I'm thinking we might add pigment to the concrete mix for the foundation so that its some sort of brown or green and not "concrete color." Otherwise, you have to paint it and mantain the color or its greyish.
We just saw a house today that had what appeared to be a stone foundation. In fact, the owner told us that they used real Champlain stone veneer over the cinder block of the foundation. You would never have known the stone was a veneer-- very real appearing, as if whole stone. WDYT? Dad
I think stone veneer is great. A less expensive option is to use concrete forms that are textured so the poured concrete looks sort of like separate blocks. Its clearly 'fake' but it does break up the lines of the foundation. They usually add pigment when they use these special forms. You'll see it around Bethesda if you look. Concrete crosswalks are sometimes done this way to look like they are made of paving stones.
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We just saw a house today that had what appeared to be a stone foundation. In fact, the owner told us that they used real Champlain stone veneer over the cinder block of the foundation. You would never have known the stone was a veneer-- very real appearing, as if whole stone. WDYT?
Dad
I think stone veneer is great. A less expensive option is to use concrete forms that are textured so the poured concrete looks sort of like separate blocks. Its clearly 'fake' but it does break up the lines of the foundation. They usually add pigment when they use these special forms. You'll see it around Bethesda if you look. Concrete crosswalks are sometimes done this way to look like they are made of paving stones.
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