Hi DIY, I just moved into a house that has a rough exposed aggregate concrete patio (150 square feet). It's awful to walk around on. I'm considering the following DIY remedies, but if anyone has tried to smooth out aggregate (literary I can almost pick out the rocks - it's original from 1971)...
Last time I did it over exposed aggregate at a friends house the bit wanted to walk like crazy which made it very hard to drill accurately.. Anyway to more precisely drill these? I will be drilling 52 holes in this exposed aggregate so the more accurate the better. I do have a roto hammer as well, the issues is not my tool is the bit itself walking on the aggerates before it starts to actually ...
The aggregate was exposed after the retarder/pressure washing. It almost seems too much of the concrete was removed, leaving more of the small pebbles exposed above the concrete....thus, a bumpy surface.
I get the idea that the trailer pumps are smaller than the big boom trucks and the pea gravel tends to flow through the hose easier.. (kind of guessing on that one) So my question: Will substituting pea gravel instead of the normal larger limestone or other aggregate weaken the concrete? Are there any drawbacks to this I'm not considering?
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I’m building a new house and at the end of the driveway and back of the garage (see pic) we want to install some type of aggregate in the highlighted area which will be used for temporary parking and raised garden beds. We nixed the idea of extending the driveway with pavers due to cost and the...
Going to place aggregate next week [week of 3/31/25] then pour concrete as soon as the radon system is placed. YAY! Ben, my concrete guy [& a really great guy!] plans to use fiber mesh. From what I've read, I think this will be fine but just want to run it past you guys. This is a one story...
Hello, I recently poured pavers and the sides really showed a lot of exposed aggregate as well as on the edges when I tried to use an edge tool. What can I be doing wrong? Also, I heard adding Portland cement would increase the the smooth stuff on top. Any truth to this? Thanks for all the help.
On a recent Yard Crashers show, the host (Ahmed), showed a pebble mixture that gets combined with some sort of epoxy and gets troweled over existing concrete. Looks Great? Any idea where I can get this product? Thanks.
