New York is a historic city filled with magnificent old buildings with aging interiors. Many interior designers are delighted to work on the walls and ceilings, but until recently concrete floors offered a challenge. Often they could either cover them up or leave a dull looking surface. Today's new concrete polishing techniques and floor treatments offer many possibilities and almost infinite design choices.
Designers are often confronted with old cement floors which may be uneven, cracked, marred, and damaged. Interior features such as floor vents, drains, and door jams add extra challenges. Although the untrained eye may see an old concrete floor as a problem, today's resurfacing wizards see them as exciting canvases which they can transform into beautiful surfaces.
First, chips, holes and cracks need to be repaired. Since every concrete floor is different and aggregate material used over the past decades greatly vary, the finished product will always be different. If the surface is uneven or height issues present problems around doorways and entrances, self-leveling overlays can be applied and polished. These self-leveling treatments can be colored or decorated with a wide variety of color pigments and textured decorative elements. The floors are then sealed, polished, and burnished with a resulting finish that is often a major interior design highlight.
Modern innovations in concrete floor treatments can create surfaces that look like marble, granite, tile, or terracotta. Logos and designs can even be added to the floor. Don't fall into the trap of ignoring the cement floor and only consider the walls. Designers and architects consider these decorating options in the overall interior design. Polished concrete floors are popular in apartment lobbies, galleries, and skyscrapers all over New York City because they provide a functional, decorative, flooring solution.
New concrete polishing treatments have several advantages over other floor options. The wide variety of looks and styles offer you many choices, but the overall cost and lasting durability make it one of the smartest economic floors available. When choosing between concrete polishing and self-leveling treatments, remember polished floors can be used almost immediately after the work is done, whereas self-leveling floors take longer to dry so completion time is longer.
The next time you are in the city, look down. You might think you're walking on a marble, granite, or stone floor, but it just might be Polished Concrete.
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