Floor Options

Creating your desired polished concrete floor requires planning and some careful choices.

For new slabs you’ll need to choose your preferred aggregate (stone) and concrete colour.  For new and old slabs you’ll need to consider the extent to which you want the slab cut – this is often referred to as the exposure of the aggregate and means how much of the stone you want to see, i.e. no stone exposure (‘nude’), a little exposure (soft grind/ ‘salt & pepper’), or medium exposure and full exposure where increasingly more of the stone is visible from grinding the floor surface.

The next choice involves the finished look of your polished floor –  high gloss, low gloss or matt.  If your floor is in a wet area (e.g. verandah, pool area or laundry) a nonslip finish is also available.

Below you’ll find some information on:

• choosing aggregates;
• choosing floor finishes;
• how to personalise your polished concrete floor;
• our polishing process;
• suggested maintenance; and
• the products we use.

Please contact us if you have any questions.

You can choose the finished look of your polished concrete floor – seal with a high gloss for a shiny ‘wet’ look, low gloss for a sheen, or matt for a soft finish. We also have a nonslip final coat available for use on for wet areas.

We have extensive construction experience and can work with you for the duration of the polished concrete process – including design, pour, grind, polish, seal and burnish.  Ask us about in-slab heating and how to incorporate this heating option into the design of your new polished concrete slab.

Polished concrete floors are exceptionally low maintenance and very allergy-friendly.  To clean polished concrete floors we recommend using just hot water.  No cleaning chemicals required and in particular we note that acidic-based products should not be used as these erode the surface sealant.

We recommend burnishing or buffing your polished concrete floors once a year or as required, this serves to bring back the warm sheen or gloss and to improve the seal on the floor.

If you have any questions about polished concrete floors, finishes, aggregate, maintenance or anything else, don’t hesitate to contact us.

We use high quality, environmentally friendly, effective and long-lasting sealants and cleaning products on our polished concrete floors. We are committed to environmental sustainability in all our work – you can find out a bit more about that here.