Proper winter care is important for long-lasting
beauty and wear. One of the most damaging things to new concrete surfaces is
the use of deicers, especially the first winter.
Here are a few tips to properly care for your
exterior concrete.
- Avoid using deicers the first year. Concrete
takes a while to reach its maximum strength. While some deicers, such as
salt, do not chemically react with the concrete, they do increase the
number of freeze/thaw cycles the concrete must go through. This has the
potential of damaging the concrete until it has reached its maximum
strength.
- Use sand anytime. The only safe material to
use to make the concrete surface skid resistant is plain sand.
- Don't use deicers with ammonium nitrate or
ammonium sulfate. These chemicals are often packaged and sold as
deicers, but they will rapidly disintegrate concrete.
- Common garden fertilizers containing these two
chemicals, or urea, may cause the concrete disintegrate as well.
- Use a sealer. Under usual conditions, deicers
which contain sodium chloride (common salt) or calcium chloride may be
used after the first winter. Even so, caution is needed. It is important
that a surface sealer be applied after finishing.
placed, the concrete begins to cure and water will be
absorbed into the substrate and evaporate into the air. Shrinkage cracks
occur during this process. These types of crack usually appear during the
first twelve months and can appear as soon as one hour after the
understand is that concrete cracks. This doesn't
necessarily mean there is something "structurally" wrong with your cement.
Shrinkage cracks are very common. One of the key ingredients in cement is
water and that is also one of the key reasons that cement cracks. The ideal
water content in concrete about to be placed would make the concrete
difficult to place and finish. Additional water is added to make the
placement easier. Once
There are a few things that homeowners need to know in
order to get the best life out of their new concrete project. The most
important thing that people need to
Concrete is a very interesting and diverse material.
It is considered inexpensive and is used for almost every type of hard
property need.
concrete has been placed in very warm conditions.
We try to prevent ugly cracks by cutting or placing concrete joints.
This allows the concrete to crack in a neat straight line at the joint.
We currently install concrete
driveways, sidewalks, pole barn floors, poured walls, poured footers, garage
floors and basement floors.
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