floors, but clearly, you wouldn’t want it to BE your floors, right? WRONG. You may think “gray, durable, boring” when you think concrete, but actually the options are much wider than boring gray. Concrete …

The Beauty of Acid Stained Concrete

Everyone has some concrete on their property if they live in a modern American home or community. Concrete is everywhere for a variety of reasons, but durability and affordability top that list. Concrete lasts years, even decades, without damage if done correctly and used well. Concrete is stable and reliable, which is why it is …

How To Protect Your Concrete Against Utah Snow

The Utah Winter has arrived! Snow has been falling regularly, and it’s likely to be a constant companion until spring. While it’s nice to have a White Christmas, the backbreaking work of shoveling and clearing your driveway gets pretty old. It’s only a matter of time before your alarm needs to be set 30 minutes …

Go Green With Concrete

Our generation has done some amazing things—with technology, science, and art—but our greatest accomplishment might be our awareness of the environment and attempts to be more sensitive and “green.” We’re reducing our emissions from vehicles, decreasing greenhouse gasses, and moving towards recyclable and renewable materials. Sure, we still do damage to the environment in our …

Advantages of Epoxy Coatings During the Winter in Utah

Winter can be extremely damaging to concrete, especially in cold environments like Utah. This damage is often caused by the concrete freezing and thawing in uneven intervals, causing structural damage to the concrete which is compounded from one winter to the next. Common forms of damage are crumbling, separation, and cracking. One of the principle …