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Floating Concrete Tools for Finishing Concrete Floors
One of the most basic yet important steps in finishing concrete, floating is as much of an art as it is a science. After the heavy lifting and digging involved in preparing a site for pouring concrete, floating it contrarily requires precise tools and a light hand.
Compact Concrete Engraving Blade
Bob Harris, president of the Decorative Concrete Institute in Temple, Ga., is offering an innovative product to make decorative contractors’ lives a little easier.
Concrete Walls Save Lives
Just a little over three months after they first moved into their new home , a fire burned through the home’s garage, attic and roof, thanks to the home being build using ICFs..
Get the Best Results with Concrete Admixtures
Have you had this happen to your concrete stamping job?
Customer Service Continues Long After the Concrete Dries
Problems two years later? The timeline for customer service has no limits.
In this age of customer service, you should never turn your back on a client with a problem.
How to Place Concrete in Cold Climates
Got cold feet about offering decorative work in wintry climates? It’s being done with great success!
Fixing Another Contractor’s Mistake
Fixing Another Contractor’s Mistake Whether it’s your own work or someone else’s, you may be called upon to fix a decorative concrete project gone awry. Trowel & Error is a new column that celebrates the fact that there’s always a solution to every decorative concrete problem.
Stained Concrete Floors with a Sacred Meaning
Architects and designers working on the construction of the new Potawatomi Executive Building developed an elaborate stained-concrete floral pattern for the rotunda floor.
Dirty Job’s Mike Rowe on a Decorative Concrete Job Site for a Day
When Discovery Channel’s Dirty Jobs show called Richard Smith Custom Concrete about sending host Mike Rowe out to a decorative concrete job site for a day, Rick Smith rubbed his hands with glee, thinking to himself, "We’re gonna get this guy filthy!"
