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Concrete concepts: How weather affects concrete pouring and curing

Concrete concepts: How weather affects concrete pouring and curing

Concrete Maintenance, Residential Concrete, Uncategorized

The Pacific Northwest offers ideal climate conditions for pouring concrete. The best concrete installations occur during times of overcast days and generally high humidity, which describes a good portion of the year around here.  However, pouring concrete can be...
How to increase the curb appeal of your concrete.

How to increase the curb appeal of your concrete.

Residential Concrete

Concrete is strong and durable, and it can be shaped into just about any form you want.  Not only is concrete an excellent material for retaining walls, steps, foundations, driveways and much more, it comes in a variety of styles to match every homeowner’s...
Project feature: Woonerf (living street) in Bellingham

Project feature: Woonerf (living street) in Bellingham

Project Features

Custom Concrete recently completed construction of a woonerf in Bellingham.  The name comes from the Netherlands, where the Dutch use the term to refer to their “living streets” — roads designed to be shared by cars and pedestrians alike. Woonerfs typically have...
Concrete concepts: Does pervious concrete clog?

Concrete concepts: Does pervious concrete clog?

Pervious Concrete, Residential Concrete, Stormwater Management

If you’ve chosen pervious concrete over traditional poured-in-place concrete for a street, driveway, sidewalk or patio project, you might wonder how to maintain your pervious concrete system over the long haul.  One specific question often asked regarding these...
Rain-friendly, pervious surfaces for your yard or driveway

Rain-friendly, pervious surfaces for your yard or driveway

Concrete Driveways, Pervious Concrete, Stormwater Management

Here in the Pacific Northwest, we get a lot of rain. Sometimes it comes in sheets, and sometimes it comes in a drizzle, a little each day for a week or two. All this rain can take a major toll on our stormwater systems, rivers and lakes. The rain needs somewhere to...
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