My father owns a concrete business, so I figured I’d throw this out there.
Sidewalks, porches, steps, driveways, anything concrete. Lots of references and past jobs available for questions/inspection. Easily some of the best pricing you’ll get because of the small size of the business.
Available for pretty immediate work.
If this is against any of the rules, please let me know.
eh this post might get deleted…usually anything that makes you money as far as a business is concerned and not pittspeed gets deleted…
What is the name of the company?
Can he do stamping and coloring of steps?
Everyone I call wont touch it. I know it can be done, even now someone that used to do, but has moved on to other businesses…
Why won’t anyone stamp and color steps in your area? Steps aren’t any different than flatwork to stamp. Just a smaller stamp.
my brother can do it
Wish we would’ve known about this last year when we had steps put in. The topcoat of cement is already flaking off.
Were they salted over the winter?
do you break up/remove existing concrete and stonework? I need a walkway in my backyard removed, along with a small concrete pad-looking thing. What does that normally run…hourly/sq ft of removal?
Becasue I want, not just the treads done, but the faces also.
So can he do it?
For the risers of the steps it’s easier to get a formliner for the height of the riser. If he doesn’t have them already, they’re expensive. Probably doesn’t if he doesn’t want to do em.
I know that is one way to go. But I have seen guys, that had the experience, just pull the forms, at the right time, and then dye and stamp the faces. In my opinion this way gives a much nicer, real stone look that just doesn’t happen when using riser form stamps.
the stamped and dyed concrete work around here is non existant and way too expensive thats why alot of guys wont touch it the rubber stamps are outrageously expensive… My boss was gonna start doing it but there is no demand here for it. You want nice stepd either get real natural built limestone built steps or go for exposed aggregate steps which are just as nice
How big of a stamp are you looking for? A friend’s company (also self-owned) does concrete borders, and does all kinds of coloring and stamping.
Edge Appeal, Inc. 412-896-3851, tell whoever answers the phone Jesse sent ya. I’m not sure if they’ll be able to help you, though. It depends on the size I suppose.
Also, our charging does vary depending on what’s needed, and we can come give you a quote no problem. PM me with what you need done, what size everything is, and pics if possible, or just PM me an address and we can come check it out.
The company name is RobCo, and as of now it’s still on the pretty small scale, but I believe we’re putting an ad in next years phone book 
If needed for serious parties, I can post pics of past work. I’ll just need a few days to drive all over the city taking pictures.
Jesse
Nah, that Calcium stuff.
we just had a sidewalk put in that was colored and stamped. They didnt stamp the face of the porch, just the top.
Got a picture of the porch face?
I’ll get some pictures and measurments of it in the next day or so. I can do all of the forming and prep work. Hell I can even get the concrete in the hole and finished, I just need it dyed and stamped. And I dont want it dyed in the truck. That makes everything come out to be one color. I like the spray/spread type of dying so you get the contrasting colors. And it looks way more natural.
I need a sidewalk and a few other things but not till the end of summer, i’ll keep you guys in mind.
Color hardener. Looks really good too when the finisher antiques the surface too (contrasting color that lays in the low spots of the stamp). Color hardener is cheaper than integral color most of the time too. It just means that your color is only on the surface so a high traffic area could get chipped and the bare concrete could get exposed.
