pebble stone over concrete

[Dusty]

While on vacation I took notice to a set of steps that were fabricated out of concrete with a layer of pebble stone on the top. It was a great look that I would like to apply to my own front porch.

My porch is currently covered with indoor/outdoor carpeting which has been glued down. What process is necessary to acheive the desired look I want with lasting effects?

[Winchester]

While on vacation I took notice to a set of steps that were fabricated out of concrete with a layer of pebble stone on the top. It was a great look that I would like to apply to my own front porch.

My porch is currently covered with indoor/outdoor carpeting which has been glued down. What process is necessary to acheive the desired look I want with lasting effects?
I think you mean "exposed aggregate" steps?

You spray off the concrete while it's still wet until the pebbles are exposed. Bad for the environment with the concrete washoff :smash:
(I guess there are other ways to do it, like sandblasting, but I haven't seen that done around here.)

If you Google exposed aggregate there should be a lot of info on how to do it.

http://www.goodfellasconcrete.com/images/products/exposed_1.jpg

http://www.goodfellasconcrete.com/images/pic2.jpg

[fez-head]

There used to be a lot of epoxy aggregate (http://www.epoxystoneinc.com/photo_gallery.htm)around when I was a kid. Everything from flooring, to mailboxes, to benches and flower pots. I haven't seen that stuff in years though. :builder2:

[SLS-Construction]

You will have to hire in a company to do it - the companies only sell it to authorized installers. I would Google "pebble epoxy" for a list of companies that do it

All the carpet & glue residue has to come up, they will generally scarify it & install the product - if the prep isn't done right, it will not last long

[Ed The Roofer]

Although my Dad was a Union Truck Driver for over 35 years, he did anything that he could to make extra money on the side. Yeah, now you guys would consider him to be a Hack, but it put food on our table and earned him enough over the years so that he now owns a Lake Home of a very desired lake in Wisconsin, where he and my Mom retired too for the warm weather months.

So, when I was a teenager and even younger, I was the wheelbarrow grunt, who helped move all of the cement for patios and side walks and driveways.

He did that exposed aggregate on his rear patio my embedding the surface stone as the final step after smoothing out the finish and then pit a sealer coat on after it all cured, about a month later to give it a glossier finished look to it.

It wasn't hard at all.

Ed

[Winchester]

I'd say over 95% of homes here have exposed aggregate walkways, driveways and steps.

It's crazy. :o

[WarnerConstInc.]

You can order it, concrete, with different stones used as the aggregate.

Let it set up, hose it off. Clean with an acid, wash, seal.

[Dusty]

So there are two methods to achieving this look?
With an existing concrete porch I would have to look into the method SLS mentioned.
Correct?

[WarnerConstInc.]

correct, dusty.

[Winchester]

Interesting, never heard of the epoxy stuff

[WarnerConstInc.]

I think they call it rock carpet around here.

[Blue]

So there are two methods to achieving this look?
With an existing concrete porch I would have to look into the method SLS mentioned.
Correct?

NO!!! Many more options. There is a member on here that specializes in it. You can pm him. He goes by crete-coater.

[naptownCr]

I remember the stuff being called futura stone. If i recall it does not hold up well on horizontal surfaces particularly if there is a freeze thaw cycle.