By Lance Winslow
Most folks are unaware of the new flexible concrete that is available. Most contractors don't even know about it, however the Department of Transportation, the State of Oregon, and all the local cement companies around Portland know of it. This is because a cement company in Oregon has invented a new type of bendable concrete.
Its applications and potential uses are almost unfathomable; everything from runways to highways, from parking lots to loading docks. And in case of an earthquake, flexible concrete will do the trick and there will be no damage. When earthquakes do occur concrete cracks, and it ends up costing lots of money to repair.
Not only does the old concrete often have to be removed and be jack hammered out, but new concrete has to be poured in its place and if it is an earthquake area with earthquake faults that are active, it is just a matter of time until the concrete breaks again.
Speaking of which, if you are considering home improvements on your driveway at home then you might consider this bendable concrete. Even if you don't live in an earthquake zone, over time the ground settles and concrete driveway slabs can crack. Even walkways around your home can crack when a large tree's root system pushes it up.
Although, it costs a little bit more to make a driveway out of flexible-bendable concrete, it also means that you only have to make the driveway once, and you'll never have to repair it again. This definitely makes a lot of sense and so, if you are thinking of home improvements to fix that crack driveway why not put in flexible-concrete this time and save yourself a lot of future headaches. Please consider all this.
Its applications and potential uses are almost unfathomable; everything from runways to highways, from parking lots to loading docks. And in case of an earthquake, flexible concrete will do the trick and there will be no damage. When earthquakes do occur concrete cracks, and it ends up costing lots of money to repair.
Not only does the old concrete often have to be removed and be jack hammered out, but new concrete has to be poured in its place and if it is an earthquake area with earthquake faults that are active, it is just a matter of time until the concrete breaks again.
Speaking of which, if you are considering home improvements on your driveway at home then you might consider this bendable concrete. Even if you don't live in an earthquake zone, over time the ground settles and concrete driveway slabs can crack. Even walkways around your home can crack when a large tree's root system pushes it up.
Although, it costs a little bit more to make a driveway out of flexible-bendable concrete, it also means that you only have to make the driveway once, and you'll never have to repair it again. This definitely makes a lot of sense and so, if you are thinking of home improvements to fix that crack driveway why not put in flexible-concrete this time and save yourself a lot of future headaches. Please consider all this.
