polished concrete floors

Shetlandsheep · Feb 4, 2014

Real Lino is beautiful stuff, some friends had it in the new kitchen and had a bespoke design cut with all sorts of fab unusual colours and it looked amazing. Very Eco too, all natural. BUT I'm not sure it would work so well with UFH so we went with stone.

quavers · Feb 4, 2014

still not decided yet , but have got some poly floor samples which poly floor uk have sent in . looking to do the ground floor , about 100 sqm hence I only want to do it once. thanks for comments

puntabrava · Feb 6, 2014

quavers said:
has any one got any experience on polished concrete floors for a house . under floor heating to be fitted . just thought it could be a durable option for a house to let out rather than carpets or wooden floors when you can have a turn over of tenants . good or bad
thanks quavers

You need to put fibres in the screed if your going to lay tiles otherwise cracking problems.

puntabrava · Feb 6, 2014

Clive said:
Vynl tiles amtigo / carndean type products can be a bad idea with underfloor, I saw disasters first hand when specing my house where expansion due to heat and soft latex made a mess and tiles moved

I went for pocelonoca wood ceramic tiles over underfloor here and inset carpet into seating areas etc where a softer feel was wanted, has worked well and no regrets, can post a few pics if you like

Polished concrete can look great though and wouldn't be a bad choice with good underfloor

Go on put some pics on, FF :scratchhead:

Got quite upset I remember.

Daniel · Feb 6, 2014

I've had polyfloor SimPlay vinyl tiles down over underfloor heating for 12 months now with not issues at all. They're really an industrial loose lay tile, just held down with a bit of spray glue.

Clive · Feb 6, 2014

puntabrava said:
Go on put some pics on, FF Got quite upset I remember.

There you go ! Can't see why anyone could get upset over flooring ;-)

puntabrava · Feb 6, 2014

Clive said:
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There you go ! Can't see why anyone could get upset over flooring ;-)

I think it was the bathroom what done him. I remember looking through the link and thinking wow rather than bonkers.

oskerb · May 29, 2022

Clive said:
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There you go ! Can't see why anyone could get upset over flooring ;-)

Hi,

We're planning a self-build with an insulated EPS foundation and UFH on top, of the floor slab. Does anyone know if we can polish this floor slab up to make a polished concrete epoxy flooring arizona? and does this work out cheaper than say, tiling the floor, as we're not doubling up on materials?

Thanks

quavers · May 29, 2022

i went for moduleo lvt vinyl in the end , have no regrets looks good and stood up well to holiday tenants for over 4 years now , actually looking for lvt for another property that im doing for myself , may go for the click rather than the glue down so we save a bit in the fitting costs , its taken some jump in price like every thing else in the last year , getting it in from germany will save me over £700 !

br jones · May 29, 2022

puntabrava said:
You need to put fibres in the screed if your going to lay tiles otherwise cracking problems.

use anti fracture matting ,ditra etc

oskerb · Jun 7, 2022

hey everyone I have a concrete question. I have a building with a slab on a grade foundation the surface of the slab is uneven and marred. the previous owner cut 3-inch groves into the concrete and bolted beams into them. he then built a wood floor about an inch over the slab using these beams as joists. the wood floor is badly damaged and I'm wondering if it is possible to remove the beams and pour a layer of concrete onto the slab and polish it to create a polished concrete floor. any advice would be great epoxy garage floor Atlanta, do I need rebar or control joints? and what is the minimum thickness of the slab? will acrylic polymers help the concrete bond to the old? are there any problems with any of this that I have not foreseen? thanks for all the help.

quavers · Jun 12, 2022

oskerb said:
hey everyone I have a concrete question. I have a building with a slab on a grade foundation the surface of the slab is uneven and marred. the previous owner cut 3-inch groves into the concrete and bolted beams into them. he then built a wood floor about an inch over the slab using these beams as joists. the wood floor is badly damaged and I'm wondering if it is possible to remove the beams and pour a layer of concrete onto the slab and polish it to create a polished concrete floor. any advice would be great epoxy garage floor Atlanta, do I need rebar or control joints? and what is the minimum thickness of the slab? will acrylic polymers help the concrete bond to the old? are there any problems with any of this that I have not foreseen? thanks for all the help.

you can get a self levelling screed that you could use on top of your existing slab but you can not polish this as far as i am aware , plenty other floor covering that you could use though

sodbuster2 · Jun 12, 2022

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These guys did a first class job over UFH with 50mm dry screed with retanol. Its not for polishing though unfortunately. No sign of any movement even after taking a 250kg stove over it on a pallet truck.

oskerb · Nov 2, 2022

quavers said:
you can get a self levelling screed that you could use on top of your existing slab but you can not polish this as far as i am aware , Polished Concrete Brisbane plenty other floor covering that you could use though

thank you so much for your suggestion

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