Stamped Concrete in Chicago Ridge, Designed Around Your Home

Stamped concrete is where our design instincts get the most room to play. A patio can echo the warm tones of a brick facade, a garden path can take on the irregular charm of flagstone, and a border in a contrasting pattern can frame the whole space like a rug frames a room. Choosing well means seeing samples in the right setting, so we bring pattern mats and color chips to your home and hold them against the brick, siding and roof in natural light. Yet the most beautiful pattern means little if the slab beneath it settles. That is why stamped work begins exactly like our structural slabs: excavation to stable soil, a bed of tamped stone, forms pitched to carry water away and reinforcement placed within the concrete. Then the artistry begins. A base color is blended into the mix or broadcast across the surface, and a contrasting release settles into the recesses to give the texture depth. When the concrete reaches just the right firmness, the mats are laid and pressed, while small hand tools carry the texture into each corner and along every border. Joints follow natural lines in the design. Once cured, the surface is rinsed and a sealer is applied as the finishing touch, enriching the palette and helping it shed water and stains.