cac0fae8c8f092b7d7e32f10d5d4e9c220d2969b My Health Is My Life: Commercial Polished Concrete Floors Contractor Johnson City Are Cementing Their Place

Commercial Polished Concrete Floors Contractor Johnson City Are Cementing Their Place

By Clara E. Cordasco


Once considered a very cheap and industrial solution, meant only for yards and factory floors, cement flooring has evolved to the point of beauty. Selecting a commercial polished concrete floors contractor Johnson City should be an easy task as their work speaks for itself.

Pre-existing wood and tiled flooring can be removed to reveal the original cement floor. Then, depending on the integrity of these floors, it is repaired, levelled and then polished up. In the worst cases the surface would have to be concreted from scratch in order to get the best finish. The floors, once finished, are long-lasting, hygienic and good looking, especially in high traffic public areas, such as commercial properties.

Whether the business is in food service, relying on strict hygiene and cleanliness, or in retail, relying on daily trade, the amount of disruption is kept to a minimum. New surfaces or resurfacing will both be fairly quick allowing the business to resume with the least amount of disruption possible.

If you select the basic finish, or opt to add in a colour powder, your floor is still going to look fabulous. Polished and shining like it's coated in water, the finished surface will not scale off or crumble. It will last in its condition for years and years, remaining as good looking as the day it was completed.

When the mixture is poured and levelled, the rough stones are covered by the smooth cement. It's a matter of choosing whether or not to start grinding and if so, how much will be done. Taking the choice to polish and not grind is normally done at this phase. Whether you selected to add a colour to your floor or not, you will have a result of a gleaming, glossy floor with a uniquely patterned finish as no two floors can be the same.

If you opt to start buffing and grinding to reveal the aggregate within the floor, the next stage will be a light grinding which will reveal only the tips of the little stones, leaving you with a kind of salt and pepper result. This is not always an even finish though as the stones may not always be at exactly the same depth beneath the top layer.

The final grinding stage will show up the stones beneath, offering a mix of shapes and colours, depending on what was used. Revealing the rough looking stones beneath the concrete will yield beautiful results.

The floors will then be buffed to a high sheen and the finished floor will look like it's got a layer of water on it, but be uniquely slip resistant at the same time. Areas that see a lot of foot traffic will eventually erode the surface, as they would on tiles or wooden flooring. The absolute beauty of this product, however, is that it simply needs to be polished up during the course of maintenance to get back to the initial look.




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