Green Goods

Environmental

Cement, which has a high embodied energy, can be exchanged for fly ash which is a waste product of the coal industry. Concrete counters are locally fabricated reducing petroleum use and pollution caused by shipping. Slabs are fabricated to the actual size needed and no more. Less eco-friendly concrete slabs come in one size and often have waste material left over.

Common Uses

Concrete is an incredibly diverse material, don’t be afraid to thick outside the box. Uses include but not limited to, kitchen and vanity counters and sinks, fireplace surrounds, sills at windows and doors, pedestals, floors, staircase treads and risers, vertical surfaces, shower walls and any architectural detail you can imagine.

Styles

There is no way to pin down this material. Design can range from the most modern slick, smooth, tight, square and perfect to a rough, void, thick and durable surface. It can be polished to glass, sandblasted and merely troweled. Concrete allows the designer to be custom, old terrazzo finishes using recycled glass, inlays of your person desire such as sea shells, old coins, computer chips to aluminum shavings.

Prices

$65 – $140 sq/ft (materials and installation)