While using urbanite for a project requires extra human effort it keeps waste concrete from filling up landfills and requires little or no production energy.
Urbanite concrete wall.
My introduction to urbanite was in a backyard project building a brick oven grill.
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These pieces are then used for other things.
For example one might make a raised bed out of the concrete or a retaining wall.
This a a 50 year old retaining wall built by the original and now deceased owner of this property.
When homeowners or builders tear out driveways sidewalks or concrete pads they first have to break the concrete into pieces and haul it out.
Urbanite is just a catchy name for demolished concrete.
We found a company that uses recycled concrete in their wall projects.
Native plantings line this new urbanite path leading to a custom stone patio with a recycled concrete bench.
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You could also make a patio or walkway.
A new wood gate offers privacy and openness to the narrow but airy side garden.
They can take any material and make some great looking hardscapes for your home or gar.
This wasn t the type of stuff you used in your wall but urbanite that had been cracked and fractured into something more like large stones.
Instead of using all packed sand as a foundation for the concrete base a layer of urbanite was laid down.
It is the largest such retaining wall that i have seen.
Reuse and repurpose plentiful broken concrete headed to the landfill by making an easy inexpensive broken concrete patio when used this way broken concrete is referred to as urbanite and it s a great way to make a useful and nice looking addition to your landscape on the cheap.
Urbanite is a term that refers to broken pieces of unwanted concrete leftover from a demolition project.
Urbanite replaces our need for stone or new concrete blocks the primary materials used for landscape walls.
Urbanite is slab concrete that has been broken up on purpose or not into manageable pieces.
Concrete is an energy hog.