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Victoria, TX 77901
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Home Improvement - Fixing Up Outdoors
Written by Shawna Currie
Tuesday, 16 October 2007
FOR MOST HOMEOWNERS, WE'VE GOT SOMETHING IN OUR YARDS OTHER THAN JUST GRASS. MOST OF US HAVE DRIVEWAYS TO PARK OUR CARS IN. YOU MAY HAVE A WALKWAY TO GET FROM ONE PART TO ANOTHER. YOU MAY EVEN HAVE A PATIO TO ENJOY IN THE SUMMERTIME. AND, IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, WE'VE BEEN LIMITED TO SOME OF THE OPTIONS THAT WE CAN BUILD THESE OUT OF: EITHER CONCRETE, MAYBE CRUSHED STONE. MAYBE EVEN SOME BRICK OR SOME PAVERS.
SOME OF YOU HOMEOWNERS MAY EVEN HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM THAT NANCY AND I HAD WHEN WE BOUGHT OUR HOUSE HERE IN SAVANNAH. ON THE SIDE YARD, WE ACTUALLY HAD A THREE-FOOT WALKWAY THAT WAS CRUSHED ROCK, LEADING TO A SMALL PATIO THAT WAS PART BRICK ON THE OUTSIDE, PART CONCRETE ON THE INSIDE. IT JUST DIDN'T LOOK VERY GOOD.
WHAT WE DID TO SOLVE OUR PROBLEM IS THAT WE WORKED WITH A COMPANY CALLED GOLDENLOOK. THEY HAVE A NEW PRODUCT OUT THAT ACTUALLY WORKS WITH COLORED STONES AND EPOXY. THE BEAUTIFUL PART OF THIS IS YOU CAN GO OVER ANYTHING WITH THIS - EVEN BARE DIRT. ALL THEY HAD TO DO WAS TO PUT SAND DOWN HERE OVER THE BRICK, CONCRETE AND THE STONE. LEVEL IT OUT. THEY ACTUALLY PUT A REINFORCING MAT DOWN. THEN MIX UP THE STONE, PUT IT IN, AND TROWEL IT SMOOTH.
THE REALLY GREAT THING ABOUT THIS PRODUCT - NOT ONLY DOES IT COME IN 20 DIFFERENT COLORS - BUT THEY CAN PUT DESIGNS IN HERE. HERE, THEY ACTUALLY PUT A STAR IN OURS, BUT THEY'VE GOT ALL KINDS OF OTHER STOCK DESIGNS. YOU CAN EVEN MAKE YOUR OWN DESIGN AND THEY CAN PUT IT RIGHT INTO YOUR PATIO OR DRIVEWAY.
DON SAYS THIS PRODUCT IS DESIGNED TO ALLOW WATER TO DRAIN THROUGH THE STONE, PREVENTING STANDING WATER PROBLEMS.
