Our High School's concrete floor was always polished and shiny, as I recall. It did not, however, look special at all, for there were also cracks here and there that indicated a lot of imperfections. No one really took notice, and that's why Concrete Polishing wasn't originally what I had in mind for our home. I did not want the centerpiece of the house to remind me of High School's mundane floor.
It's been about ten years, and once again I found myself contemplating the possibility for concrete polishing. Our home had fake wooden tiles (to which I admit having no love for whatsoever), which were already chipping here and there. I just had to remove it. The near perfect, concrete flooring below surprised me; it was practically untouched.
Polishing the concrete seemed to be the best course of action, but I did not want to end up with flooring similar to what we had back in High School. And as I seemed to know very little about how to actually go about doing it, I went to a Concrete Polishing website and asked around.
The people in the forums were very friendly, and I found a contractor in my area soon enough. After talking for a bit, he decided to inspect the concrete floor in my home. My concerns, apparently, had something to do with the quality of the concrete before polishing. If the concrete needed a lot of patchwork, or if the finish was wavy, then he'd have to add a new layer before polishing. Luckily, and his trained eye detected little imperfections. Nothing he couldn't fix at any rate.
As it turned out, my High School could have had a glamorous polished, concrete floor, but they weren't able to achieve that. Perhaps its time to revisit the the school, see some old teachers, and recommend my contractor to them.
As for me, I am perfectly happy with how my floor turned out. Concrete Polishing was the best thing I've done for this house; and I've done a fair amount of DIY jobs myself.
It's been about ten years, and once again I found myself contemplating the possibility for concrete polishing. Our home had fake wooden tiles (to which I admit having no love for whatsoever), which were already chipping here and there. I just had to remove it. The near perfect, concrete flooring below surprised me; it was practically untouched.
Polishing the concrete seemed to be the best course of action, but I did not want to end up with flooring similar to what we had back in High School. And as I seemed to know very little about how to actually go about doing it, I went to a Concrete Polishing website and asked around.
The people in the forums were very friendly, and I found a contractor in my area soon enough. After talking for a bit, he decided to inspect the concrete floor in my home. My concerns, apparently, had something to do with the quality of the concrete before polishing. If the concrete needed a lot of patchwork, or if the finish was wavy, then he'd have to add a new layer before polishing. Luckily, and his trained eye detected little imperfections. Nothing he couldn't fix at any rate.
As it turned out, my High School could have had a glamorous polished, concrete floor, but they weren't able to achieve that. Perhaps its time to revisit the the school, see some old teachers, and recommend my contractor to them.
As for me, I am perfectly happy with how my floor turned out. Concrete Polishing was the best thing I've done for this house; and I've done a fair amount of DIY jobs myself.
About the Author:
Rick Amorey met his contractor at Concrete Polishing. Visit Concrete Polishing now, and have an amazing polished, concrete floor as well!
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