Concrete staining in Nichols Hills
Nichols Hills was laid out by Dr. G.A. Nichols in 1929 as an exclusive planned residential town, with curving streets named after English towns, and it had 3,870 residents at the 2020 census. The City's Residential Driveway Standard requires every joint and saw cut to be cleaned and sealed, with a silicone-filled contraction joint on drives 20 feet wide or wider.
Dr. G.A. Nichols laid out Nichols Hills in 1929 as an exclusive planned residential town, with curving streets that follow the natural terrain and are named after English towns. It sits in north-central Oklahoma City as a separate incorporated city, and it had 3,870 residents at the 2020 census. More than 90% of occupied homes were owner-occupied that year.
The lots are large and heavily treed. The housing runs from 1930s to 1950s originals to newer houses built on the same lots after a teardown, many with pools. Its landmarks include the Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club, with a course designed by Perry Maxwell, Grand Boulevard, Nichols Hills Plaza and Classen Curve.
Renovations here often leave a property with concrete from two or three eras: an original walk, a newer terrace, and a motor court poured with a rebuild. Even plain grey concrete differs in shade from one pour to the next. A colour-matched stain is one way to bring them together, applied after test patches on each slab so the old and new end up the same tone.
Back yards with pools and terraces are where most of the decorative work happens. Staining a pool deck and terrace as one area gives a consistent colour from the house to the water.
Nichols Hills has its own Residential Driveway Standard. It requires every joint and saw cut to be cleaned and sealed, and drives 20 feet wide or more need a contraction joint saw-cut 2 inches deep and filled with silicone sealant.
Stain and sealer work across the whole drive surface, joints included. It makes sense to clean the joints and redo the joint sealant after a driveway is stained, so that the drive still meets the City’s standard. That is good practice rather than a City requirement.
The City says any type of construction work needs a building permit from the Public Works Department, 1009 NW 75th St, (405) 843-5222, and general contractors need a certificate of registration from the City Clerk. Whether staining or sealing an existing slab counts as construction work for permit purposes is not spelled out, so check with Public Works before work starts.
Oklahoma City surrounds Nichols Hills, with downtown about 7 miles south, and Edmond is about a 20-minute drive north.
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