Monday 18 June 2012

Concrete Products And Garden Ornaments A Business Idea


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Concrete Products And Garden Ornaments A Business Idea

Producing concrete blocks, garden decorations and other concrete products is a amazing business opportunity.

The highest selling garden ornament is concrete bird baths. The call for is huge and they sell on sight.You can create a variety of these easily with hand made molds and you can sell them to local building supply or garden stores. Shipping these heavy items from a faraway supplier is expensive.These companies will be willing to find a local supplier who has low costs and competitive prices.Without having transportation costs you could make an excellent profit from your work.

Concrete Products And Garden Ornaments

You can also make many other types of garden decorations from either hand made or commercial molds and you will discover a ready sale for your products. begining part time,in your garage maybe, you reduce all risk. Plywood and sheet metal could be the only materials needed to make your cement block molds which makes starting cost low.The acceptable concrete mix is made from Portland cement,gravel,sand and water in the correct quantities.As your business builds you are able to decide to go full time when you are ready.You can also make many other types of concrete products for  garden ornaments and garden furniture from readily available plans.Vases,large and small,including 'Ali Baba' style vases,are easy to make without molds.You can master the simple production methods swiftly and make a wide variety of these.They are very popular decorative items for patios and gardens.Your basic business of concrete block creating can be enhanced by these items.They are easy to manufacture and very lucrative.

Off course, you can also make concrete pavers, concrete sleepers, lightweight concrete products, and all types of precast concrete products.

For volume production of concrete blocks you will need a concrete block making machine.Commercial models are available.They're quite expensive however. The other option is to build your own machine.From available plans you can build an excellent concrete block making machine.The components are used auto parts,sheet metal and a few odds and ends. manufacture one of these at very small cost and it can produce all the blocks you will need quite easily.

As business grows you will probably need to rent premises large enough for the racks needed to store your cement blocks for drying.You will also need a worker to move the blocks from the machine to the racks.At this point however your business can make enough profits to more than justify the added costs. You can begin your own concrete products business on the traditional shoestring. With effort it will rapidly grow into a full-time very profitable business.You can stop your job and be a full time concrete products manufacturer.The sky is the limit in this small business. Demand never dies for concrete products and you could have an income you could only daydream about while working at a 9 to 5 job.