Dyed & Polished Floor Is Perfect Option for LEED Building Standards

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Mark Foreman, owner of AK4 Concrete Solutions explains that this project, the Briar Patch Coop in Grass Valley, CA, was a LEED certified building. This photo shows Jeff Gold, the architect, in the background and Dennis, his artisan assistant, applying dye to the river-themed floor.

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Several dye stain colors were used. The floor was originally plain grey concrete.

The concrete was densified and dry polished to 3000 grit.

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Key benefits why the Briar Patch chose polished concrete over stained and sealed concrete:

• Lowest lifecycle cost
• Unlimited design possibilities
• Ultra low maintenance – dust mop water and neutral cleaner
• Light reflectivity up to 30% greater
• Abrasion resistance up to 400 % greater
• Impact strength up to 20% greater
• ASR SAFE based on lithium, and will not trigger or contribute to damaging surface ASR (alkali-silica reactivity)
• Non-toxic, green friendly
• Eliminates the ongoing cost of coating and floor covering failures and replacement
• Improved indoor air quality
• Polished concrete can qualify for (LEED) Platinum, Gold and Silver on many projects