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the happy people cheer as the concrete and pumper truck show up!

look at the cool concrete mix in the hopper as it starts the ride through the magic pump hose

here we go now, let’s follow the hose: 1!

2!

3! WOOHOO, wonder what’s around the corner!!!

4! It’s Mr Doug!! the happy pumper guy…who else?!

5!  hey, I see some feet?

6! Hey everyone, its Derrick!!, he’s real happy to be holding holding a hose

and now Captain Tanner places the concrete into its new sleeping place!  Thanks for following

here we’re framing walls to shore up the dirt in preparation for the…(wait for it)…. pool!!!!

Phil is as tough as nails.  Look now as he eats a screw while placing a concrete wall form as he’s suspended 30 feet off the ground

these here rocks are going to be used on this here job, making it: purdy.

I saw a sweet fireplace design in a magazine the other day, and showed it to the cool people from Artista Homes.  Nice guys.  They’re Italian too hmm go figure. (lol, KIDDING)  They loved it, and we made it.  We have a few details to work out, but this piece came off very well.  This home will also feature a custom wine room, and concrete back splashes.  It’s not always about the concrete- it’s about how things relate to each other, and create  space.  Us professional design type people call this: spatial relationships.  Can I get a WOO WOOO?!!!

The vertical work done here is to mimic a poured concrete wall.  There is some honey comb, bug holes, cracking and a natural grey colour.  The steel surround is in 4 pieces and has custom 1″ square bolts.

yeah.

you may remember this as the job that cowboy Phil and cowboy Tanner were working at.   Well, now cowboy Mitch and cowboy Randy Mac are diggin the landscaping portion of this job.  Of course cowboy Ryan and cowboy Aron will be helping lay sod so that cowboy Roger from Rival Craftsman Dudes can…..wait a minute he’s french…… ok,  So La Cowboy Roger and his crew can finish off with a sweet deck and door and stair thingy deal… it’ll be sweet because this job is overloaded with cowboys! laugh out loud.

vertical trowelled concrete shower and tub surround

never tried polishing this stuff before, kind of a neat idea for the whole wipe it clean crowd

We’re bustin out samples of wall finishes, polished/ground concrete floors, and pouring pre cast stair pans- because we can!

These hand made vertical carved rocks were stained with a water based black dye.  The dye was diluted to lessen the impact of the black and increase the translucency (actual word spelled correctly).  I’m probably going to add some rusty oxide to the rock- just to imitate the natural look found in the stone we are using in the landscape in the yard.   The top was also dyed with the same material- still on the fence as to whether or not to seal the top.  Not lovin the shiny and black idea……. it’s not south beach ya know……

At least it’s not brown….. a close source has informed me that black is the new black…. haha!….