The Process of Concrete Curbing

First, the area where the concrete landscape edging will be installed has to be prepared. Ground preparation is very important in achieving a professional looking stamped curb from our edging machine. A trench, one inch deep and nine inches wide, around the landscape edging beds is all that is necessary to accommodate the concrete curb machine. Ground preparation can be completed using shovels, a sod cutter or trencher. Our process uses the trencher for ground preparation.

Second, concrete is prepared in a mortar mixer with sand, cement, fiber and water as the basic ingredients. No form work, no landscape damage & no elaborate set-up, clean-up is minimal!The consistency of the mixture is very important. The mix must be very dry. Color additives can be added to the curb mixture to customize the beauty of it to match the customer's home. After the mixture is ready, the concrete mix is shoveled into our concrete landscape edging / curb machine and extruded into a professional continuous landscape border.

 

When the concrete landscape edging is extruded from our curb machine, the surface of the landscape edging will have some imperfections. Using a specially formed hand trowel, the concrete curbing is quickly smoothed into a decorative concrete curbing masterpiece.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After the decorative concrete curbing is laid down and smoothed it can be stamped to create patterns using various stamping tools. There are many coloring and stamping techniques that can be done at this time. Control joints are then added to help prevent cracks every three to four feet while the surface is still wet. These control joints can be hidden in the stamped curb pattern or tooled for a finished landscape edging look.