Concrete Countertops - New Options for Spring

New options are coming online for concrete countertops this spring at Root Concrete.

Recycled glass terrazzo is gaining in popularity around here, and more requests are being made for glass as a decorative option. After several years of research and development, we are building a quality product that stands up as well as our regular concrete. Glass and concrete don't do so well together at the chemistry negotiating table, and we have been looking for the right mediator. All points indicate success, and it gives our concrete a higher level of green sustainability.

Thin concrete slabs have been requested more than once this year. Thin concrete poses a whole new range of challenges in construction, but we have driven a couple smaller slabs (24 inch sq.) down to 3/8 of an inch thick. We have yet to find the maximum size for the thinnest posssible piece, but production of up to 12 square feet is a nice size to work with right now.

Graphic images, set into a terrazzo slab, have been an old standby with stone and terrazzo for centuries. We have been using CNC technology and special mold making techniques to bring this process into the 21st century, and allow and a more complex graphic to be realized in concrete. Throw in some fiber optics, and you can have some standout concrete like none other.

Furniture has been one of our unmentioned options for years. Last year some of us focused for a few weeks and we put a show together in Kansas City. Since then a few orders have been trickling in, and we have responded with some great pieces. We use a lot of reclaimed wood, steel, concrete, found objects, wheels, and metal castings from our mini-foundry. Drop a line, and we can send some more images.

Thanks for reading, and look for more to come,

Dave Root