Let’s talk a little bit about driveways! Yes, driveways - the welcoming path leading you to your beautiful dream home!
MDD knows that a driveway says a lot about the home and can act as a decorative function to the homes' exterior. For that purpose, most of our homes use a combination of colored concrete flatwork and pavers.
Instead of the standard dull, grey concrete flatwork, concrete can come in a variety of colors and different finishes to bring pizzazz to the front of a home. But it must be done right! Maintaining the structural integrity of high quality concrete requires precisely mixing aggregates, prompt delivery to ensure proper curing, and accurate application techniques to achieve a durable finish. Different methods will produce diverse finishes – usually smooth finish for indoors and textured finish for exterior areas. Most of our homes have a driveway made of Del Sur colored concrete with broom finish and jointing.
MDD knows that a driveway says a lot about the home and can act as a decorative function to the homes' exterior. For that purpose, most of our homes use a combination of colored concrete flatwork and pavers.
Instead of the standard dull, grey concrete flatwork, concrete can come in a variety of colors and different finishes to bring pizzazz to the front of a home. But it must be done right! Maintaining the structural integrity of high quality concrete requires precisely mixing aggregates, prompt delivery to ensure proper curing, and accurate application techniques to achieve a durable finish. Different methods will produce diverse finishes – usually smooth finish for indoors and textured finish for exterior areas. Most of our homes have a driveway made of Del Sur colored concrete with broom finish and jointing.
To add even more character and appeal to a driveway, most MDD built homes include pavers. Pavers are pre-cast pieces of multi-colored concrete or brick. Most paving stones are interlocking and are installed over a compacted stone sub-base and a leveling bed of sand. Instead of grout, sand particles are spread over the pavers. The sand stabilizes the interlocking pavers while allowing for flexibility to absorb stress from earthquakes, temperature changes, ground erosion, etc. MDD uses rectangular multi-colored concrete pavers by Acker-Stone.
The thought of a driveway may seem boring to some, but look how beautiful they can turn out!
For more information on building your dream home with McCullough Design Development, please visit our website at http://www.mddhomes.com/ and join us for our new model grand opening on January 14th 2012! More info to come!
I am in the process of building my dream home. I see that most of these homes used interlocking pavers for their walkways and driveways. I would love to have that. It makes the house look new and modern.
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