Summit Materials (NYSE:SUM) jumped 7% after a report that Quikrete Holdings approached the company about a takeover. The building materials company is working with advisers as it pursues an offer ...

Founded in 1940, Atlanta, Georgia-based Quikrete is one of the biggest manufacturers of packaged concrete and cement mixes in North America. Denver, Colorado-based Summit Materials is a provider ...

Mix up the secret ingredient: cement paint. Cement paint is made by mixing pure Portland cement with clear, cold water. (Add enough water to make a mix that has the consistency of warm gravy.) If the ...

Use a straightedge to get the patching compound even. Then wait a few minutes and swirl a magnesium or wood float over the ...

Every seven weeks I sit in my barber’s chair and say to Mikayla: “Take no prisoners. Cut each and every one of them.” She giggles to humor me. I have to step up from the asphalt parking lot ...

You may need to chisel the space surrounding the crack to remove damaged or loose concrete. Large, wide cracks call for masonry patching compounds that a professional can apply with a bucket and ...

Tell me, how many ways can you think of to patch a foundation crack? Here are a few: –Get a tube of concrete crack caulk at a local hardware store. –Purchase a small tub of pre-mixed concrete ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is reminding drivers that concrete patching is scheduled to begin tomorrow night on Interstate 81 Northbound in ...