On Fri, 3 Oct 2008 20:07:28 -0400, "cshenk" wrote:

:"Dan Musicant" wrote
:
: an, I was hunting up thre quickcrete site and noted the forms for making
: a
: :brick-look. Seemed easy. Is that what you are doing? I may do it here.
: :The simple standard brick look seems right for this project.
:
: I'll try to describe what I did. Just next to my house there's a small
: rectangular patch of ground with plants. It's about 3.5 feet by 12 feet.
: On one long side is the side of the house, red brick. On the other 3
: sides is a concrete surround, raised about 4 inches above the concrete
: patio. For some reason, one of the shorts sides was missing, and a very
: short portion of the long side. I put in the missing concrete today.
:
:Ok thanks! Not the same project we need but interesting thread to me! Kind
f the 'learn something new each day'.
:
:I am wondering if those quickcrete molds (see, about 2x2) work well. They
:let you use quickcrete to make a sort of faux brick or stone walkway. I
:need something all along the ground level sunroom addition we made, or the
:mud from rain drops splatters the screens and glass. I was thinking in our
:case, a double wide set (about 4ft out) would meet our needs. The other
:idea was a 3ft or so suround of ground level trex decking but we havent the
:money for that just now.
:
:I liked the look best of the simple 'brick' mold where you add their
:colorant to make it terra cotta. I am lucky as they have a store near me.
:
:Now, to see (possibly in a separate post so as to not mess up yours) if any
:have any experience with this sort of need, and what they found.
:
My back yard has some faux brick concrete work.

A tip or two: I used my wheelbarrow, a nice big 6 cubic footer. Use a
garden hoe to mix, mix, mix the Quikcrete (or any other concrete
mixture, even one you make yourself from Portland cement, sand and
aggregate) with the water. I have 3 hoes, and one was perfect. The
corners are rounded, so it doesn't scratch up my wheelbarrow. I cleaned
the thing out afterward. I don't want my wheelbarrow looking like the
one the plumbers used when they did my sewer lines!

My little project here came out pretty well. The portion I did actually
looks a lot better than the stuff it was completing, which wasn't too
sharp.

Dan