Veteran contractor Rick Smith shares his expertise on how you can grow your business beyond your local area.
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Tapes for Concrete that Help with Layout, Cutting, Blasting
Trimtape Inc., a Georgia company, is unspooling several sticky options for concrete contractors.
How to Select Brushes and Brooms for the Ideal Concrete Finish
Concrete contracting doesn’t usually lend itself to sweeping generalizations, but here’s a good one: If a contractor wants to give a curing concrete slab more slip resistance, the easiest, simplest solution is to drag a broom across it.
Getting Started in the Business of Decorative Concrete Curbing
The market for residential curbing is growing by leaps and bounds. It can be a profitable niche for a concrete contractor.
Concrete Contractors and Artists Inspire
When trying to come up with designs, “Don’t be afraid to look at artwork and transfer that design onto a floor,” suggests Gary Jones of Colormaker Floors. “It can be part of a picture, as little as one square inch.”
Preventative Concrete Coatings Contractors Can Use to Avoid Graffiti
You can’t guarantee that taggers won’t mar your work, but there are protective coatings for graffiti removal you can use to make cleanup easier. A concrete contractor uses stains, washes, paint and textures to give a unique, personal touch to a bare concrete wall. A tagger uses graffiti to do […]
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Concrete Pours
Engrave-A-Crete, which manufactures tools and templates to engrave concrete, has come up with a state-of-the-art solution to help contractors help clients envision designs for their decorative concrete projects.
Colorful Advice for Your Next Concrete Project
“Never hand a customer a color chart,” cautions Lee Levig, owner of Concrete Works in the San Francisco area. It not only may overwhelm them with choices but it may take away an advantage you may be unaware of.
Adding Design to Your Concrete Projects
Now that you’ve learned how to stamp and stain, it’s time to give some serious thought to the design of your projects.
A Look at Chris Becker of Becker Architectural Concrete
Along with his focus on quality work, Chris Becker makes education a priority — for homeowners, builders, architects and landscape designers.
