25) Forming crew returns to install formwork when inside banding is part of a custom design

26) CONCRETE PLACING stage begins. Concrete is brought to rear yard and walkways using wheel barrel. Concrete is raked and reinforcing steel cage is raised

27) One man 4' aluminum straight edge is used to screed concrete flat from form to form

28) Two-man 14' aluminum straight edge is used

29) Concrete is placed and screeded on existing porch. Stair case is poured with caution to prevent moving of formwork

30) Steps are vibrated to consolidate concrete and hand floated

31) Concrete is placed directly onto the driveway from ready-mix truck. Concrete is screeded using a two-man 17' aluminum straight edge

32) One man 8' aluminum straight edge is used

33) A roller is used to consolidate aggregate and bring more paste to the concrete surface. Bull float is used to fine tune leveling of concrete surface by cutting high spots and filling low-lying areas. All concrete edges are hand floated

34) Rolling and bull floating of the driveway

35) Colour hardener is applied to the concrete surface by dry shake method

36) Colour hardener is applied to rear patio

37) Colour hardener is applied to the circular driveway

38) Colour hardener is applied to side driveway

39) Once colour hardener has absorbed surface bleed water, concrete is hand floated and trowelled to a smooth finish

40) The driveway is hand floated and trowelled. Edging tool is used along perimeter formwork to create borders

41) Coloured release agent is lightly spread on the concrete surface prior to the stamping process. This product will not allow the wet concrete to stick to the plastic molds

42) The Yorkstone pattern is used in this project on the rear patio and all walkways. The plastic molds are used within the body of the slab. All edging is lightly textured with hand mats and chiseled to complete the pattern

43) All Patterned Concrete molds are made of rigid plastic to support and evenly distribute body weight

44) All steps are lightly textured with hand mats and chiseled to replicate large stone slabs

45) The circular driveway is stamped using the large rock texture molds. This pattern is seamless and gives the entire surface a continuous texture

46) Driveway borders are lightly textured using hand mats and chiseled to complete the pattern

47) The side driveway is stamped using the Old English brick herringbone pattern. A large hand tamper may be used to help with imprinting of the pattern

48) FORMWORK REMOVAL/CONTROL JOINTS stage begins. All formwork is removed and taken away