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Greetings!
Last year, concrete contractors from across the country submitted dozens of their most creative decorative floor projects for us to share with Concrete Network visitors. You can find descriptions and photos of all these projects on our website, but those profiled here are a few of our favorites. They are stellar examples of what you can accomplish by combining skill and ingenuity, from a basement floor overlay that mimics a running river to a brewery floor colored with beer and dye. As you transform your clients' floors this year with decorative concrete, be sure to share your work with us (see details). Who knows? Your project may make our list of favorites for 2010.
Jim Peterson,
The Concrete Network
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1. Candy Shop Floor Colored on a Budget
The owners of EJI's Corner Shop/Candy Bouquet in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., wanted a sweet deal: To improve the look of their badly damaged concrete floor on a budget. Glen Roman of Staintec and
Marty Meewis of Colors on Concrete agreed to tackle the project, using stains and faux-finishing techniques to create a circular
pattern mirroring the circular track of lights above, all at a cost of only $3 per square foot.
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2. River Runs Wild
A project that started out as a basic black and white basement floor overlay transformed into something much more ambitious, a beautiful decorative stamped floor complete with embedded river rocks to mimic a stream and glow-in-the-dark aggregate running down the sides of a faux river bed.
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3. Polishing Reveals Character of 80-Year-Old Floor
To restore a concrete floor in a retail center built in 1922, Chris Swanson of Colour was faced with removing multiple coats of carpet glue and fixing bad cracks and old patched areas. The bright side was that the polishing process exposed the floor's historical character, exposing construction remnants such as nails, bolts, and chunks of wood that ended up in the concrete when it was poured 87 years ago.
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4. Dyed and Polished Floor Is Perfect Option for LEED-certified Building
The Briar Patch Co-op Community Market in Grass Valley, Calif., chose polishing as the most eco-friendly way to revive a drab, gray concrete floor in its LEED-certified
facility. AK4 Concrete Solutions applied several colors of dye to create a river-themed look, and then the concrete was densified and dry polished to a brilliant light-reflective sheen.
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5. Beer and Dye Color Brewery Floor
What medium could be more apt for coloring a concrete floor in a brewery than the product produced there? At Lazlo's Brewery and Grill in Lincoln, Neb.,
artisan Todd Rose was asked to stain the floor but without the use of hydrocarbon-based solvents. He realized that beer would work just as well, paired with dye to add color. For the finishing touch, he stenciled the brewery's logo near the entryway.
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