If you are keen on getting a flooring solution that highlights your devotion to environmental consciousness, a clean and cost-effective floor, polished concrete is the answer.
While concrete has been the most widely used flooring system for industrial warehouses and public buildings, it is not so long ago that the flooring system got a facelift courtesy of a revolutionary sustainable technology that transformed it into something that looked like polished marble, polished concrete. It made it highly popular in all kinds of industries; commercial, residential, retail and all other property markets.
The new polished concrete floors are easy to clean, easy to maintain and good for the environment as well. If done right, with the right concrete polishing equipment, polished concrete floors can look as bright and brilliant as granite floors.
An existing concrete floor can be effectively transformed into a new floor with a glassy and shining display, using a multi-step grinding and polishing process. However, the key reason behind the soaring demand as well as the popularity of polished concrete is that their maintenance costs are about half of those needed for the maintenance of vinyl composition tile (VCT).
Stripping off the old wax first and then many hours of buffing and brightening the new wax make VCT an expensive burden for the property managers.
That's because VCT requires the laborious process of stripping the old wax off and then hours of buffing and shining the new wax. On the other hand, polished concrete is easy to clean in its very nature.
The process of concrete polishing cuts down the surface area, pores that can easily attract and house dirt particles. Due to a flat surface with smooth texture, the dirt always remains on top, which can be easily mopped.
Retail businesses, who have long known that a clean, shiny floor can help make their customers feel good about their store, are also moving to the new greener flooring system – the polished concrete floor. Restaurants too aren’t an exception to this trend, as they are more focused on the sanitary aspects. Moreover, despite their shine, the polished concrete floors are not slippery at all, even when they are wet. In fact, the friction value increases when they are wet. That decreases the likelihood of slip-and-fall accidents.
To conclude, both the installation and maintenance of polished concrete are environment-friendly. If you have a new or existing concrete floor, call us at Concrete Grinding NZ and give a facelift to your flooring system.