Just a quick post to talk about how polished concrete applications and how perfect they are for basement floors.
more durable than putting a clear coat on the floor
no harmful odors – won’t drive you out of your home
color is more controlled than acid stains or other dyes
was designed for commercial wear and tear
weeds out inferior contractors…the polishing equipment and vacuums as well as diamonds for the machines cost a lot of money so Jimmy and Johnny’s Concrete probably wont be looking at your floor only qualified people with the tools
I thought I would share this epoxy garage coating video. I don’t use my blog as a place to brag, but here I might just a little. Check out our video on epoxy flooring.
Many people want to utilize the existing concrete of their structure, but don’t know how. The current and up coming trend is to polish the existing concrete. Currently many companies, us included, are staining concrete and putting a clear top coating on. While this is achieves a great look we are trying to push customers into polishing their existing concrete mechanically. This is achieved by using successive grits of diamond pads and usually involves 10 plus steps. This achieves a high, maintenance free product. By the way…colors can be added.
Here is a great article about the utilization of polished concrete flooring. Kansas City will eventually realize that using the existing concrete surface is not only a durable, sustainable choice, but an athetically pleasing one as well.
It seems like more and more people are getting ahold of us and planning a project and the just need a starter price so they can start to build a budget. I completely understand and would like to offer our new “ball park pricing” feature. Simply fill out the form and select the products and services you would like some pricing on and we will get back to you within 24 hours (except weekends) and put together some #’s for your project. Remember this is just a ball park. We could be way off. All specialized services will still have to be looked at.
Many people want to do something different with their old floors at some point. The problem is you have old glue on the floor that needs to be removed. Sometimes the glue is yellow and flaking and sometimes it is black. The best means to remove the glue is mechanically with a grinder. This will allow you to put down another surface over your concrete and achieve a good bond. We do floor prep and grinding to remove glue and thinset in Kansas City.
Here is a video I put together of some recoloring and sealing stamped concrete patios that have faded. Some are fixes that other contractors or homeowners messed up when trying to reseal that we had to help them fix…but that’s ok.
It seems we have run into a lot of basements that have flooded with all of the rain we have had here is a quick video showing how we overlay and stain basement floors. An overlay isn’t always necessary, but better assures a real nice looking stain outcome.
Old Kool Deck surfaces seam to have worn out their welcome in the Kansas City metro. It seems more and more we are getting request to repair kool deck (cool deck) concrete surfaces around pools. There are a couple of reasons traditional kool deck systems have failure issues.
Kool Deck was designed to be put on when the concrete was green. This has caused some bonding issues
Traditional Kool Deck has somewhat of a coral texture and there is no way to seal it from the elements. This allows water to go inside the pours and freeze/expand in the winter….blowing it up.
Here is an example of a pool with Kool Deck that we fixed with a Miracote overlay
Grinding Kool Deck off a pool with a Lavina Grinder
The old overlay is ground off as best as possible, making sure to detect areas that have a weak bond.
Kool Deck removal , repair on pool deck
As much of the old overlay needs to be removed as possible. One way to detect if the old overlay is not bonded is to knock on it and listen for hollow spots. This particular pool took over 5 days to grind with a commercial machine. After grinding the pool needs to be washed extensively with a pressure washer and primed for a new overlay.
New Miracote overlay with knockdown texture
The new overlay has been installed. We use the Miracote system which is a highly flexible overlay system. The texture is knockdown.
applications and how perfect they are for basement floors.
