The Saga of the Polished Concrete Floor

A year ago, the concrete floor to the games room was poured.

The first pour ended up with an uneven and irregular lumpy surface, so it was arranged to be fixed. They removed the half that was lumpy, and repoured. Then it was finally polished, and we found that the two halves did not match - different concrete, different aggregates, and a big stained joint in the middle.

The whole floor was then wet-sawed up and had to be hand carted out.

The whole thing was removed and replaced. The result, now, is a beautiful terrazo floor, which the kids dig.... Well worth persisting with to get this right. Happy client, happy builder - great result.

Original Grey - with big old join/split down the middle

East Berlin / West Berlin
West Bank / Israel
Ruddy / Julia
Nobody likes an ugly divide.....

Sawing up the whole damn thing into massive blocks (which sadly, were not re-cyclable, because the reinforcing steel inside would rust if installed outside)

Block-by-block removal - each of these probably weighed 80 kilos

Kids lovin the SPECTACULAR new floor -and especially loving finding the glass marbles which are scattered throughout the aggregate... it IS their play-room after all.