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10 Tips For Hiring a PIC Contractor
At Complete Driveway Designs we understand that it can sometimes be daunting when inviting prospective contractors to your home and often it is hard to know what to look for. Here we have prepared a guide of 10 tips for hiring a Pattern Imprinted Concrete contractor.
Post Date: | 6th February 2012 |
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George and the Dragon
You may consider that Pattern Imprinted Concrete is only used for the likes of driveways, patios or paths. So if we said to you, “Imagine a pattern imprinted concrete playground”, you may think we were crazy. Well at Complete Driveway Designs the only thing that we are crazy about is being committed to great service and workmanship. And with regard to the pattern imprinted concrete playground, we don’t need to imagine, because we have created one.
In August 2011, we were asked to undertake one our most exiting projects to date. We were approached by Seddon (G&J Seddon Ltd) to create a dragon style playground at St. George’s Primary School, Barrow-In-Furness.
The playground is in the shape of a dragon with its body and tail wrapping around the playground, which was the easy part. The path leading to the playground which incorporates the dragon’s footprints was the hard part, especially trying to get the dragon to walk in a straight line.
All the hard work and effort was more than worth it, and the pupils of the school were overwhelmed with their new playground. Head teacher Mrs Kent said: “It’s a privilege to watch them mesmerized by the view. One pupil said “It’s like something from a holiday brochure”, it adds another dimension.”
These pictures show the final result, but over the course of the next few months we will be showing you from start to finish how we tackled the project…….so stay tuned!
Post Date: | 13th January 2012 |
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Wishing you a merry festive season, and all the best for 2012!
It sure has been a busy year for CD Designs — we have been inundated with work, and have carried our concrete crusade around England implementing high quality pattern imprinted concrete driveways and patios far and wide, sometimes branching out into slightly unfamiliar territories such as interior work, but always leaving a trail of satisfied customers in our wake.
We’ve also been very active on our blog this year, publishing a wide variety of articles covering everything from practical tips and tricks for pattern imprinted concrete, to weird and wonderful concrete design work from designers the world over.
We’d like to thank everyone involved in our success this year – all the staff at CD Designs, everyone who helped promote us, and of course, all the customers who put their trust in us to do a good job of adding concrete creativity to their homes, offices and other locations.
Cheers.
We look forward to working with you again in 2012!
Post Date: | 25th December 2011 |
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Do you have a concrete idea? Share it with us!
At CD Designs, we are always on the lookout for great new concrete design ideas, and interesting new uses for concrete. We tend to throw a lot of ideas and discoveries out there, and we are sure that you – our beloved readership – are brimming with good ideas too.
Therefore, we’d like to ask you to send in your ideas to us! Have you developed an innovative new sealing technique for pattern imprinted concrete driveways? Or an exciting alternative colouring or acid staining method? Are you an eco warrior armed with tips for making concrete installations more environmentally friendly, or have you discovered a really great new product you’d like to recommend?
Alternatively, are you a mad inventor or designer who has built a concrete light aircraft, or a herd of brightly coloured concrete cows?
Whatever the case, we’d love to hear from you! If you are referencing an online article please use our contact form, otherwise send your text and images to info@northwest-driveways.co.uk. You should make sure your images are cut down in size (around 100-200KB is reasonable for a good enough quality photo), otherwise they will be rejected.
Note that, due to volume of submissions, not all items can be featured.
Post Date: | 20th December 2011 |
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Tags: | concrete art, concrete design, pattern imprinted concrete driveways, sealant |
Concrete storage cubes: stacks of fun
We have explored numerous applications of concrete in interior design already on our blog, but this is the first time we’ve come across concrete storage units! For those of you who tire of the Ikea school of storage units, Florian Kallus’ wood and concrete creations offer a stylish and creative alternative.
Dubbed Wahid, these units measure around a foot and a half square. They are made from moulded concrete with a wooden veneer inner layer, providing a delightful contrast between stark industrial function, and warm gentle texture.
Being square, you can arrange them effectively to make good use of pretty much any space you have available. They are multifunctional, useful for mounting on the wall for elevated storage, or stacking up off ground level. And their size makes them versatile for storing a wide variety of objects of different types, from living room items such as DVDs and records, to kitchen utensils and food items.
Post Date: | 18th December 2011 |
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