Understanding steps for polished concrete floor

[flanagaj]

So, the proposal for the new extension should our plans come off, is to have a polished concrete floor in the kitchen / diner.   I just love the industrial look to them.   What I am trying to understand is that with underfloor heating, would you need to use a specialist company to pour the concrete and power float it first, and then call in a different contractor to polish it?

 

Keen to hear how others have achieved this.

[Tom]

We're using one company to pour, float and polish our slab. They are very good and would be happy to pass on their details if you wanted.

[nod]

I hired a sit on float for a day 

Very easy to use once The concrete has set It brought it up like glass 

[nod]

6 minutes ago, nod said:

I hired a sit on float for a day 

Very easy to use once The concrete has set It brought it up like glass 

Just looking on my spreadsheet 

It was £122 for the day 

Bit steep if you need it for any length of time I just drove up and down for about an hour 

The concrete had been down 12 hours 

[flanagaj]

On 21/09/2023 at 06:30, Tom said:

We're using one company to pour, float and polish our slab. They are very good and would be happy to pass on their details if you wanted.

If you would not mind.  We have had a quote of £24k (£152 m/2) (158 m/2 floor area), and although I really like the idea of a polished slab, I am struggling to see how I can afford that.   It's difficult to know how much cheaper it would be if I went with a conventional screed / tile finish.   I would do the floor tiling myself so that would save some money, but you are probably looking at £40 minimum for semi decent large floor tiles.

 

I like Nod's approach of doing the power floating yourself, but I am not brave enough to do that, as it's a large area and one job that I don't fancy messing up.

 

 

[nod]

38 minutes ago, flanagaj said:

If you would not mind.  We have had a quote of £24k (£152 m/2) (158 m/2 floor area), and although I really like the idea of a polished slab, I am struggling to see how I can afford that.   It's difficult to know how much cheaper it would be if I went with a conventional screed / tile finish.   I would do the floor tiling myself so that would save some money, but you are probably looking at £40 minimum for semi decent large floor tiles.

 

I like Nod's approach of doing the power floating yourself, but I am not brave enough to do that, as it's a large area and one job that I don't fancy messing up.

 

 

I think the quote you have is very different from what I’ve done Mine was just standard concrete 

Very easy to polish the following morning 

Your quote will be for concrete to be into your building once watertight On top of the floor you already have Highly polished and a multitude of colours