One of the most important things to consider when you have paid out a large amount for an imprinted concrete driveway to be laid, is how are you going to care for it.
Whilst often not as tiresome as caring for a block paved driveway or patio, imprinted concrete does need to be looked after to ensure that it looks as good as it did when you first had it laid.
We have been caring for imprinted concrete driveways for many years for our customers. We provide a professional driveway cleaning service and this extends to caring for imprinted concrete (pattern imprinted concrete) driveways with our professional imprinted concrete cleaning services in addition to block paving cleaning, sanding and resealing.
First and foremost you should ensure that you keep your imprinted concrete driveway or patio cleaned, either annually or bi-annually.
Whilst it is perfectly possible to carry out imprinted concrete cleaning yourself using a shop bought driveway cleaning hose or kit, the results achieved do not begin to match those achieved when using professional driveway cleaning equipment.
You will also find that cleaning driveways is pretty hard work too and it might just make sense to get someone else to carry out your driveway cleaning.
Driveway Blitz provide a free imprinted concrete cleaning quote and initial driveway cleaning survey. There is never any obligation and we do not employ salesmen. The driveway cleaning surveyor will often be the person who cleans your imprinted concrete driveway should you decide to go forward with your driveway cleaning quote.
After cleaning your imprinted concrete you might consider protecting it with a specialist imprinted concrete sealant.
It is important to ensure that you choose the right imprinted concrete sealant when sealing your driveway.
Choosing the wrong sealant could prove costly in more ways than one. Not only will you have wasted money on buying the wrong driveway sealant, but you will also have possibly ruined your imprinted concrete driveway (sounds drastic we know - but we have seen it many times). The wrong driveway sealant can react with your imprinted concrete driveway and leave a horrid browny yellow film or discolour to the concrete. Often, in this instance, the only option is to remove the top layer of concrete and start again with the imprinting process. Much better to choose the right imprinted concrete sealant in the first place.