Concrete Driveways Penrith

Concrete driveways in Western Sydney and Penrith have many styles. As the Western Sydney region covers a large area, there are many established homes as well as new home developments.

In addition to our residential concrete contracting work, Western Sydney and Penrith have many industrial estates. Our commercial contracting work in Western Sydney helps keep a large part of the New South Wales economy moving. It is an efficient part of Sydney to do commercial concreting as there are established supply chains, especially the Penrith and Blacktown regions.

With the different home styles in Western Sydney, there are many driveway finishes that are popular. Also it is common in Western Sydney for concrete driveway repair.

It is important for concrete driveway repair to have the necessary materials available as concrete driveway repair works interrupt driveway usage. With the good concrete supply chains in Western Sydney, our Western Sydney clients get speedy repairs compared with other parts of Sydney.

An example of a speedy concrete driveway repair is for a coloured concrete driveway. Black concrete driveway finishes are popular in Penrith. Black concrete is an easier colour to match for repair. Coloured concrete driveway materials are easily available in the local Penrith region.

In addition to our coloured concrete driveway and repair projects, stamped concrete is a popular option. The stamped concrete driveway look for Penrith is usually a charcoal or black driveway.

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Concrete Driveways Hills District

In our Baulkham Hills concrete projects, driveway finishes is split between plain concrete and decorative concrete. Our Baulkham Hills projects are unique for driveway construction as there is no driveway finish that is more popular than another.

During a concrete driveway quote, homeowners tell us they want to build a driveway before the house is put up for sale. This is common in Baulkham Hills as many homes have basic driveways which have limited kerb appeal. Another popular time for driveway construction is for growing families.

As many existing concrete driveways in the Hills District where built at a time when narrow driveways were popular, narrow driveways are now being removed. Narrow driveways do not suit with modern families.

Concrete driveway repair is possible, however for our Baulkham Hills projects, existing narrow style driveways are removed. Most homeowners see this as an opportunity to get a coloured concrete driveway designed with extra space and styled to suit the home.

In the Hills District, coloured concrete driveways are popular. Many homeowners choose a charcoal driveway.

Charcoal driveways are chosen in the Hills District as this is a subtle concrete colour. It suits well for driveways in the Hills District. Black concrete driveways are not as common for our concreting Hills projects.

There are also numerous driveway finishes for charcoal concrete. Cove finish is popular in the Hills District as it provides grip.

With young children, a coloured concrete driveway in cove finish, provides a slip resistant surface for children to walk and play on. This is one of the best concrete driveway options for families. A cove finish provides adequate grip as commonly found with plain concrete driveways. During a driveway quote, we can recommend if a colour cove finish suits for your driveway and lifestyle.

With driveway builds in the Hills District, usually includes a concrete bay area. A concrete bay area can be incorporated as part of the overall driveway design. A concrete bay area is usually located close to the front building alignment. Another popular place for bay areas is in front of the garage or carport.

As most of our Hills District projects involve driveway excavation of narrow driveways, this makes it a good time to re-evaluate driveway needs and incorporate extra space where needed. A concrete bay area gives you extra space as well as provide a visual design addition to the front of your property.

As driveways in the Hills District are replaced by larger and more prominent designs; this makes coloured concrete driveways well suited in these types of settings.

A bay area, makes interacting with your vehicle easier. A wide driveway also makes it easier to park two cars side by side on a clean surface. A driveway in this style makes it easier to load and unload goods from your vehicle. A wide coloured concrete driveway is a simple addition that you will enjoy on a daily basis.

A wide coloured concrete driveway also makes use of the outdoor space as many Hills District homes have. Many Hills projects are on properties with wide boundaries. Visually and practically, a wide coloured concrete driveways makes sense and is well suited.

These details are discussed during a concrete driveway quote. With our 40 years experience, we can show you what proportion and style will suit with your home.

During a driveway quote, we go over the visual and practical options to help narrow down preferred options. Visually, coloured concrete driveways is the most chosen finish for driveways in the Hills District. The charcoal driveway option is the go to choice as charcoal suits with the large front yard green space that is common with Hills District homes.

Practically, wide coloured concrete driveways also works with the large home footprint of houses in the Hills District. A wide coloured concrete driveway creates proportional space to other building spaces on the property. If there is minimal outdoor space, driveway construction creates clean and useable outdoor space and is one of the most basic home renovations.

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What is a Concrete Slab?

Concreting Sydney are concrete experts in all types of driveways and concrete slabs. With the many types of slab pouring options available, we are often asked during a concrete driveway quote what is a concrete slab? 

A concrete slab is used in construction as a structural element. Also known as slabs concrete, it is used to create flat horizontal surfaces such as concrete floors, roofs and driveways. Slabs can range from a shelter covering to a practical flat surface.

Slabs concrete is used as it can support heavy loads. Residential driveway slabs or car park slabs are common structures built by us.

Slabs concrete are created to have top and bottom surfaces parallel with each other. This is an important part of the construction process. As concrete experts we take great care to achieve uniform strong slabs.   

A slab usually is concrete pouring on site to a predefined form. Also known as in situ concrete slab construction, it is commonly used for concrete floors and driveways.

Form work for slab pouring is built by us. Form work is made from specialty wooden planks and boards. Plastic and steel forms are also used.

Form work for slab pouring is a type of boxing where wet concrete can be placed into a form. While pouring, the formwork acts as the finished height for the concrete slab. Slab pouring requires a dedicated team on the pouring day to get a flat concrete slab. 

