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Help with Exposed Aggregate Concrete Patio - DIY Home Improvement Forum Hi DIY, I just moved into a house that has a rough exposed aggregate concrete patio (150 square feet) It's awful to walk around on I'm considering the following DIY remedies, but if anyone has tried to smooth out aggregate (literary I can almost pick out the rocks - it's original from 1971)
buffing exposed aggregate | DIY Home Improvement Forum The aggregate was exposed after the retarder pressure washing It almost seems too much of the concrete was removed, leaving more of the small pebbles exposed above the concrete thus, a bumpy surface
Drilling Exposed Aggregate? - DIY Home Improvement Forum Last time I did it over exposed aggregate at a friends house the bit wanted to walk like crazy which made it very hard to drill accurately Anyway to more precisely drill these? I will be drilling 52 holes in this exposed aggregate so the more accurate the better I do have a roto hammer as well, the issues is not my tool is the bit itself walking on the aggerates before it starts to actually
Aggregate material for temporary parking and raised. . . I’m building a new house and at the end of the driveway and back of the garage (see pic) we want to install some type of aggregate in the highlighted area which will be used for temporary parking and raised garden beds We nixed the idea of extending the driveway with pavers due to cost and the
Repairing exposed aggregate steps - DIY Home Improvement Forum Hi New to the forum Our front door step which is made of exposed aggregate has developed a full length crack and at one end is starting to see some larger pieces of concrete chipping away Having done a number of searches on the internet, I think I have a rough idea of how to fix exposed
Preventing concrete aggregate from showing on top and sides. Hello, I recently poured pavers and the sides really showed a lot of exposed aggregate as well as on the edges when I tried to use an edge tool What can I be doing wrong? Also, I heard adding Portland cement would increase the the smooth stuff on top Any truth to this? Thanks for all the help
concrete from mortar - DIY Home Improvement Forum Anytime you mix cement and aggregate, the more surface area of the aggregate you have, the more cement that is required to coat all of the particles and tie them together The extra cement requires extra water to make mortar more usable It is difficult to compare mortar with concrete because they are designed to do different things
Re-seal exposed aggregate concrete or not? - DIY Home Improvement Forum We built our Louisville, KY home 2 years + 10 months ago 2 months after the exposed aggregate concrete was poured for the driveway, front steps, front porch patio, we applied 2 coats of curing agent sealer SUPER SEAL 30 VT | Nashville TN | Clemons Concrete Coatings We are struggling with
Concrete Question (Pea Gravel) | DIY Home Improvement Forum I get the idea that the trailer pumps are smaller than the big boom trucks and the pea gravel tends to flow through the hose easier (kind of guessing on that one) So my question: Will substituting pea gravel instead of the normal larger limestone or other aggregate weaken the concrete? Are there any drawbacks to this I'm not considering?