Polished concrete floors

Usually no need to power float them as tiles, carpet, wood etc covers it.

Unless you want your floors finished to FM2 “Special” tolerance warehouse finish?

 

I think they want the concrete as the finished surface, very highly polished.

 

Either this.



Or exposed aggregate

 

That second one is terraza. Very expensive.
Dunno what the first one is. Possibly coloured concrete. I slap through concrete every day.
Mostly for cow sheds and such like. Not sure I'd want to be let loose in some ones gaffe with the punter looking over my shoulder. That's where a navvy comes in handy. LoL.
Though I'm on a biomass project at the moment where a farmer has diversified.
I've seen terraza used in milking parlours.

 

They are both polished concrete, nothing else, just concrete and a lot of skill.

 

Looks like terrazzo to me.
It doesn't take skill to stand at the end of a floor sander.

 

How long does that finish last? Just asking.

Mr. HandyAndy - Really

 

Terrazo is prone to staining afaik.

 

How many times

Its polished concrete.


http://concretefloorpolisher.co.uk/portfolio-of-polished-concrete/#axzz3jxbQvQ2T

 

Its not standard concrete. Its some other mish mash they make up.
Which isn't stated on their website.
Probably about £50 quid per sq/m.

 

Better things than polished concrete, look at 'poured resin flooring' can be used with underfloor heating, available many colours,in fact any RAL colour that's available, also around 200 flake colours ,& other finishes.

http://resinflooring.co.uk/colour.php

http://www.sensofloors.co.uk/seamless-floors/

 

Also stone resin flooring.

 

And very nice too.

 

Seen it on front pathways like a skating rink in wet weather!

 

Nothing wrong with resin flooring, if the right product/finish is used for the location.

Broke my wrist some years ago on a front porch step at a posh house that had resin flooring smooth as glass, housekeeper washed it, & it iced over.

 

Hi Phil,

You're it is standard concrete, which we ground and polished with diamond abrasives.

We normally specify a C35-C40 mix that is well laid, power floated to consolidate the surface and left to cure for 28 days to develop the necessary strength.

Unfortunately the customer on that project used a cowboy builder who struggled to get the concrete down and ended up adding additional water to the mix, this effectively turned a strong mix into a soft powdery mix, ruining the finish.

Cheers

 

If you look after the floor with regular cleaning and maintenance (like you would with any premium floor) it will last years and should improve with age.