| Manufacturing concrete blocks and garden | | | | molds and you will find a ready sale for your |
| ornaments is an excellent business opportunity. | | | | products. By starting part time, in your garage, |
| You can start this business part time in your | | | | you eliminate all risk. Plywood and sheet metal are |
| garage at very low cost. Using hand made molds, | | | | the only materials needed to make your cement |
| and simple production methods, you can make a | | | | block molds which makes starting cost low. The |
| wide variety of concrete products. The concrete | | | | appropriate concrete mix is made from Portland |
| block, used in so many different types of building | | | | cement, gravel, sand and water in the correct |
| projects, is a basic commodity of the building | | | | proportions. As your business builds you can |
| trade. You can turn out 100 cement blocks per | | | | decide to go full time when you are ready. |
| day easily with hand made molds. | | | | For volume production of concrete blocks you will |
| The top selling garden ornament is concrete bird | | | | need a concrete block making machine. |
| baths. There is a huge demand and they sell | | | | Commercial models are available. They are quite |
| readily. You can make a variety of these easily | | | | expensive however. The other option is to build |
| with hand made molds and you can sell them to | | | | your own machine. Plans are available for an |
| local building supply or garden stores. Transporting | | | | excellent machine made from sheet metal, used |
| these heavy items from a distant supplier is | | | | auto parts and a few odds and ends. You can |
| expensive. These businesses will be happy to find | | | | build one of these at very low costand it can turn |
| a local supplier who has low costs and competitive | | | | out all the blocks you will need very easily. |
| prices. With no transportation costs you can | | | | As business grows you will probably need to rent |
| make an excellent profit from your work. | | | | premises large enough for the racks needed to |
| You can also make many other types of | | | | store your cement blocks for drying. You will also |
| concrete garden ornaments and garden furniture | | | | need a helper to move the blocks from the |
| from available plans. Vases, large and small, | | | | machine to the racks. At this stage however your |
| including 'Ali Baba' style vases, are easy to make | | | | business will make enough profits to more than |
| without molds. You can learn the simple production | | | | justify the extra costs. You can start your own |
| methods quickly and make a wide variety of | | | | concrete product business on the proverbial |
| these. They are very popular decorative items | | | | shoestring. With hard work it will rapidly grow into |
| for patios and gardens. Your basic business of | | | | a full time very profitable business. You can give |
| concrete block making can be supplemented by | | | | up your job and be a full time concrete products |
| these items. They are easy to produce and very | | | | manufacturer. The sky is the limit in this business. |
| profitable. | | | | Demand never dies for concrete products and |
| You can make many other types of garden | | | | you can have an income you could only dream |
| ornaments from either hand made or commercial | | | | about while working at a job. |