Installation & Preparation

Installation Process:

1. Layout & Planning:

Upon arrival on the scheduled day an experienced Creative Edge installer will plan your project with you, making sure everything is ready to go before we start the installation process. Any footage or style changes that affect price will be gone over with the customer before completion of work.

2. Prep Work:

Existing Lawn: Any existing edging is removed, and 12 inch wide trench 1 ½ - 2 inches deep is created with a sod cutter. The sod is removed, and the trench is prepared for the edging to be installed.

New construction (or areas clear of vegetation): A 12 inch wide trench 1 - 2 inches deep is created by shovel or sod cutter and prepared for the edging to be installed.

3. Mixing:

Our Spec-Mix of Portland cement, washed mortar sand, air entrainment solution, and reinforcing polypropylene fiber creates a strong, durable "winterized" concrete product.

Iron-oxide color dye is added to the concrete in the mixing process for color jobs. This insures integrated, long-lasting color.

4. Installation:

Specialized machinery is used to build the concrete edge, and it is given the final touch by hand.

5. Clean-Up, Billing & Final Inspection:

We clean all our jobsites and leave them as we found them with the exception of your new concrete edge! The edging is measured and billed at the appropriate rate in relation to amount and style of edging, and the bill is presented upon completion of work. A final inspection of the job will be done with customer and all aftercare requirements, including backfill and sealing instructions are thoroughly explained before our departure from the jobsite.

Shapes:

 

 

3X5 Curb Style:

Used primarily as residential lawn edging, when a simple but functional barrier is desired. Low-profile and inconspicuous, provides a great accent to any yard. If you use a riding lawn mower or lawn tractor, this is the preferred product.

4X5 Mower:

Used primarily for residential landscaping as a neutral border. Shows up less in the yard, and doesn't become overbearing to the landscape.

4X6 Mower:

Used primarily for large landscape projects, with plenty of room between beds and sizable maintenance equipment.

4X5 Curb:

Used primarily for residential landscaping for a neutral border between bedding materials.

Commonly used as a driveway border, and can be "tacked on" with epoxy and/or vertical steel dowels.

 

4X6 Slant:

This new high profile edging is ideal for use with various finishes and colors, as so much of the curb is in view.

 

4X6 Curb:

Used primarily as a commercial tack on (attached to existing asphalt) curb. Can also be used as a heavy barrier in residential driveways where lots of traffic is expected, or for water control on any substrate due to its size. Product can be doweled with steel vertically to add more strength.

For commercial products only

6X6 Curb:

Large curb, for your big projects.

 

6X10 Slant:

This is the biggest curb we produce - It is a beast!

Probably more than most jobs require, but if you like to be safe rather than sorry, this is the curb.

8X5 Tapered Curb:

It meets most specifications for parking lots, and the cost is affordable when compared to its larger counterparts.

Custom:

We can help you to custom design any shape you need for your project!

Custom mold head can take up to 3 weeks to produce.

Integrated Colors:

Creative Edge uses the Davis Concrete Coloring system to provide you with a wide range of available colors.

View Color Chart

Ready for your installation? Give Creative Edge a Call!

Click here to view our Customer Preparation Page for jobs scheduled to be installed.

If you have any questions or comments about our company, please contact us. We look forward to serving you.