Improving Curb Appeal: Decorative Concrete Edging
“When people install this type of edging, they love the look and the decreased maintenance work. Could there be a better combination?” Ann Gigstead, Owner of Capital Custom Curb, LLC.
After we have installed concrete edging for our customers, they often say it is a perfect blend of great looks and durable usefulness,” says Ann Gigstead, Owner of Capital custom Curb, LLC a company that specializes in designing and installing continuous concrete edging systems. People who opt for continuous concrete edging do it because they are tired. They are tired of ongoing maintenance; tired of trimming after mowing, tired of having individual blocks buckling, chipping or heaving out of position every winter, and so on.
Our customers landscape their yards because they take pride in them. They want their yards to look nice. With most edging options, after the first year or two, they begin to look ragged. They just do not withstand the elements very well.
Most people want their yard to look the best it can with as little effort as possible. The problem they encounter is each spring they end up doing the same work again and again; and after mowing, the same thing…trimming again and again; and after time, ants, other insects or rodents have to be dealt with again and again. It’s like the movie ‘Groundhog Day’ — it repeats each year again and again — except in real life, it gets worse every year, not better.
There are obviously a number of edging options to choose from when you are landscaping. Paving stones, interlocking brick, plastic edging and timbers are popular choices to help spruce up the look of your yard. However, these options are also susceptible to a number of environmental effects that lead to regular maintenance issues. They include:
? Chipping
? Buckling
? Heaving
? Grass & weed growth in cracks
? Attracts pests of all sizes
There are new trends developing with edging extending beyond major landscaped areas. More and more, any areas traditionally needing regular maintenance such as around mail boxes or flagpoles, fence lines (with hard to reach grass growing underneath) and other permanent obstacles hard to mow and trim around are targets for continuous concrete edging. A really neat feature of the continuous concrete edging is the ability to make it a variety of colors. We can literally provide hundreds of choices.”
The main reasons for Continuous Concrete edging are powerful.
#1 Professional installation eliminates very dirty, tedious jobs.
#2 Continuous Concrete edging lasts longer than any other popular option.
#3 Low maintenance because there aren’t any seams where grass grows or pests can live.
#4 Structurally strong resisting buckling, heaving and cracking.
#5 Has great flexibility in looks including styles, patterns and colors.
#6 Allows for easier yard work. ( i.e.mowers can travel over the top of the edging eliminating the need for most if not all weed trimming)
#7 Continuous Concrete edging gives every home better curb appeal — it’s just great to look at.
