Hardscaoes Inc. Calgary Concrete Floors

Bulletproof for years to come!

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Concrete has become a material that homeowners and designers are often requesting as functional and beautiful space options.

Here’s an overview of the basic methods used to restore our client’s garage floor:

“On this project, after grinding, chipping and preparing the concrete, this suspended garage floor was structurally restored using our unique structural repair material.

We coated the floor with an 80% solids polyaspartic with Hardscapes “gunflint” blend of flakes. Top-coated with two coats of a 90% solids polyaspartic coating, this floor will be bulletproof for years!

It can be a challenge in Calgary with frigid temperatures. Thanks to some premium products designed for our harsh climate., this job was a success despite -30 degree temperatures.”

Hardscapes Inc. knows about concrete and how to keep it from cracking and heaving while making it look beautiful at the same time.

For more information or to request an estimate, don’t hesitate to call 403-547-5597, or email sales@concretecanada.com.

Check out the before & after of the job described above.

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Heated Concrete Reflector Floor

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This reflector floor was installed on all 2200′ of this Airdrie basement. It is a gorgeous seamless flooring solution that is durable and easy to maintain. More and more people are moving to hard surface floors for their basements, particularly when they are heated concrete floors.

Give us a call to get your estimate scheduled.

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Salt can sneak into small pores and tiny cracks in your concrete

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Concrete is incredibly more porous than you would think. Though it seems rock hard, it is actually full of millions of tiny cracks and pores.

Concrete can be damaged in any number of ways, but the most common damage occurs from the de-icing salts used by city snow plowing services and freeze/thaw cycles which occur quite often in Calgary during fall freeze-up and spring warming.

When this happens, salt can sneak into the small pores and tiny cracks in your concrete creating an acid-like reaction. Eventually larger and larger pockets are created that hold greater and greater amounts of water. It is the water that eventually causes all the damage.

Water expands up to 9X when frozen. The pressure from this expansion grows with each freeze and thaw until eventually it pops the surface of the concrete creating even larger cracks and the pitting you so often see in sidewalks and driveways.

Hardscapes Inc. has a number of solutions to this problem. Call 403-547-5597 or email sales@concretecanada.com for a FREE quote or for more information.

 

Is radiant heated flooring for you?

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Did you know that radiant heated concrete flooring is even an option?

You may not be building a new home, but if you are thinking of resurfacing your existing concrete basement floors, radiant heating may be an idea you want to explore.

Radiant heated concrete floors can provide both beauty and warmth under foot, resulting in a more comfortable living environment. In fact, concrete floor radiant heating consumes less energy to achieve the same level of comfort, ultimately lowering utility costs.

Radiant floor heating is available in most situations. For newer floors or complete renos, cable forms are installed in the concrete slab when it’s poured, but for but already existing concrete floors, mat form can be embedded with a quick and easy installation in thin-set cement.

Have questions or need more information?

Give Hardscapes Inc. a call at 403-547-5597 to discover how radiant heated concrete can be installed anywhere in your home or garage.

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It’s in the Details

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To get a great looking garage floor you need to take particular care with the details. All the nooks, crannies and cracks need to be filled and all the dust and small particulates left over from the top coat need to vacuumed and disposed of before the final coat is applied. Watch the video for an inside look at the details and give us a call to get your new garage floor appraisal.

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Thinking of coating your garage floor before winter?

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Yep, it’s that time again – time to get ready for winter. Have you started organizing and cleaning out your garage of all the summer toys, deck furniture and yard equipment, to name a few of the things that fill up and clutter our garage space?

While you’re cleaned out, why not get that ugly old worn out garage floor cleaned up and coated?! A polyaspartic coating will do wonders. It will be brighter, cleaner, easier to clean, and best of all, protected from all that winter salt that’s just ahead.

Hardscapes Inc. offers solutions for any budget. Gorgeous flake floors and even mica metallic flakes for those who like to eat, sleep and play in their garage, as well as solid color for those with more of a utilitarian need. These coatings are 100% UV stable, extremely abrasion resistant, and highly chemical resistant.

Many garage floors can be done start to finish in just ONE DAY!

Contact us today 403-547-5597 at for your free estimate!

Have you ever thought about finishing your kitchen floor with concrete?

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concretekitchenfloorThink about it. It’s the one place that you are constantly wiping and cleaning. Sharp objects are frequently dropped leaving nicks and gouges and chipping in whatever flooring you have in place. It’s just constant maintenance.

Now concrete on the other hand, can be made to look like any surface you want. With new advances in concrete finishes your floor can look exactly like any tile you ever wanted or even a wood finish.

The difference…no maintenance. Period.

Concrete is low-maintenance and resistant to staining when it is sealed properly.

Concrete is virtually indestructible. The life span of your floor is infinite. Concrete is so durable it can last for 50-100 years!

If you get tired of the look or colour, a quick surface renewal and you can have a brand now look without the inconvenience of tearing up the old floor and laying down the new. Concrete offers almost unlimited design options for colour, texture and polishing.

For information on concrete floors and installations for your home give the experts a call at 403-547-5597.

Engraving & Staining Applications

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As the weather gets colder and your outdoor projects are either done for the year or on hold until the spring, why not focus on some indoor endeavours like engraving or staining that old basement floor.

Attractive, durable and easy to clean flooring solutions for residential, commercial and industrial applications.

Check out these Engraving and Staining samples we’ve done for some of our clients.

 

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Here Comes the Cold

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Hardscapes Inc. Driveway RepairThere is a bite in the air this morning. Some of the broad leaf trees already littered with yellow. Fall too soon.

There is still time to address some of those concrete issues you were trying to get to over the summer.

Cracked sidewalks and driveways can don’t like this time of year. Big differences in temperature over the course of the day can expand and contract crack and leave fissures where water can collect and create even larger cracks as winter approaches.

Now is the time to get a new surface for your walk or drive before the snow flys.

Like the old commercial said.

Why Wait For Spring?

Give us a call for a FREE estimate 403-547-5597

Basement Water Leak

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SAM award floorWith the recent record rainfall and high water table many people are finding water creeping into their basements.

This can lead to water damage to carpet and wood floors not to mention the risk of mold developing after wet or damp conditions.

If your repairing your basement floor after recent storms consider a concrete solution. A concrete overlay is a great alternative to carpet or hardwood! It is far more resilient to water, does not promote bacterial growth, and is a much more eco-friendly solution should another flood happen.

Hardscapes has  all the equipment and expertise needed to remove old paint, thin-set, glue or whatever is on your floor to prepare it for a beautiful concrete finish.

An Elite Crete overlay can be engraved and stained to mirror any flooring style and colour.

Give us a call to find out how.