Internal Polished Concrete Floor

From here our team will use concrete polishing equipment to polish the floor until the desired polished look is achieved.

Internal polished concrete floor.

Poured in place concrete floors can have many finishes this is one example of how what a high polish finish concrete floor looks like. Ultimately i built up 6 thin layers and then topped it with a thicker layer. But the whole diy concrete floor is quite thin maybe 1 8 thick max. This concrete floor was poured in place concrete and polished to a shiny finish.

One thing i learned. However the customer needs to be aware that like tiles and stone polished concrete does not retain heat like timber. Like tiles polished concrete is a hard surface underfoot. Below is a photo of a polished concrete floor in a showroom and office in queens new york.

Depending on the condition of the concrete this initial rough grinding is generally a three to four step process. Cost of polished concrete floor. Polished concrete information and options you see a concrete floor in a shop a friend s house or on a tv show like the block it is easy to assume what you have seen is polished concrete until you start to look around when you realise there are many options for the look the finish the products used the systems used the maintenance the time frames the recommendations the suitability. Southeast floors grind seal process.

Polished concrete floor finish. Polished concrete is no colder underfoot than tiles or natural stone looring. Concrete floors are durable and gaining popularity in homes. These segments are coarse enough to remove minor pits blemishes stains or light coatings from the floor in preparation for final smoothing.

You can still see the seams of the subfloor notice the vertical line on the right hand side of the photo above. Plain concrete slabs have served as the flooring material for basements garages patios and utility areas for many years but concrete is now also a viable material in home interiors where it can be polished etched or stained to serve as the finished flooring surface if you are used to thinking of concrete as a utilitarian surface suitable only for utilitarian surfaces the many virtues. Southeast floors offers the grind seal finish as a cost effective variation to mechanical polished concrete for customers wanting a budget friendly polished concrete floor or where the existing concrete substrate is not be suitable for mechanical polishing. Learn how to clean interior polished concrete floors garage floors and exterior areas.

To finish off the concrete we will then add one final 100 penetrative sealing coat that will protect the floor. Polishing process the process begins with the use of coarse diamond segments bonded in a metallic matrix.