Concrete studio · Alder Creek · design-first flatwork

Concrete, considered.

Northlight designs and pours fine flatwork — board-formed steps, ground-and-sealed patios, walkways that continue the line of the architecture. Every commission starts with a scaled drawing and a mix ticket you can read: 4,000 psi, air-entrained, low-slump.

The record

A studio, not a slab shop

148
studio commissions since 2016
4,000 psi
on every mix ticket, every time
28-day
full cure before any sealer touches it
10 yr
structural warranty

What we do

Three crafts, one studio

Ground & sealed patios

Ground & sealed patios

Wet-polished to a 200-grit hone, densified against oil and wine, sealed matte. The surface reads as limestone at a fraction of the price, and it shrugs off a shore-wind January the way limestone wishes it could.

Architectural walkways

Width set by the door casings, joints laid on the module of the façade, integral color matched to the roofline. A walk that looks designed because it was — the drawing exists, and you keep it.

Architectural walkways
Courtyards & site slabs

Courtyards & site slabs

Grade shot, aggregate compacted in lifts, then poured as one placement so there are no cold joints to find in ten years. Fire-pit cores, rail sleeves and lighting conduit set before the truck arrives — never drilled after.

The portfolio

Selected commissions

Six pours from the last three seasons, chosen for the range: ground, board-formed, colored and plain. Every owner below will take your phone call — ask us for the introduction.

The Whitlock house
The Whitlock house — courtyard, 200-grit hone, matte seal
Harbor Row
Harbor Row — walkway set to the façade module
Alder Creek library
Alder Creek library — reading terrace, ground & densified
The Fenn residence
The Fenn residence — apron in warm-grey integral color
Studio yard
Studio yard — board-formed steps with rail cores
The Osprey Inn
The Osprey Inn — arrival court, one placement

Materials & money

Questions we get at the drawing table

Is the design work extra?

The scaled drawing is part of the commission — it is how we quote, so it cannot be extra. If you want drawings alone for another crew to pour, that is a separate $900 package and we say so before the first line.

Can concrete really look this light?

Yes. Integral pigment in the cream range plus a ground surface opens the fine aggregate and lightens the paste — the result reads warm limestone, not sidewalk grey. The samples are poured in your base color for a reason.

How do I care for it in winter?

No de-icing salt the first winter, ever; sand or calcium-magnesium acetate after that. The matte sealer renews every third year on a schedule we keep — you will hear from us, not the reverse.

What does a commission run?

Ground patios from $22 a square foot, architectural walkways from $18, board-formed steps priced off the drawing. The measure visit turns those into one written number that holds for sixty days.

Ten years, structural

If a Northlight slab settles, heaves or cracks outside its mapped joints within ten years, we remove and re-pour it. Structural means structural — not a prorated coupon against your next patio.

Book the measure visit

Free within forty minutes of Alder Creek

Bring us drawings — or a napkin.

The measure visit is free within forty minutes of Alder Creek: grades shot, a scaled drawing, and a written number the same week. Phone (555) 480-2266 or write to studio@northlightconcrete.example — the drawing comes back before the quote does.

Book the measure visit

Grades shot, a scaled drawing, a written number — the same week.

Northlight Concrete Studio · Lic. CC-40118 · 12 Harbor Row, Alder Creek · (555) 480-2266 · studio@northlightconcrete.example