Tarmac Driveways Nottingham is the Nottinghamshire’s most trusted installer of Patterned Concrete driveways and patios. We have offices all over the North East. We are the top specialists in pattern imprinted concrete. We provide a professional and trusted approach to every step of the installation process.
We offer a professional and friendly service to all of our customers. We always strive to attain excellence. Our team of highly skilled professionals transforms your driveway, patio or path. Our work will add beauty and value to the property within days.
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Patterned Imprinted Concrete
Patterned Imprinted Concrete (PIC) is an innovative skilled technique. This method uses colours and patterns to decorate concrete driveways, patios, and paths. This allows you to recreate the appearance of genuine materials like stone, slate, timber. This avoids the high prices associated with natural products.
Minimal Maintenance
Patterned concrete is a unique product that needs minimal maintenance. It performs far better than alternative products such as block pavers, flagstones, tarmac or flagstones. Many problems are eliminated with a four-inch fibre reinforced concrete and a dolomite base. These problems include sinking, pest control and weed growth. The problems that can be encountered with wooden decked patios include block paving and wood rot.
Why Decorative Imprinted Concrete?
No matter if it’s a driveway for your family or an entrance to busy business parks, our custom concrete installation services offer the perfect combination in beauty, strength, and durability. KFC and McDonald’s often choose decorative imprinted concrete to resurface customer parking lots or drive-thru areas.
We offer many floor installation options, both domestic and commercial. They are all durable and can provide high performance.
We offer concrete staining, concrete staining, repair of imprinted concrete surfaces, maintenance, and a lifetime free resealing.
Concrete applications for domestic use are perfect for:
- Any new residential development project;
- Any poolside paving construction
- Do you have any areas that could use some TLC?
- Concrete surfaces can be waterproofed or stained.
- Crack repair
- Warehouses can have functional concrete floors coated with floor coatings.
- Resurfacing of build-up areas
- Resurfacing interior floor spaces;
- Outdoor areas with high footfall and vehicular traffic;
- Make sure your surfaces are firm and not slippery
Use our domestic decorative concrete services to reap the benefits:
- It is cost-effective.
- Durable and durable;
- It’s ideal for both small and large areas.
- Can be used in both indoor and exterior spaces.
- It is also very energy-efficient.
- Our products and services are a support for local industry
- Perfect for the UK’s climate
- It looks beautiful and can be customized with different textures and colors.
- Slip resistant, waterproof, and fireproof
- It’s easy-to-maintenance and resistant to oil, rust mould, moss, tire marks, and other contaminants.
- Resist peeling, chipping or fading.
Our decorative concrete and domestic imprinted surfaces can be customized in a range of colors and textures to help you create a unique look.
Our resurfacing technique, which is concrete-based, can adhere to virtually any solid base. It can be applied on surfaces such as bricks, slates, marble, or stone.
Our imprinted concrete surfaces are extremely durable and require little maintenance.
A concrete floor with a pattern imprinted on it will cost you less and enhance the appearance of a normal floor.
What is Pattern Imprinted Concrete?
Simply put, pattern concrete (also known by stamped concrete) involves pouring concrete over a subbase, then applying a colour followed by a hardener. This is very different from traditional concreting where blocks were used to create your finish.
The pattern is applied after the concrete has drained. You can choose from many different prints, such as brickwork or textured stone. The most popular choice for domestic properties is pattern concrete. This is especially useful when lining driveways.
Good quality print
The quality and durability of the concrete printed is crucial. Laying fresh concrete takes extreme care and dedication. Otherwise, the concrete will become inconsistent and cause a poor floor.
In most cases, contractors would use six to eight rigid printing matsa along with one flexible mat in each set. It is necessary to use six mats to span the narrowest section. However, flexible mats are used to access and to print areas that rigid mats won’t.
The majority of printing mats come in 600 x 600mm. But, there is some flexibility with matt size. All you have to do is decide how big you want them and then find the best prices.
Colour Consistency
You should consider colour consistency when installing imprinted concrete. This will ensure that your flooring has the desired colour. Patterned concrete consists of two main components: colour surface hardener, and antique release agents.
Poor final appearance can be caused by poor application of colour surface hardener. This is especially noticeable for large commercial jobs, like retail shop flooring.
It may take several concrete deliveries for big commercial jobs. This could result in slight colour variations in each concrete mix. The job of the surface hardener, when applied, is to match the colours. This is ideal when larger jobs take longer than a few working days.
Ensuring Long-Term Durability
To ensure the durability of concrete floors above, the material used to sub-stone the base must be merged with the subgrade.
A concrete mix is also important in ensuring structural integrity will remain strong for many years.
This is especially true in high-traffic areas like driveways, multi-storey parking lots, and warehouses where machinery is used daily.
Reduce the Chance of the Concrete Cracking
Concrete patterned for driveways must contain at least 300kgs per cubic metre.
For colder weather, you’ll need more, approximately 350-380kg.
An air entertaining additive can also be added to enhance the floor’s durability and resistance from cracking caused by heavy traffic and weather.
Reducing Maintenance & Maximising Results
You can enhance the overall appearance of patterned cement by applying an acrylic sealant that is solvent-based (only once dry). Water-based acrylics will cause more problems, so be careful with these for patterned concrete.
You can also apply the sealant once every four years to maintain the appearance and quality of your patterned concrete.
Although it is not mandatory, it will ensure that your driveway or any other area of patterned concrete remains beautiful for many years.