QBCC 700727Licensed contractor
HIA 222105Member
Pattern is permanent, so it is worth getting right.
A decorative driveway is going to be in front of the house for twenty years. The patterns that still look right after that long are usually the quiet ones: a brick or paver bond that echoes the house, an ashlar slate that reads like stone, in a colour taken from the roof or the render rather than chosen in isolation.
We will show you finished jobs rather than a sample card, because a 100mm swatch tells you almost nothing about how a pattern reads across a whole driveway.
Underneath, it is the same slab as any other. The decorative part is the surface; the dig, the base, the steel and the joints all still have to be right or the pattern will not save it.
What the number covers.
- Pattern and colour chosen against the house
- Excavation, base and steel as for any slab
- Pattern stencilled or stamped into the surface on site
- Release and colour applied
- Saw-cut control joints set into the pattern
- Surface washed down and first seal coat
What it does not.
- Re-sealing in later years
- Non-slip additive, quoted where it is needed
- Removal of an existing surface, quoted per job
- Colour matching to a sample we have not seen
The numbers we build to.
| Decorative concrete | |
|---|---|
| Patterns | Brick, paver bond, ashlar slate and others |
| Methods | Stencilled or stamped |
| Thickness | 100mm standard, 125mm over 2 tonne |
| Reinforcement | SL72 or SL82 mesh on chairs |
| Concrete grade | 25 MPa standard, 32 MPa on reactive soil |
| Sealing | First coat included, redone every few years |
Jobs we have finished.
Every photo on this page is our own work. None of it is stock.
From the day you say yes.
No guessing what happens next, and no three-week silence after the quote goes out.
We measure it properly
On site, with the specs written down: thickness, grade, mesh, finish and access. The quote is itemised so you can see what each part costs.
Date booked, concrete ordered
You get a pour date, not a vague week. The mix is ordered to the spec on your quote and the crew is locked in around it.
Dig, base and steel
Excavation out, road base in and compacted, formwork set to the falls, mesh laid on bar chairs. The part that decides whether it lasts.
Pour, finish and cut
Placed, screeded and finished the way you chose, then control joints saw-cut once it is hard enough. We tell you when you can drive on it.
Worth asking before you commit.
What is the difference between stencilled and stamped concrete?
Will the colour fade?
Can you do decorative over an existing driveway?
Is decorative concrete slippery when wet?
The rest of what we pour.
Moreton Bay out to the Sunshine Coast.
We are based at Elimbah, which puts Caboolture, Bribie, the hinterland and the coast itself inside an easy run. Eight tradesmen and our own plant means a job down the road and a job an hour away both get a full crew.
Pick the pattern on a real job, not a brochure.
We will point you at finished work near you so you can see the pattern and the colour at full size and in daylight before you commit to it.
Tell us about the job.
Takes about a minute. The more you can tell us, the closer the first number will be.
Got it, thanks.
We have your details and will be in touch to arrange a time to come and measure it. If it is urgent, ring 0499 649 685 and you will get someone straight away.