Stamped & Decorative Concrete in Green Bay, WI
Green Bay Concrete Pros pours stamped and decorative concrete across Green Bay and Brown County, Wisconsin. We are a licensed and insured concrete contractor. When you want a patio, walk, or entry that looks like stone or pavers, we stamp, color, or expose the aggregate on a new slab and seal it for the winters here.
Decorative concrete is a finish on a real slab, not a coating on a weak one. We pour the same four-inch, reinforced, 4000 PSI air-entrained concrete on a compacted stone base, then work the pattern and color into the surface while it cures. The air voids hold up to freeze-thaw and the sealer slows the salt. A stamped surface laid over a thin slab on bad ground still cracks, because the decoration does not carry the load.
Stamped Patterns
Stamps press a texture into the fresh slab, from cut stone to slate to running-bond brick. Because it is one continuous pour, there are no seams between pieces for weeds and frost to open up. The pattern is part of the concrete, so it does not lift or shift the way set units can. You get the look of a paver patio with the strength of a poured one.
Color, Stain, and Exposed Aggregate
Color goes into decorative concrete two ways: mixed through the pour or worked into the surface as it cures, and we can layer a release color for depth. Stains bring out tone on the finished slab. Exposed aggregate washes the surface back to the stone for a pebbled, gripping finish. All of them ride on the same reinforced base, so the choice is about the look, not the structure.
Sealing Keeps the Look
Decorative concrete earns its keep at the surface, so the surface has to be protected. We seal the finished slab, and that sealer takes the salt and the freeze first. It wears with use and gets refreshed every couple of years, which is the honest cost of a decorative finish in a Green Bay winter. A sealed stamp keeps its color. An unsealed one dulls and scales.
What It Costs
Stamped and decorative concrete in Green Bay runs about $5,000 to $12,000, above plain flatwork because of the pattern work, the color, and the sealing. A small stamped entry sits low. A large stamped and colored patio or an exposed-aggregate pool deck sits higher. Every job gets a free written estimate first.
Want the stone look without setting a thousand pavers? (920) 555-0163 gets you a free estimate. If it is a plain surface you are after, see our patio replacement, and we pour decorative concrete in De Pere and Ashwaubenon too.
What is stamped concrete?
It is a poured concrete slab textured and colored while it is fresh to look like stone, brick, slate, or pavers. The pattern is pressed into the surface with stamps, and the color goes into the concrete, not on top. The structure underneath is the same reinforced slab as any plain flatwork, so it is decorative surface over a real base, not a thin veneer.
Does stamped concrete hold up to Green Bay winters?
It does when it is poured and sealed right. We use 4000 PSI air-entrained concrete so freezing water does not flake the surface, and we seal the finished stamp to slow salt and water. Sealer on decorative concrete wears and gets refreshed every couple of years, which is the trade for the look. Left unsealed here, any concrete surface takes salt damage faster.
Is stamped concrete cheaper than pavers?
Usually, yes, because it is one poured slab instead of hundreds of set pieces. It also has no joints between pavers for weeds and ants to work into. Pavers have their own advantages, but for a decorative patio or walk on a fresh pour, a stamped slab gives you the look for less labor and one continuous surface to seal.
What is exposed aggregate?
It is a finish where the top paste is washed off the fresh slab to reveal the stone in the concrete, giving a textured, pebbled surface. It grips well underfoot and hides wear, which suits a walk or a pool deck. It is another decorative choice on the same reinforced slab, alongside stamping and coloring.