Atlas Concrete Solutions

Paths & Entrances

You walk on paths and entrances every day, so you notice when they're grubby, worn or damaged. Each one is a different job.

Clean garden path after cleaning
Mossy, stained garden path before cleaning
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Drag the slider to compare a mossy, stained path with a cleaned finish.

If the Path Has Gone Green

Paths that stay damp or out of the sun grow green and black patches. Cleaning takes the growth and grime off sound concrete.

If you're worried about a path being slippery when it's wet, say so when you contact Atlas. Cleaning removes what's sitting on the surface, but Atlas can't give a slip rating or promise a surface is non-slip.

If the Finish Has Worn

On a sealed path, the parts you walk on most lose their sealer first, so it wears unevenly. Worn sealer can be renewed. Peeling or cloudy sealer has to be dealt with first.

Resealing renews the finish. It isn't a non-slip treatment, and Atlas doesn't offer it as one.

Cracked, Lifted or Broken Sections

A section that has cracked, lifted or broken up isn't a surface problem. Cleaning and sealing won't fix it. If the rest of the path is sound, that section can be replaced on its own.

Tell Andre what you think caused it. If tree roots or ground movement lifted it, new concrete in the same spot can move again, so that needs a look first. New concrete also won't match the old beside it.

Which Service for Which Path Problem

  • Concrete Cleaning: For green, grimy or stained paths and entrances that are structurally sound.
  • Concrete Sealing: To renew a sealed finish that has worn where people walk.
  • Concreting: For a new path or entrance, or to replace a cracked or lifted section.
Look at whether the concrete is sound. Sound but dirty is a clean. Sound with a sealed finish that's worn, dull or peeling is a seal or reseal. Cracked or broken is new concrete or a replacement section. Not sure? Send Andre a few photos.
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Want Andre to Look at It?

Send a few photos or give him a call. He'll tell you whether the job needs new concrete, a clean or a seal.