How to Edge a Garden Bed With Brick

This Old House: Use clay pavers to form a tidy border to separate your lawn from plantings.

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Best Artificial Grass for Dogs

Installing artificial grass makes the most sense to pet lovers. Save your time, money and worry not about your small friends making a mess in your backyard. Not anymore.

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We carry Global Syn Turf... call us for more details. (707) 644-0859

Why Choose Ready-Mix Concrete for Your Next Home Project

If you’re considering a fairly small job involving concrete, such as pouring a small slab in your yard, it can be tempting to try to do it yourself.  After all, you certainly can buy bags of dry concrete and do the mixing by hand.  However, this is rarely a good idea.  Hiring a ready-mix concrete supplier in Vallejo, CA, might cost a little more, but it can save you so much time and effort.  Plus, you’re almost certainly going to get better results.

Here are just a few reasons why DIY concrete mixing just isn’t as good of an idea as it might sound.

Three Reasons Why DIY Concrete Isn’t Worth It

Time & Effort

Mixing concrete by hand is incredibly time-consuming, and also extremely tiring.  There’s a reason that a ready-mix concrete supplier in Vallejo will use mixing drums!  Even small amounts of concrete are extremely heavy.  First-timers almost always underestimate just how much physical effort it requires to mix the concrete thoroughly and move it around.

You could be looking at hours of work just stirring and mixing.

Uneven consistency

Because you can only mix small batches by hand, that makes it almost impossible to achieve consistency from batch to batch.  This is important in terms of both aesthetics, and reliability.  Uneven concrete batches will look different from each other, and they’ll have different levels of strength as well.  You won’t be able to trust that they’re all up to the standard you need.

This problem is made worse if you’re having to stack different batches on top of each other.  If you’re adding newly-wet concrete to half-dried concrete, the result will be less strong than a single uniform batch.

You can’t make cold-weather mixes

If you’re living in an area which sees sub-freezing temperatures, you’ll find that DIY concrete mixes contract and expand as the temperatures fluctuate. Working with an accelerator as part of a ready-mix product can help the concrete to settle faster in cold weather, creating the uniform structure required for optimal material performance over the long-term.

Bayshore Materials Is Your Ready-Mix Concrete Supplier in Vallejo

We’re here to help homeowners install perfect concrete structures.  Contact us for an estimate!

Marshalltown Concrete Demo Day

If you enjoyed watching the Marshalltown Concrete Demo Day with Rollins employees learning how to use certain concrete tools then you should find this video interesting. Our product video identifies exactly which products we used on the day, including the product name and part number. So if anything took your fancy you'll now know which product to buy. 

Edging Trowels Finishing Tools

Edging tools demonstrated for concrete contractors, including hand, combination and walking edgers.
The Concrete Network presents Tools of the Trade with Bob Harris.

How to get a flat floor using a vibrating concrete power-screed tool.

A few tips on how to get a flat concrete floor when using a concrete power screed to screed your concrete floors.  Knowing how to run the power screed and not get humps and dips in the floor is important for a successful installation.

Top 5 Concrete Finishing Tools

There are several benefits of concrete finishing. A concrete finish reduces wear & tear, provides a uniform surface, and prevents chipping. Finishing a concrete surface requires patience and dexterity. No matter how complex or simple your project, you will need concrete finishing tools in Vallejo to get your desired finish.

We have compiled a list of concrete finishing tools used widely in residential and commercial projects to give concrete a smooth and clean finish.

Power Screeds

During the pouring process, a power screed is used to smooth concrete and pull the extra concrete off the back. Depending on the size of the average pour, a wooden screed board or a power screed may need to be used.

Many contractors prefer vibratory screeds over other types as they are designed to help avoid back pain, save time, and deliver great results.

If your slab is too narrow for a power screed, it makes sense to use a wooden screed. When using a wooden screed, remember to go over the surface after pulling the extra concrete back.

Bull Floats

Bull floats have extra wide blades that are fixed on long handles. They are used to fill voids, smooth surfaces for troweling, and level ridges. Remember to perform the process immediately after screeding, right before moisture starts to form.

Power Trowels

A power trowel is used to apply the finish onto a larger concrete slab. The pitch of the blade of a power trowel can be adjusted to achieve the desired finish. Depending on the size of the average pour, your contractor may use anywhere between two and five trowels. There are two types of power trowels: ride-on and walk-behind.

As the name suggests, a ride-on power trowel has a seat for the operator, whereas a walk-behind power trowel does not have a seat and the operator walks behind it.

Concrete Finishing Brooms  

A concrete finishing broom is used to create a slip-resistant surface. Using a concrete finishing broom to create a smooth, skid-resistant surface is a traditional concrete finishing technique.

Whether you have your heart set on a decorative finish or an artistic pattern, your contractor will come up with a plan to achieve the desired look. An experienced contractor uses different methods such as skillfully changing directions to achieve a distinctive look.

Concrete Edgers

A concrete edger is used to create precise edges. It is used when the concrete starts losing moisture and (as a result) begins to stiffen up. The L-shaped edge of a concrete edger is designed to help separate the concrete from the board. If you want to achieve the distinct look of slant edges, use a slant edger, instead of a sharp one.

Bayshore Materials is a leading supplier of concrete finishing tools in Vallejo. Whether you have a simple, run-of-the-mill new construction project or a complex renovation project, we have got you covered. To place your order, contact our office at (707) 644-0859. 

5 Easy Edging Ideas to Keep Mulch in Place

Are you struggling to keep your mulch in place in your garden beds? Are you wondering what you could use to help contain and keep it in place that would be easy and fast? Watch this video to see us go over 5 easy edging ideas to keep your mulch in place that you can install fast.

• Paver, Concrete edging
• Plastic Black (in rolls and stakes) edging
• Natural Trench edging
• Wood edging
• Hard Plastic (insections) edging

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Vallejo CA 94590
707-644-0859

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Bayshore Materials is a Landscaping, Masonry & Concrete Supply Center. We carry a large selection of bricks, blocks, stepping stones, interlocking pavers, Brickform concrete stamps, color hardener, antique release, concrete stains and concrete sealers. We offer plumbing supplies and landscaping bark, rock, sand, topsoil and more.

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