Housing starts, sales and prices down in 2015

Hardscapes Inc. concrete floor.Read article posted by CBC News:

Calgary real estate market to drop in 2015, with little growth on the horizon: CMHC

If you were considering selling your home but think you’ll just wait until the market rebounds, it may be the perfect time to give it some TLC with a much needed and long overdue restoration or renovation.

Why not be proactive? When things turn around, and they will, you’ll be ahead of the game and ready to throw that For Sale sign on the front lawn knowing that your investment will pay off!

Hardscapes Inc. has been providing quality craftsmanship, service and customer satisfaction for over 17 years. We’re here to answer all your questions, discuss your ideas, or to book a FREE personalized quote.

Call 403-547-5597 today!

Decorative Concrete Driveways

Hardscapes Stamped DrivewayA concrete driveway can become a thing of beauty when colour is added to the mix or dusted on during the process. Then it can be stamped with patterns that can resemble flagstone, pavers, stones or brick.

Stamped concrete can range from around $8 and go over $18 depending on complexity and materials.

If you’re just looking to colour your concrete driveway you can match up almost any colour to compliment your home or surrounding outdoor décor.

Concrete engraving can be done on existing driveways. At a considerably lesser price point, usually $3 to $6, it’s a great way to spruce up an existing drive.

Staining concrete is really becoming the way to create beautiful driveways. Chemical stains are used for both interior and exterior so your driveway look can carry straight through to your garage floor.

Contact us for a quote on your new driveway.

International Day of Peace

Monday September 21, 2015 is International Peace Day.
international peacedayEach year the International Day of Peace is observed around the world on 21 September. It is sometimes unofficially known as World Peace Day. The day was first celebrated on Tuesday 21 September 1982. The theme of the first International Day of Peace was the Right to peace of all people.

International Peace Day is dedicated to world peace, and The United Nations “invites all nations and people to honour a cessation of hostilities during the Day.”

As individuals we can take a moment on Monday to do a random act of kindness, simply something to brighten someone’s day. Speaking a kind word, writing a note of gratitude to someone you love, holding a door open for someone, lighting a candle, buying a coffee for the person in the vehicle behind you at your local cafe drive-thru, or simply acknowledging someone with a smile, are things we’re all capable of. The smallest act of nurturing inner peace can change the world one person at a time.

http://www.un.org/en/events/peaceday/

Concrete Resurfacing

BandageNo matter how much care you take with your concrete driveway it will eventually start to wear.

If your home was built in the last fifty years your driveway, and probably your walkway, are built with concrete. These outdoor features of your home need to be made of materials that are durable and long lasting, and concrete fits the bill.

What do you do when signs of aging start to appear? Whether it’s pitting due to oil or other petroleum products leaking from vehicles onto the surface, or from shifting soil that leaves cracks in the cement where grass and weeds can grow, your driveway can become an ugly welcome home.

If your driveway is looking like it may need to be jack-hammered out and re-poured that can be a big expense.

Here’s the good news, don’t just put a bandage on it, there is another solution. Concrete resurfacing is a way to bring those aging concrete walks and drives back to life.

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Decorative Stamped Concrete Patio

Do you have a west facing backyard that is extremely hard to keep hydrated? Is your lawn or a section of your lawn scorched, parched and unhealthy looking?

Why not minimize the expense and labour of attempting to keep it green and opt for a beautiful decorative stamped concrete patio?

You have a ton of options with stamped concrete!

The patio can be poured and/or shaped and sized to fit your available space. You can choose from any imaginable colours and textures. Stamped concrete has superior durability and weather resistance, and even better than that, it’s cost-effective!

At Hardscapes, we specialize in decorative concrete solutions. If you’re thinking of doing something sensational with your backyard this summer, give us a call at 403-547-5597 to arrange a FREE on-site estimate.

Save Your Garage Floor

IMG_3587These two garage floor projects recently completed by Hardscapes Inc. left the homeowners thrilled with their transformed space. It’s like adding another room to your home. The days of dusty and dirty cracked concrete garage floors are history.

To find out how easy and affordable this process is give us a call for an estimate.

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Cover Up The Ugliest Concrete Floor

What is the answer to covering those old gray concrete floors? Whether in you place of business or your home, Reflector flooring could be the answer you’ve been looking for.

Reflector flooring, also referred to as metallic epoxies are sure growing in popularity. They look amazing!! This is a new Skoah spa location in Willow Park, Calgary.
The beautiful thing about these floors, besides how great they look, is that they can cover up the ugliest of concrete, with the right prep, compared to traditional staining methods.
Hardscapes Inc. is the Calgary leader in seamless liquid applied flooring for Concrete.

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Concrete Patio

hardscapes inc concrete patioHas the patio stone or paving stone patio you build last summer come out from under the snow heaved or cracked? Does it look like it’s going to be another chore this year to replace the damaged area even though you know it will likely happen again next year?

Why not save yourself the time and aggravation of constant repair and replacement?

A poured concrete slab can be delivered in a day and by using colour and any number of beautiful stamped designs your concrete patio can have a paver or stone finish.

Give us a call to see some of our great concrete finishes and get a free quote.

Spring Clean Up

Old Garage Floor Hardscapes Inc.Its spring and we all know what that means, time to pull out the lawn furniture and clean up all the stones, mud, salt and whatever else your vehicle has deposited over the winter.

That’s not the worst part though. What are you going to do about those nice big cracks in the concrete left from the big temperature swings here in Alberta?

Don’t try to patch them up with some concrete sealer you got from the local hardware store. Save time and money and call Hardscapes Inc. for an estimate on how to beautify, protect and fix your nasty garage floor.

Spring Garage Floor Restoration

Some experts claim that the fluids that eventually drip from your vehicle to your garage floor are what cause all the pitting and damage to your concrete surface.

If you live in a colder climate where road and highway maintenance requires snow melting products and salt then these are most likely the culprit.

If you are contemplating restoring your old garage floor why not consider something just a bit more eye catching.

Contact Hardscapes Inc. for one of their custom garage floor designs.

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