Epoxy Garage Floors

After years of being parked on and used for all manner of purposes, garage floors will show wear and tear. Installing a new garage floor is usually impractical and cost-prohibitive, but epoxy garage floors return garages to like-new splendor without ripping up all the concrete. If your home’s garage has seen better days, consider giving it a makeover with an epoxy garage floor. They’re affordable and have several benefits.


















The Benefits of Epoxy Garage Floors

Garage floors can have three different finishes: plain concrete, paint or epoxy. If you want to protect your garage’s floor, you’ll want to either paint it or cover it with an epoxy coating. Paint is the less expensive of the two options (although epoxy garage floors are affordable), but epoxy provides more protection and lasts longer. As many realtors and expert conclude, applying an epoxy finish is a better investment than simply painting your garage floor.

Epoxy garage floors will:

• bead up moisture
• wipe clean like a kitchen counter
• resist oil stains

Possible Designs of Epoxy Garage Floors

Unlike plain concrete garage floor, epoxy flooring finishes don’t have to look mundane, worn and gray. They’re available in many different colors and patterns. No matter what your house’s colors are, you can probably find an epoxy finish that matches it.

Incorporating colors and patterns into an epoxy coating isn’t merely cosmetic. When done well, an epoxy coating can mask minor imperfections in the underlying concrete slab. The finish will disguise your garage floor’s faults, and make sure water and oil don’t seep down into any cracks.

Textured Epoxy Floors

Even though Phoenix doesn’t see much rain, some residents are concerned that epoxy is too slippery when it’s wet. Modern epoxy garage floors, however, have antiskid additives that provide grip. With an additive included, you’ll not have any problem walking on your garage floor -- even when it does rain, and the floor becomes wet.

If you’re tired of a drab garage floor that shows years of wear and tear, invest in an epoxy garage floor. You’ll be amazed at how sleek it looks and how well it holds up. It’s not a huge investment, and you’ll have a like-new garage floor for years to come.

 

Decorative Concrete Patio

 

When you're looking to install or update your exterior entertaining areas, consider the resilient beauty of decorative concrete patio options that include stamping and coloring. Stamped and colored concrete combines the stunning appearance of an indoor floor with the weather resistance and durability of exterior concrete in an affordable and long-lasting material. Benefits of a decorative concrete patio

One of the top benefits of a decorative concrete patio is that it offers options that impossible to achieve with other patio materials. Concrete is fully customizable because you can pour it into any size or shape to fit your exact space. The options for concrete stamping and coloring include brick, stone, and wood grain textures. Professional installers color your decorative concrete patio to complement your exterior details and landscape with a natural appearance similar to wood, stone or brick. To frame the concrete patio, professionals can install a decorative border that has a contrasting pattern and/or color. Achieving those results with true brick, stone or wood would be more expensive and labor intensive.

Designed for exterior entertaining

A decorative concrete patio is the ideal surface for exterior entertaining including eating, relaxing, and socializing. With an outdoor kitchen and different areas for conversation and dining, a concrete patio provides a durable, beautiful floor your guests will admire. With additional concrete features including a concrete walkway leading down to another patio area featuring a fire pit or fireplace, you create a unique backyard oasis. 

Mimics grouted stone

You can take a decorative concrete patio to another level by creating a tiered concrete patio that mimics the appearance of grouted stone. Stamping concrete in the form and color of slate gives a tiered patio a hand-laid stone appearance. By using a concrete base colored in a pale blue color then accenting with highlights after hardening, the material appears to be slate and adding imitation grout lines completes the stunning illusion that ensures no one but you will know it's stamped concrete, not slate. 

Obtaining the stone, wood, or brick appearance you've been dreaming of for your exterior entertaining area is easy with a decorative concrete patio. It's an affordable and durable option with nearly endless versatility. According to ConcreteNetwork.com, achieving the high-end look of natural stone is easy and affordable with a decorative concrete patio, which frees up money in your budget for other exterior enhancements such as an outside kitchen or fire pit.