Doylestown Landscaping www.orserlandscaping.comChris Orser Landscaping 215-249-1236 Bucks County, PA Doylestown Area; Chris Orser Landscaping will do what you want. We listen to the customer! Chris Orser Landscaping is a locally based, family-owned and operated company dedicated to providing excellent service and exemplary designs and installations. Chris Orser started the company in 1992 while attending Delaware Valley College for landscape management. Over the years, the business has grown and expanded to offer a broad range of lawn care and landscaping services with customized programs to meet the needs of our residential and commercial clients. Our satisfied customers are a testament to our success. We provide a wide variety of services to our costumers, such as hardscaping patios, walkways, and retaining walls. Our award winning landscapes cover a range of services between personal designs of planting flowers, trees, and shrubs. We also provide your general property management which consists of lawn mowing, trimming, fertilization and tree care. Seasonal work such as snow plowing, Ice Removal, and fall clean up is also available. Our goal is to provide a safe and lush environment for both homeowners, and animals alike. We enjoy pleasing our customers and seeing the finished products of our designs as much as you do! We appreciate you taking the time to consider us!
Neon “Crap” Sign Lights Up Nampa Neighborhood, Puzzles Neighbors Idaho offers unparalleled natural beauty: picture-perfect sunsets, silent snowfalls and that blazing neon “CRAP” sign in your neighbor’s backyard. Wait. What? “The wife didn’t believe me when I told her,” said Kevin Pound. Neighbors like Pound can’t help but laugh. What else can they really do? Glowing “CRAP” blankets their Nampa neighborhood in a soft red glow like it might the local dive bar. Ryan Gravette remembers the day the sign came to town. “We actually had some friends over,” Gravette said. “They went out and said: ‘Do you realize that there’s a sign that says crap out there?’” Gravette said: No. No, I didn’t. But, yes, there is a “CRAP” sign lighting up our sky. That sign belongs to Andy Joseph. “My crap sign on the roof,” Joseph said. “It stands for: ‘Can’t Resist Andy’s Place.’” No, he’s not using the neon to attract the ladies. Andy’s Place is a second-hand appliance store. For Joseph, “CRAP” is a business decision. “You need something that’s going to get people’s attention and draw them in,” Joseph said. He came up with his crappy slogan while working for an electronic scoreboard advertiser in South Dakota. A nearby carpet company went out of business and needed to sell its sign. For Joseph, it might as well have been divine intervention: “CARPET.” “Light went off in my head,” Joseph said. “I can rearrange them letters to spell ‘CRAP.’” Neighbors say they’ve experienced a whole range of …
December 2, 2010 – Capital cities throughout the country are brought together by the annual celebration of Christmas Lights Across Canada. In Canada’s Capital, the winter landscape glows with over 300000 multicoloured lights during the holiday season.
Do it yourself concrete staining is the cheapest and easiest way to enhance the appearance of your concrete surfaces. The alternatives, tearing out existing concrete and replacing with new or decorative overlays, are not recommended for do-it-yourselfers and can be very expensive. But before you begin your staining project there are a few things you need to know.
There are two types of concrete stains to choose from, acid stains and acrylic stains. Acid stains work by chemically reacting with free lime in the surface to produce a natural looking, translucent color. They create a mottled, variegated, multi-hued coloring. Every concrete surface reacts differently to acids stains making each job unique. Acrylic stains are waterborne and have pigments that seep into the pores and adhere to the concrete, therefore creating a more consistent, semi translucent color like that of a dye. Acrylic stains will help mask imperfections and discolorations whereas acid stains actually accentuate them.
For many surfaces, acid and acrylic stains will work equally as well, but which one you choose depends on the look you want. However, there are situations where one type will work better than the other. For older, exterior concrete (more than 15-20 yrs old) acid stains may not work because much of the free lime has leeched away. Acrylic stains are great for old concrete because of its increased porosity over time. Acid stains work well with newer concrete because of the availability of free lime. If repairs need to be made such as patching pop outs or scaling, then acrylics may be the better choice to help disguise the repairs. Any patching materials will stand out with acid stains. For smooth trowelled interior surfaces with less porosity, acid stains are usually better because they don’t require as much penetration to color the concrete.
Before beginning it’s also important to have realistic expectations. Staining can turn dull, gray concrete into a beautiful and colorful finish, but it’s impossible to know exactly how the finished product will look, especially with acid stains. Every concrete surface is different and so will accept stains differently. The exact same stain will have two different appearances with two different slabs. Even seasoned pros can’t predict the exact outcome of a staining job. For this reason, it’s not a good idea to try to exactly match the color of concrete to anything else such as brick or siding. There’s a very good chance you won’t be successful. Instead, choose a complimentary color or shade for your concrete. For instance, if you have light brown siding, then choose a dark brown stain.
The most critical part of staining is preparation. Take time in deciding how you want your concrete to look and getting the surface ready to apply the stain. You get one shot at getting it right unless you want to do a major overhaul to the surface. Do it yourself concrete staining is not a difficult process but does require an honest effort to be satisfied your finished product.
Paul Gettis, Owner of Custom Stone & Waterscapes waterstones.ca Located in Calgary, Alberta goes into detail about how to trouble shoot a leak in your waterfall. Paul Gettis has been Design Calgary Landscapes for many years. Landscape Construction activities include building ponds, waterfalls, gardens, lighting, irrigation and essentially anything you need done in your yard.
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