After pouring the wet mix concrete is left to cure. Once the concrete has hardened, we then knock off and remove the form work. The correct time to remove the form work depends on the concrete project.

For driveway projects, form work is reusable. As a driveway slab has form work that is on the ground, this makes it easier to remove. The form work is then cleaned in preparation for the next concrete pouring project. Pressure washers are usually used to clean driveway slab form work.     

By cleaning slab form work, we can provide consistency in driveway slab edging. It makes concrete pouring for a driveway slab much more accurate. The ability to re-use driveway slab form work reduces the concrete driveway cost compared with other types of slab pouring.

Concrete pouring for a driveway is usually completed in one day by us. This makes concreting a drive one of the most common pouring projects, as concrete driveway costs are much less than other driveway surfaces such as paving. 

Once a concrete driveway is poured the slab is complete. There is no need for additional work such as laying cobblestones, slate or travertine on top. By choosing a concrete slab driveway, there is no need to organise multiple tradesmen as we provide an all in one service.

With paving, a concrete base is preferred as the concrete base provides support for the pavers. With this method it still does not stop pavers shifting as pavers need to be laid on a sand base. Also a driveway concrete base does not stop weed growth as the sand provides a place for seeds to germinate and grow on the surface.

This makes the concrete driveway cost advantageous to other paving methods. A concrete slab driveway needs fewer steps to get to the final product. Paving a driveway requires many added steps to get to the stage to lay pavers.

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Concrete Driveway North Shore

Concrete driveways on the North Shore are typically unique. North Shore driveways are larger than most concrete drive projects in Sydney.

A North Shore concrete driveway can totally change the ability for vehicles to enter a property. Many concrete drives in the northern suburbs have small and narrow driveways. New driveway builds completely change the usability of homes. The driveway makeover usually starts right from the street. Many of our Wahroonga and Killara projects, include concreting from the council driveway road. 

In Wahroonga and Killara, concrete driveway infrastructure in these places have not been modernised compared with other North Shore areas.

Building our Wahroonga and Killara projects is often from a clean slate. Many Wahroonga and Killara projects need to identify street entrance positioning. As partners with local governments in the North Shore, creating the best concrete driveway road entrance is the first step in building new driveways.

On many occasions there is no street concrete gutter. Before building the road entrance, a new concrete gutter is built so it aligns with the section of the driveway that is inside the boundary.

Concrete layback and gutter works has to be built specifically as the land terrain is hilly and cannot be standardised as in flat areas of Sydney. For Wahroonga driveways, street dimensions where often built with the natural contours and features of the land. North Shore road grading those days was more flexible.

For Killara this meant many streets maintain the hilly topography of the area as road grading machinery was primitive compared with today. This makes Wahroonga and Killara to have completely different street concrete gutters and laybacks for driveways. Concrete on the North Shore is influenced by the topography. 

In Killara, there have been many instances where homes never had a concrete driveway. As there are many steep blocks in Killara, these types of blocks are common for not having a concrete driveway. There was simply no mini excavating machinery at the time. Driveways on the steep blocks were simply built with a gravel driveway. 

Driveways in Killara has slowly developed. Killara homeowners have had to deal with rutted and eroded driveways longer than other North Shore areas.

When we concrete a driveway in Killara on a block for the first time, it has increased home values considerably. Even with the increased home values, it changes so much the way homeowners use their home that many decide not to sell.

As vehicles have become lower over the years, it is safer to concrete as it provides a durable even surface. There have been many instances in Killara where vehicles has bottomed out on a rock boulder. Gravel driveways are being discontinued and being replaced with concrete driveways.

For concrete in Killara, we generally recommend a minimum two and a half metre wide driveway. This width gives sufficient room to navigate your vehicle on slope blocks which is common in Killara.   

Working with Ku-ring-gai Council on concrete driveway projects, we have modernised many driveways and streets. We have improved many sites with our experience concreting in the Ku-ring-gai region. We work with Ku-ring-gai Council to create improved driveway and footpath spaces.

Concrete driveways on the North Shore can sometimes become a mini road building project. Our Wahroonga projects are some of the largest on the North Shore. Wahroonga projects are usually completed after extensive home renovation. The concrete driveway brief is usually to create heritage North Shore concreting styles.

As concrete on the North Shore is a site specific non standardised from of concreting, this requires local North Shore knowledge. Wahroonga is a good example where concrete has varied requirements. 

Wahroonga sites have a high degree of layout variation than most North Shore localities. To complete a concrete driveway design for Wahroonga is to incorporate home location. For Wahroonga this looks at making the grand heritage federation homes of the suburb work with modern road infrastructure.

With the manor style homes of Wahroonga, homes are represented differently to today’s standard. Wahroonga homes can be at the front or rear of blocks. Many homes in the past where self sufficient estates. Driveways did not exist as we know today. Sometimes a heritage gate is the only marker to work with when building a new concrete driveway.      

Building driveways in Wahroonga, requires detailed excavation. As many homes previously had small dams or ponds for irrigation of crops, concrete slab drainage is important for this locality. Driveway excavation may include altering surface runoff away from low spots on the property to prevent flooding. Driveway excavation rectifies past drainage practices.

New concrete driveways usually solves many onsite legacy land uses. For Wahroonga, this can include eliminating gravel footpaths that crisscross each other. Gravel footpaths originally lead to many parts of a block. For example, gravel footpaths led to wells, fruit orchards and out houses. When building a new concrete driveway, gravel footpaths are usually removed. Driveway excavation removes gravel footpaths and incorporates those spaces into the existing landscape.

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