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By the time the May long weekend rolls past, most of the planning is behind you. You’ve paced out the yard and saved a few photos. The budget’s roughly set in your head. What’s left is the part most people underestimate, and that’s figuring out what the surface should really look and feel like under your feet. That choice matters more than it looks. You’ll be walking across this patio on summer evenings for the next twenty years or more, so the pattern and the colour aren’t l

The snow pulls back in April and suddenly you're looking at your front walk for the first time in five months. If you've owned the house for a few winters, you already know the drill. The walk looks different than it did in October. A new crack somewhere. A section near the step sitting higher than the one beside it. Salt streaks you can't quite scrub out of the concrete anymore. Every spring the front walk tells on the winter, and the story this year is usually a little roug

Most people don’t start thinking about their backyard until the weather breaks. By then, it’s a scramble. If you’re a homeowner in Peterborough and a new patio has been on your mind, the planning should start now, while there’s still snow on the ground. We say this from experience. Every spring at Gilbert Bros, the same thing happens. Late April rolls around and suddenly the phone doesn’t stop. Everybody wants their concrete patio finished before the May long weekend, and our

You don't need to wait for warm weather to remove concrete in Peterborough. Winter might seem like a poor time for construction work. Your concrete surfaces experience unique problems during cold months. Dirt, de-icing salt, and moisture settle deep into the porous top layer. The trapped moisture expands and contracts at the time temperatures move above and below freezing, and this could damage your concrete. Winter in Peterborough offers an excellent opportunity to reach out