Stamped Concrete

Why settle for boring and uninspiring gray concrete or incur the high cost of natural stone? CCC can help you turn ordinary concrete into so much more. With a wide range of texturing tools and CCC’s high quality materials, a new concrete surface can be turned into a beautiful colored hardscape resembling any number of natural stone, brick and handset tile patterns, at a fraction of the cost of natural materials. Or for a beautifully colored and finely trowelled concrete surface, CCC offers integral color in any of its 40 standard colors in addition to custom colors specially designed to meet unique customer needs.

Starting with freshly poured and finely trowelled concrete, CCC’s PaveCrete 200 Color Hardener is applied by the dry shake method evenly over the concrete surface. In order to prevent the imprinting mats from adhering to the fresh concrete, one of CCC’s release agents must also be applied to the concrete surface. For an antiquing effect and more natural look, CCC recommends applying PaveCrete 300 Antique Release Agent in a contrasting color to that used in the color hardener. The surface is then imprinted with any of the high quality texturing mats and allowed to cure before washing the excess powders to reveal a surface with the beauty and appeal of natural stone and the durability and strength of concrete. For long term protection and additional beauty, CCC highly recommends immediately sealing the finished surface with A-Z Super Sealer or A-Z Mega Sealer.
 

THE CONCEPT:
An alternative pavement to natural stone, slate, brick, and other expensive material.

THE PROCEDURE:
By treating the surface of freshly poured concrete – on job site – with factory prepared ready to use powders, and stamping it with rubber mats.

PAVEMENT CONSIDERATIONS / VALUE ENGINEERING


LOOK, DURABILITY, COST

LOOK, With unlimited choice of colors, and over 150 design selections used in combinations, the landscaping engineer has the tools to use his/her imagination and creativity to make the pavement finish enhance the landscaping that blends perfectly with the surroundings.

DURABILITY, Concrete is a very durable material. Further, the quality of the concrete is improved with the chemicals incorporated in the dry-shake Color Hardener, upgrading the strength.

COSTS, A fraction of that of natural stone, the cost is competitive even with the least expensive paving materials such as, cement tiles, interlock pavers, and exposed aggregate tiles. A good design, meant to take a considerable moving load and will not deteriorate after use, calls for 10 to 15 cm. thick reinforced concrete slab plus 5 to 10 cm. sand backfill plus 3 cm. screed plus the tiles. In the case of stamped concrete, it is only the reinforced concrete slab, which will be treated with the dry-shake and stamped, while the concrete is still fresh.

USES:
In any place that requires durable paving. Like driveways, walkways, swimming pool decks, streets, building entrances, yards, and most graciously in recreation parks and gardens.


OTHER ADVANTAGES:
Besides what has been previously mentioned, stamped concrete has further advantages over other types of pavement:

• Stamped concrete can be given a new-face or look at any time. By giving it a new coat of clear or colored sealer, chemical staining, grouting the deep like-joints, or stenciling art.

• It can take the load and movement of the vehicles in the same manner as concrete roads or car parks. Not like tiles, which get loose due to vibration and lateral forces.

• No cutting or poor finishing around exposed objects in the concrete slab such as a pole or tree, the stamps will cover the concrete surface for any marginal area.

• No concern to slab dimension or surface configuration in stamped concrete since the stamps will cover any surface area.

• The surface of stamped concrete is impermeable since it has no joints between tiles like other paving materials, and the surface pores are further blocked with the sealer.

• The outstanding nice look of the system is achieved with a combination of colors and designs in the same area; such flexibility is very limited with other pavements.

• No extra work or care is needed in trowelling and floating the concrete surface.

• No cracks or imperfections in the grout of joints like other paving materials.

• The surface of stamped concrete will stay flat and rigid, no partial settlement or loose tiling can take place.

• The required texture for a rough surface, or smooth one, can be achieved by the selection of stamps.

• No need for curb stone on free edges of the stamped concrete slab, contrary to other kinds of pavement where a curb stone is needed to hold the pavement.

• Grass and weed has no chance to grow in the joints like other pavers.

• No structural movement of the slab under traffic, other pavers move and are not stable as they are setting on sand. Each tile moves separately under load and in the direction of moving load.

• The surface of stamped concrete is non-porous and will be impervious to oil and staining.

• The color is homogenous and the surface will not fade or discolor by exposure to adverse weather conditions.

• Antique and rustic impressions are created and controlled with depth and color in stamped colored concrete.