Polished concrete is fast becoming the ultimate solution for commercial flooring, and a popular choice for residential use as well. In addition to being intinsically beautiful, it wears well and offers the advantage of requiring minimal time and material to maintain a great no-wax alternative. Polished concrete floors can last up to ten years before the surface requires refinishing.
Green Buildings and Leed Certification Building teams throughout North America are realizing a rapid movement toward green buildings. Sustainable 'Green' or High Performance building design strategies are desireable; they can cut long-term energy needs and improve indoor environment quality. Polished concrete as a permanent floor finish is an economical and ashetically pleasing element. Concrete surface treatments have many sustainable attributes.
In general terms, building teams can gain points towards 'Leed Certification' from the U.S. Green Building Council. For a building project with concrete floor systems. Due to proprietry application treatments from Diamond polished Floor Ltd. these polished concrete floors are a cost-effective alternative to terrazzo, vinyl, carpet, tile and other floor surface finishes.
For these reasons and also because of the variety of decorative alternatives that we can now incorporate into concrete, architects and designers are choosing this alternative more frequently than ever for retail, warehouse, and office facilities.
Exposed aggregate
The aggregate material used in concrete can be exceptionally beautiful, and many designers choose to have it exposed for decorative effect. We accomplish this by polishing to a deeper level in the concrete surface. This does not have any impact on the strength of the floor, it simply removes a fraction more of the surface.
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