Just about anyone can install a concrete patio on their own. So, why do so many hire a concrete contractor to do the job?
Because it’s time-consuming and it’s hard, back-breaking labor! You can do the work on your own, especially if you are the handy type already. Learn how to do this in detail in the rest of the article.
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Caring for Concrete in Winter Weather is important to maintain long life of concrete structures, and to get the longest possible life out of your material.
Many people experience disappointment after a harsh winter when their new concrete pavement has signs of scaling, the flaking and peeling of the concrete surface. To keep concrete scaling from happening to your new concrete restoration project, follow these steps:
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Once you’ve completed that concrete job of yours you’ve been working so long and hard on, you like to top it off with a flashy concrete coating that gives it a fresh, shiny, and finished look. You might use a polyaspartic or polyurea coating, like many other people in the industry. But, one concern you and many other people might have is these two finishes, and several others, simply don’t have a long pot life – especially if they cure quickly. You would like to keep a nice finished look on your concrete job for many years, and you may want to use those coatings again in the near future. Continue reading
Infern-O-Therm Concrete Estimator and Cement Savings Calculator
This calculator computes fuel savings and potential return on investment for a concrete Stack Economizer retrofit kit. The IOT Stack Economizer, which uses flu exhaust gases to pre-heat incoming water, will fit most makes of direct-fired water heating tanks. In this calculator, we use two popular sizes of Infern-O-Therm burners, models 300 and 400.
Tests have shown that the 400, with twice the output of the 300, derives the greater benefit from flu heat recovery, and will show a shorter ROI. Finally, we’ve left labor costs at zero because of the wide variation from one producer to the next.
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