Why Use Architectural Precast Concrete?

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A few years ago, peo­ple were fas­ci­nat­ed nat­ur­al con­crete design for inte­ri­or and exte­ri­or, it was a big trend. That trend seems to be con­tin­ued, peo­ple indent­ed to dec­o­rate their house more nat­u­ral­ly, but they need more unique design. Pre­cast archi­tec­tur­al con­crete can fill their desires. Archi­tec­tur­al Pre­cast Con­crete is one of the most durable, fire resis­tant, and sus­tain­able con­struc­tion mate­r­i­al for buildings.

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Cur­ing con­crete at Petra Design’s production

Pre­cast con­crete. It’s very sen­si­tive and eas­i­ly ruined before cur­ing. After cur­ing, con­crete will be more stronger and bet­ter. Right-tim­ing/prop­er tem­per­a­ture is the key point. Con­tin­ue read­ing →

Design your Ceiling

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The per­fect Ceil­ing Design varies for each room depend­ing on the space you have, if it is a high or low ceil­ing. Also it is depend­ing on the sur­round­ing walls and the over­all theme of the house. Cof­fered Ceil­ings in a large room will help break it up and add a stun­ning detail instead of just hav­ing a big flat ceil­ing. Cof­fered Ceil­ings are just one exam­ple of ceil­ing design. There are plen­ty of oth­er options to design your ceil­ing, design it with ceil­ing beams to add his­tor­i­cal appeal to your liv­ing or kitchen area. Round ceil­ing domes or Cof­fered Ceil­ing Domes can add depth and style to your loopy or entrance area, cove ceil­ings are anoth­er way to dec­o­rate your ceil­ing. Mod­ern ceil­ing design does not have to be plain ceil­ing. With Petra Design archi­tec­tur­al dec­o­ra­tive ele­ments you can achieve the mod­ern clas­sic look by incor­po­rat­ing one of our ceil­ing design ideas, and prop­er light­ing tech­niques. Cove mould­ing, ceil­ing cen­ter pieces, crown mouldings/molding and ceil­ing domes all pro­vide amaz­ing ceil­ing design ideas for your dream home.

Vis­it our web­site at www.petradesign.ca for more infor­ma­tion to fin­ish your ceiling.

Architectural Correct Columns or Custom Decorative Columns

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Architectural columns,Decorative- column,Fiberglass columns,cast-stone-columnsOver the cen­turies, columns have been known as the most attrac­tive archi­tec­tur­al fea­ture. They high­light entrances giv­ing any build­ing the most ele­gant first impres­sion.Archi­tec­tur­al Columns pro­vide a clas­sic and unique addi­tion to any home or project,  Archi­tec­tur­al Culomns con­tin­ued to be the most ele­gant exte­ri­or and inte­ri­or enhance­ments . Con­tin­ue read­ing →

Architectural Fiberglass (FRP) Domes

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Fiberglass Dome,Cupolas,FRP dome,architectural FRP domePetra Design is the leader in Archi­tec­tur­al Fiber­glass (FRP)  Exte­ri­or Ceil­ing Domes , Petra Design’s Archi­tec­tur­al Ceil­ing Domes are used in com­mer­cial, reli­gious, gov­ern­ment build­ings, hotels, and even houses.

Archi­tec­tur­al Fiber­glass Ceil­ing Domes are main­ly ether hemi­sphere domes or onion dome. they can also be man­u­fac­tured in any cus­tom shape, The hemi­sphere dome is half of sphere where the height of the Ceil­ing Dome is half of the diam­e­ter, on the oth­er hand the onion dome is resem­ble more than half the sphere, it’s wider in the mid­dle and nar­row in the top to a point , they are most com­mon used in mosques and minarets. Con­tin­ue read­ing →

Stone Planters

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stone-planters,planters,cast stone plantersA gar­den, like any space, can be enhanced by using var­i­ous orna­men­tal and prac­ti­cal pieces. An attrac­tive way to com­ple­ment a garden’s fea­tures is by using a Stone Planter. Stone Planters are sim­ple, ele­gant addi­tions that can bring a time­less look to any gar­den space large or small.

  stone planter is a dec­o­ra­tive con­tain­er for grow­ing flow­ers or orna­men­tal plants used for gar­den enhance­ment and dec­o­ra­tion. Stone Planters come in a wide vari­ety of shapes, sizes, mate­ri­als and designs. Stone planters can be used in any space both indoors and out­doors, how­ev­er they are most com­mon­ly found in gar­dens. Con­tin­ue read­ing →

Glass Fiber Reinforced Gypsum (GRG) Columns or GFRG Columns

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Glass Fiber Rein­forced Gyp­sum, also known as GRG, or GFRG, is a build­ing mate­r­i­al most com­mon­ly used in ceil­ing domes, columns, mouldings/molding, ceil­ings and com­mer­cial build­ings. Because of its low cost, ver­sa­til­i­ty, strength, and light­weight, GRG makes for an ide­al inte­ri­or build­ing mate­r­i­al for Glass Rein­forced Gyp­sum Columns.

Glass Fiber Rein­forced Gyp­sum is a mix­ture of gyp­sum, Port­land cement and sand. It con­sists main­ly of ultra fine alpha plas­ter, and glass fiber rein­force­ment. The GRG can then be cast into vir­tu­al­ly any shape, and any size. The mate­r­i­al is extreme­ly light­weight, and strong, as it requires lit­tle to no addi­tion­al struc­tur­al sup­port. There are many options avail­able for GRG, and many things you can make with it. One pop­u­lar choice that is made from GRG is GRG columns. Con­tin­ue read­ing →

GRG-Ceiling Dome

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Glass Fiber Reinforced Gypsum Domes

Glass Fiber Rein­forced Gyp­sum, also known as GRG or GFRG, is a light­weight build­ing mate­r­i­al most com­mon­ly used in ceil­ing domes, columns, mould­ings and ceil­ings. GRG is a pop­u­lar build­ing mate­r­i­al for its pletho­ra of strength, design and oth­er advan­tages. While Glass Fiber Rein­forced Gyp­sum is for inte­ri­or appli­ca­tion only, the pos­si­bil­i­ties are lim­it­less. GRG offers an end­less vari­ety of dec­o­ra­tive and orna­men­tal shapes and forms at afford­able prices. One pop­u­lar use for GRG is domes. Glass Fiber Rein­forced domes are con­ve­nient, ver­sa­tile and have a huge vari­ety of fin­ish­es. Con­tin­ue read­ing →

How to Choose your Fireplace Mantel

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A fire­place man­tel is a beau­ti­ful addi­tion to any room. They can add style, ele­gance, and a mod­ern look that enhances the room to reach its full potential.w

hen search­ing for a fire­place man­tel, many home­own­ers find them­selves per­plexed, and often over­whelmed by the huge selec­tion of colours, designs, sizes and shapes avail­able. to ensure that your fire­place man­tel achieves its desired effect, there are sev­er­al things you must con­sid­er. Con­tin­ue read­ing →