Typical materials used to build patios include concrete, brick, flagstone, pavers, tile and cut stone.

Concrete is a versatile choice for flooring. It can be dyed, stained or painted to create unique colors and patterns. It can also be given texture by scoring it or stamping a pattern in the wet concrete. It can also be polished for a smooth glassy finish.

Yes. If you are pouring new concrete, you can add color to the concrete mix. If you want to change the color of existing concrete, you can stain it, use a color hardener or dye the concrete.

Yes. Because it is constantly exposed to the elements, bacteria can collect below and inside the concrete that you can’t see. This will eventually eat away at the concrete making it unsafe to walk on and require repairs or replacement.

Yes. Injection leveling uses a polyurethane foam. In its liquid form, it is injected under the concrete, expands to fill any voids and raise the concrete and quickly cures. If you instead choose mudjacking, a cement slurry is pumped through holes in the concrete and allowed to raise the concrete back to its original level.

Concrete is one of the best choices for a patio. It’s strong and durable and weather has little affect on it. Concrete is also one of the most affordable options and if you don’t like the look of plain poured concrete, you can dress it up with a special polish, finish or stamped pattern.

Concrete finishing creates a smooth durable surface on concrete. Concrete finishing can be as simple as a smooth even layer to as complex as stamped patterns, colors or aggregate.

A mild acid applied to a concrete floor gives it a marbled appearance. Each floor will be unique as the acid reacts to the concrete in unpredictable patterns.

Yes. Crack sealer or hydraulic cement can fill cracks in concrete. Concrete resurfacer produces a new thin coat on structurally sound concrete that needs a face lift.

A concrete slab-on-grade is a foundation of solid concrete that lays directly on the ground.