Posts Tagged ‘concrete.’

Ideas for covering concrete block?

Friday, July 22nd, 2011

Question by bchandler14: Ideas for covering concrete block? I am finishing my garage into an extra room and need to cover about a foot and a half tall concrete block. I was thinking of gluing laminate flooring to the block as a cover up. Would this work? Is there a better looking way of covering [...]

How to remove stains from a concrete fireplace hearth?

Sunday, June 26th, 2011

Question by judson: How to remove stains from a concrete fireplace hearth? My fireplace has a smooth cement type hearth which has developed a couple stains. One stain was from cleaning the soot covered glass insert. The other is from a wooden decoration which apparently had some pine pitch. I’ve tried the floor dry stuff [...]

How much asphalt would need to go over a deteriorating concrete driveway?

Friday, June 24th, 2011

Question by kdog00000: How much asphalt would need to go over a deteriorating concrete driveway? I have a 37 year old concrete driveway that is deteriorating badly. It looks like the agregate was not mixed right when poured, and now the top is flaking off and affected by salt in the winter. How much asphalt [...]