Dull, stained or bare concrete under old flooring? We grind and polish your slab into a smooth, hard floor with the shine you choose.
Polished concrete flooring in Waxahachie means we grind your existing slab and polish its surface, bringing the sand and stone in the concrete through as far as you want, from a smooth cream finish to full aggregate exposure.
Most floors we see are garage slabs, shop floors, or concrete that's been under carpet, tile or an old coating for years. Polishing doesn't cover the slab with anything new. It works with the concrete you already have, so the slab's own mix, cracks and patches become part of the finished floor. That's why I'd rather show you what's going on with your slab before you pick a finish.
The price mostly comes down to the room's size and what's sitting on the slab now. Carpet glue, tile mortar or an old coating has to be stripped first, and cracks and holes need filling. Each step toward more exposed stone or more shine adds grinding passes. The schedule turns on the same things, plus when the room can be cleared, and your estimate gives you the figure for your floor.
Polished concrete isn't one look. What you end up with depends on what's already in your slab, so here's what decides it and what to ask before anyone starts grinding.
A trade association guide sorts polished floors into three looks by how much stone shows: cream finish, salt and pepper, and full aggregate exposure. What shows depends on how your slab was mixed, placed and finished, so the floor you have limits the look it can reach. Some slabs just don't have much stone near the top.
Once the top paste comes off, the color can shift, say from gray toward brown as the sand and stone come through. You can't judge the shade from a photo of somebody else's floor, because their concrete isn't yours. That's what the test spot further down this page is for.
Grinding concrete makes dust, and that dust carries silica, which can cause silicosis and other illnesses. One coatings maker puts dust safety on the installer, the general contractor or the property owner, so ask anyone you're thinking of hiring how they'll control it in your house, us included.
Here's how a polishing job goes with us, from your first call to the day you walk the finished floor. Each step has a reason, and I'll tell you what it is.
Reach us by phone, email or the contact form and tell us a little about the floor. We'll set a time for me to come out and see the slab in person.
I look over the concrete with you and point out cracks, old coatings and any sign of moisture. Then I explain your options for look and shine and give you an estimate.
Our crew does the prep first, taking up old coverings and filling cracks, then polishes a test spot for your okay. Once you approve it, we grind and polish the rest, and I'm on the job with them.
When we're done, I walk the floor with you so you know how to look after it and what to keep an eye on. You'll see the finish and shine you picked across the whole room.
What your floor can look like depends on how the slab was poured, so we polish a small test spot on your own floor for you to approve before we do the rest. The trade guide calls for the same kind of sample on the actual slab. It's like checking a new batch on a corner of the barn floor. You find out what you're getting before the whole job is committed.
I'll also show you where cracks or holes need filling for an even look. Most polished floors need some repair, and a slab with lots of pinholes or fine cracking usually needs grouting, a thin fill worked into the surface. If your concrete can't reach the color you want, stained concrete flooring adds it, and terrazzo flooring gives you a chip look your slab doesn't have.
The top level on the trade's shine chart, highly polished, gives a sharp, near-mirror reflection and may need grouting to get there. In a busy garage or shop I usually steer people to a softer sheen, because it hides scuffs better.
Filling cracks and holes gives the most even look, but a few hairline cracks left alone can read as part of the concrete. I'd fill anything that catches a broom or holds dirt, and we'll decide the rest together.
We'll reply within one business day and set a time for me to come out and look at your slab. The estimate is free, done in person at your house, and there's no obligation to go ahead.
(972) 903-8033Permits here go through the city's Permitting Division, part of the Building and Community Services Department, and its front counter is where you'd ask about your job. The city's remodel guide defines a remodel as work that alters a home's structure or layout without adding square footage. We check with the permit office while we plan your job and handle any permit the work calls for.
The city also asks contractors to register each year with a master or state license and proof of liability insurance of at least $300,000, so it's fair to ask anyone you hire whether they're registered. We're based in Waxahachie and work in many cities around it, including Midlothian and Ennis, where we meet the same garage slabs, shop floors and older concrete coming up from under carpet and tile.
Concrete and I go back to the barn floors I poured and patched on our family farm. After years on other people's crews, I started this business in Waxahachie in 2013, so we're 13 years in. I come out myself to look at your floor and go over the job, and I'm on site with our crew while they do the work. We're licensed and fully insured.
Most floor trouble I've seen started with prep somebody rushed, so I'd rather take the time to fill the cracks right and explain each step than hurry you into a finish. Your satisfaction, guaranteed. When you're ready to talk about your floor, call (972) 903-8033 or send us the form.
Stain puts color into the concrete itself, a good fit when polishing alone won't give you the warm tone or pattern you're after.
Terrazzo sets stone or glass chips into a new surface, so you get the speckled look you choose instead of whatever's already in your slab.
We're based in Waxahachie and polish slabs in many cities around it. The cities below have their own page, and if yours isn't listed, give us a call anyway.
Your floor can land anywhere from a smooth cream finish to salt and pepper to full aggregate exposure, as far as your slab's mix and the way it was poured allow. The color can shift as we grind, too. The test spot we polish on your own floor shows you the real result before we do the rest.
Polishing concrete across the US usually costs about $8 to $9 per square foot. That's a national estimate for the work, not our price. Your number comes from the things covered above, like the room's size, what has to come off the slab and how much repair it needs, and I'll give it to you at the estimate.
Permits in Waxahachie are processed by the city's Permitting Division, which has a front counter for questions. We check with the permit office while we plan your job and take care of any permit the work calls for, so you're not left sorting it out on your own.
One Dallas contractor says polished concrete typically needs only regular dust mopping and an occasional damp mop. Compare that with scrubbing grout lines on tile or refinishing hardwood every so often. When we walk the finished floor together, I'll go over what to use on yours.
One densifier maker reports that a 2015 study found polished slabs exceeded the minimum slip resistance set for interior tile floors. Any smooth floor still gets slick with water or grease on it, so wipe up spills quickly, especially in a kitchen or garage.
Clear out furniture and anything stored on the floor, and tell us about any carpet, tile, glue or old coating still down so we can plan to take it off first. We'll go over dust and what to close off in the rest of the house before any grinding starts.
Call (972) 903-8033 or use the form with the room's size and photos of any cracks or holes, so I know what to look for when I come out.
