Peregian Springs is newer master-planned housing set back from the beach, with strong covenant control over colour and finish. Almost all work is first-time decorative over sound plain slabs. Curing moisture is the main constraint, and salt load is moderate rather than severe.
What we do here
Peregian Springs is master-planned and recent — largely post-2000, engineered slabs, plain concrete that has never carried a decorative finish. There is nothing to strip and nothing to rescue.
What there is instead is a design guideline. These estates are covenanted, and a finish has to sit inside a schedule that also governs roof, render and fencing colours.
- First-time decorative over estate slabs
- Pool surrounds at R11–R12
- Driveways, crossovers and paths
- Shed slabs and side hardstands
- Garage floors in vinyl flake
- Work within estate covenant schedules
What the slabs are like in Peregian Springs
Preparation is the technical risk on sound estate concrete. Plain slabs carry a curing compound or a slick trowelled surface that an overlay will not key into, so they need a mechanical grind rather than an acid etch. That step is invisible in the finished job and it is the entire reason the finish stays attached.
Moisture matters where housing is newer. Concrete poured within the last couple of years can still be releasing water, and sealing over it traps moisture that lifts the coating later. We moisture test before anything sealed goes down.
Being set back from the beach, salt load is moderate — present, but not the dominant factor it is at Mooloolaba. Film sealers become viable, though penetrating products still win 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 Peregian Springs work
Flat access and no coating to strip make these quick jobs — two to three days for a typical driveway once we are on site.
Coast work is grouped into planned runs, so expect a firm date inside a fortnight rather than a same-week start.
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What goes down most often here
Stencilled concrete
A paper stencil laid into the colour coat, sprayed over and lifted — leaving pattern joints in a second colour.
See finishExposed aggregate
Washed back to reveal the stone. The South East Queensland driveway default, and the most forgiving surface underfoot.
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 Peregian Springs
Our estate has a design guideline. Can you work to it?
Yes. Bring it to the quote and we sample within it. Most guidelines restrict colour and gloss, not method.
The slab is new and in good condition. Does it need grinding?
Yes. Curing compound and slick trowelled surfaces both prevent an overlay bonding.
Is salt a factor here?
Moderate — less than Mooloolaba or Caloundra. Film sealers are viable, though penetrating products still win in shade.
Can you do the driveway and pool surround together?
Yes, and it lowers the rate per square metre. Setup is a fixed cost either way.
Worth reading first
Others in Sunshine Coast
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.