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How to Use Epoxy Concrete Coating for a Beautiful and Durable Floor
Posted on March 1, 2018 in Coatings and Treatments

Epoxy Concrete Coating is a great choice to decorate your floors. There are a variety of colours that add flawless, smooth and elegant shine or it can be arranged in traditional or personalized patterns and designs. Concrete finishers are an economical way to upgrade plain concrete and improve the ambience of a room. Epoxy Concrete Coating is a popular choice in industrial or institutional facilities, high traffic facilities (like malls), hospitals, restaurants, garages and homes. Its popularity is in part due to the colour and design versatility and in part due to its durability, longevity and minimal maintenance. Epoxy is also hot tire resistant and chemical resistant, making it the perfect choice for garages.

Why Install Epoxy Concrete Coating Floors?

  • Durability
  • Longevity
  • Minimal Maintenance
    • ... [Read more]

Increase Your Curb Appeal with Driveway Concrete Stamping
Posted on February 8, 2018 in Coatings and Treatments, Concrete Repairs

Is your driveway ready for an overhaul? You can fix and increase curb appeal and the durability of your driveway with decorative driveway concrete stamping.

What is Concrete Stamping?

Concrete Stamping is concrete that has been patterned, textured or embossed with a stamp to look like various textures. It can be made to look like flagstone, slate, wood, tile, stone bricks or a combination of these. Decorative concrete stamping can be done in a variety of coatings, colours, sealer sheens and an assortment of stamps making it highly versatile and customizable. Due to its realistic and durable nature, you can find decorative concrete in patios, sidewalks, driveways, pool decks or in houses as a replacement for tiles. Driveway concrete stamping is an easy and economical way to increase the curb appeal and durabili... [Read more]

Decorative Concrete Acid Staining Inspirations | Restore All Concrete
Posted on June 13, 2017 in Coatings and Treatments

Decorative concrete acid staining is an inexpensive yet beautiful way to refinish an existing concrete floor. In the past, we’ve written about how to acid stain your concrete floors yourself. For this article, however, we wanted to give you a few ideas of what decorative acid staining concrete can look like to help inspire your next project.

Acid Stain Colours

Acid Stains come in a variety of different colours. The chart below shows you the various different hues commonly used in acid staining and what the finished product will look like depending on the finish of your concrete. [Read more]

The Best Way to Fix Basement Leaks
Posted on April 26, 2017 in Basement Waterproofing

Water damage is every homeowner's nightmare and the basement is the most common place to find water because it's the lowest point in your home. If the water’s not dealt with the right away, it can be very costly to both your health, in the form of mold and other infections and respiratory issues, and to your bank account. The key is to find, assess the damage, and fix the problem as quickly as possible. Our job is to fix leaky basements in Calgary. Basement leaks can come from many different sources and all have their various fixes and price tags. In this article, we’ll discuss how to trace, assess and fix common water problems stemming from your foundation, eavestroughs, pipes, and sewers.

Foundation

Foundation repair is inevitable. Especially in a climate like ours where the temperature goes from one extreme to the other. It doesn’t matter if your house is three... [Read more]

The Best Way to Prevent a Leaking Basement
Posted on March 23, 2017 in Basement Waterproofing

It’s that time of year again, when the weather becomes warmer, the trees begin to leaf, and the snow begins to melt. With the melting snow comes water - and lots of it. With over half of North American homeowners having some degree of moisture in their basement, taking the proper precautions to avoid a flooded basement is not only a great idea, it could save you a lot of money in the future.

Assessing The Costs

Taking preventative measures, as well as fixing most leaking basement situations (as long as there are no cracks or structural damages to the foundation), can be fixed in a few hours and cost no more than a couple hundred dollars. If you discover hairline fractures in the cinder blocks where water is beginning to seep in, don’t panic, they can be fixed relatively easily and cost an additional $50 or so over the cost of the preventative measures. If while ... [Read more]

Top 5 Things Household Owners Must Know About Foundation Repair
Posted on February 21, 2017 in Concrete Repairs

For many homeowners, the words “foundation repair” can elicit feelings of alarm, and even terror. Images of excavators and back hoes ripping up carefully cultivated gardens or homes collapsing at the corners come to mind--and always alongside astronomical invoices. Leaky basements and cracked walls often lead to these woeful words “foundation repair,” causing much worry and concern. However, in many cases addressing the need for the repairs need not be a cause for alarm. By arming yourself with some helpful information on the subject you will not only ward off frightful feelings you can be sure to avoid those hefty invoices, too. In this article we address some common questions like

  • How common are foundation cracks?
  • How often should you have to repair a foundation?
  • How to know when your foundation is in need of repair?
    • [Read more]

Restore Your Ugly Concrete Pathway with Gorgeous Stamped Concrete
Posted on December 15, 2016 in Coatings and Treatments

You roll into your Calgary suburban neighbourhood one day, and you notice your neighbour has just redone the walkway to their home with beautiful stonework and it looks amazing. “It’s not stone,” they say, “It’s stamped concrete.” You look toward your own front door. The dull grey pathway crashing into those ugly cracked steps is blotchy and stained. You are an avid DIYer and have been meaning to research concrete restoration or build a new path when you got around to it. But now you HAVE to. You’re intrigued.

What is stamped concrete and how do you get your pathway and porch to look so beautiful?

Concrete stamping can be used to make your pathway look like flagstone, slate, bricks, or a combination of these stones. It comes in a variety of[Read more]

How to Clean and Prepare Concrete
Posted on November 15, 2016 in Concrete Repairs

How to Clean and Prepare Concrete

Every concrete repair or restoration project starts with a thorough cleaning. Prepping the concrete surface before doing any restoration project is critical and can save you a lot of time and money. If a concrete surface isn’t cleaned properly, any overlays, concrete levelling compound, or paints won’t grip and fuse to the existing concrete floor. This process is even more critical when it comes to acid staining concrete. If the floor isn’t cleaned properly, the stain won’t sink into the floor and react properly with the limestone, ca... [Read more]

Stained Concrete Floors Made Easy
Posted on October 15, 2016 in Coatings and Treatments

Stained concrete floors, on average, will cost approximately $2 a square foot. Concrete staining is a practical way to finish you concrete floor on a budget. It’s a great solution inside and outside your house. Concrete stained floors vary in colour depending if you’re using acid or water-based stains. Acid stains usually come in eight hues, mostly subtle earth tone hues like tans, browns, terra cottas, and soft blue-greens. Water-based stains have a much wide spectrum of colours. In this blog we’ll be focusing on acid staining, but will be looking at water-based stains in a later articles.

Prepping The Concrete

Stop and look at the area you want to stain. If there are any cr... [Read more]

Fixing Worn Concrete Steps
Posted on September 21, 2016 in Concrete Repairs

Concrete steps are very durable and easy to maintain, but over time they can wear down, crack, or parts can even break off leaving the stairs both unsafe and just downright ugly. In this blog, we will be covering how to fix worn down stairs and breaks in the concrete. In a later blog, we’ll cover how to resurface and make them look better than new.

Prepping and Assessing the Damage

The first step to any concrete project is to step back and assess the damage before going ahead with the project. Start by removing any weeds or grass that is in the way. After you've cleared that, use a stiff brush and remove any loose debris or concrete then power wash and clean the area, making sure the area is as clean as possible. Once the area is clean and dry, step back and assess the project at hand. How bad is it? Are the steps just worn down? Or are there significant breaks either on ... [Read more]

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