Concreters Rowville — Exposed Aggregate Driveways & Pool Surrounds

Rowville is large-lot residential territory. The blocks are bigger, the driveways are longer, and the homes often have pools and substantial outdoor entertaining areas. The concreting work here reflects that — we pour extensive exposed aggregate driveways, pool surrounds, and patio and alfresco slabs across Rowville, and the scale of the jobs means the finish and the durability matter even more, because there's more concrete to look at and more to maintain if it's done wrong.

Pool surrounds are a Rowville specialty. The finish around a pool has to do three things at once: be non-slip when wet, be comfortable under bare feet, and survive salt and pool chemicals. We use a 7mm stone exposed aggregate blend for pool surrounds — the smaller stone gives a smoother surface underfoot than the 10mm or 14mm blends we'd use on a driveway, while still giving real grip. We seal it with a salt-safe sealer, and the result is a pool surround that's safe, comfortable, and doesn't degrade in the pool environment.

The driveways we pour in Rowville are often long runs of exposed aggregate from the street to a double garage at the back of the block. On a big driveway, the finish has to be consistent from start to end — the wash-off timing has to be right across the whole pour, not just the first section. We pour big driveways in a single pass where we can, and we manage the wash-off so the stone exposure is even from one end to the other.