Polished concrete floors provide an affordable alternative to expensive floor treatments, with a wide range of colours and finishes that are comparable in terms of appearance to those of tiles, vinyl and cork. They are energy efficient and offer a low-maintenance and dust-free floor.
Modern finishes using liquid polishes, latex coatings, chemical sealers, grinding (to expose the aggregates), colours, stains and special aggregates to achieve ‘rock’ or ‘marble’ appearances, are all economical ways of achieving a variety of effects.
Not only can different colours and textures be provided, but patterns are also possible. These can be achieved by using different colours and aggregates, with inlaid timber strips, joints or tiles forming borders around individual areas.
While polished concrete finishes have been generally associated with slab on-ground type construction, with the variety of solutions currently available for suspended slabs, they are equally applicable in these situations.