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Posted by miamicuse on October 2, 2006, 2:24 am
I have an area that is part of a planter area on one side of the concrete
driveway,
but I want to "shorten" it so for now I have covered it with paver bricks as
shown here:
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-10/1090906/P1000364.JPG
I really want to cover it with same concrete, but I have no clue how to
match the black
"grout line". It is not really a grout line, any idea?
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-10/1090906/P1000363.JPG
Thanks in advance,
MC
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Posted by hallerb@aol.com on October 2, 2006, 8:30 am
lay new slab if thats what your asking, cutting in grout lines, once
the slab hardens mix portland cement with concrete dye and use as
grout.
there are likely other ways to do this like outdoor black grout
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Posted by on October 2, 2006, 9:05 am
hallerb@aol.com wrote:
> lay new slab if thats what your asking, cutting in grout lines, once
> the slab hardens mix portland cement with concrete dye and use as
> grout.
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> there are likely other ways to do this like outdoor black grout
You actually have two problems. One is matching the grout lines. The
other is matching the concrete itself, which appears to be colored.
What you have there looks like stamped concrete. You can try
experimenting with test batches of various color for the concrete and
grout. Or you can get some stamped concrete contractors to take a
look. Problem is, it's such a small job, they may not be interested.
Bottom line, ain't isn't gonna be easy to solve. Are you sure you
don't want to leave it as a planting area?
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Posted by Tim Fischer on October 2, 2006, 10:21 am
Not to second-guess you, but that seems like a lot of work to go through to
gain what appears to be just a few square feet of driveway space...
-Tim
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Posted by miamicuse on October 2, 2006, 8:31 pm
I understand where you are coming from. But the main entrance to the house
is a double wide door about 72" wide. The landing prior to the main
entrance is about 90" wide.
The planting areas are on both sides of the entrance and it "cuts" into the
entrance pathway narrowing it to about 40" wide. This is why I am trying to
push the planting area back to the same width as the door entrance.
MC
> Not to second-guess you, but that seems like a lot of work to go through
to
> gain what appears to be just a few square feet of driveway space...
>
> -Tim
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