Alexandra Hills is 1980s housing on rolling ground, set back far enough from the water that salt load is lower than at Cleveland but still present. Sloped driveways make slip rating the leading decision, and most work is stripping a tired original coating off sound concrete.
What we do here
Alexandra Hills sits on higher ground inland from the bay, developed largely through the 1980s. That gives it two useful characteristics: slabs old enough that the original coating has failed, and enough distance from the water that salt is a factor rather than the factor.
Compared with Cleveland or Wellington Point, sealer options widen here. Film sealers become viable where they would be a poor choice on the shoreline.
- Driveways on a grade
- Pool surrounds at R11–R12
- Patios and covered areas
- Paths, steps and side access
- Removing chalked spray-on coatings
- Garage floors in flake or epoxy
What the slabs are like in Alexandra Hills
The original coatings are the labour. Forty-year-old spray-on finishes chalk and lose adhesion unevenly, and laying new material over them means the new surface is only as attached as the old failure. Everything comes back to sound concrete first.
Gradient sets the slip rating. Anything above a gentle fall gets a textured finish with a matte seal, rated for the wet condition. Rolling ground also means drainage that has been altered by forty years of garden growth, so we check where water actually goes.
Salt is present but reduced. Being set back from the shoreline, sealer intervals here are longer than at Cleveland, which widens the product range — though penetrating sealers still outperform films on anything permanently shaded.
Licensed concreting contractor, fully insured.
On site, with the slab tested before anyone quotes a finish.
Foot traffic at 24 hours, vehicles at 72 on most finishes.
Brisbane, Ipswich, Logan, Redlands and both coasts.
How we schedule Alexandra Hills work
Redlands work is grouped into planned runs from Springfield Lakes, so expect a firm date inside a fortnight and no travel premium on the rate.
Sloped driveways are staged in halves so there is always a way in or out.
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What goes down most often here
Exposed aggregate
Washed back to reveal the stone. The South East Queensland driveway default, and the most forgiving surface underfoot.
See finishStencilled concrete
A paper stencil laid into the colour coat, sprayed over and lifted — leaving pattern joints in a second colour.
See finishFlake flooring
Vinyl flake broadcast into resin and sealed. The garage and laundry floor that hides dust and shrugs off tyre marks.
See finishThe questions we get asked in Alexandra Hills
Is salt still a problem this far from the water?
Less than at Cleveland or Wellington Point. Film sealers are viable here where they would be a poor choice on the shoreline.
Can you lay over the old spray-on coating?
No. It has failed in patches and anything over it fails with it. Removal is most of the labour.
Our driveway slopes. Which finish?
A textured finish with a matte seal, rated for the wet condition. Gloss on a grade is a hazard.
Do you charge travel to the Redlands?
No. We group Redlands work into planned runs, which keeps the rate level with metro jobs.
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Send a photo of the slab.
We will tell you whether it can be resurfaced, what finish suits it, and what it costs — before anyone turns up with a grinder.