But over time concrete can become.
How to redo concrete floors.
Learn how to refinish concrete floors in a basement.
Fortunately it s easy to refinish your floors in a number of concrete stain colors.
You can just live with it paint it or cover it with another floor covering.
When a concrete floor begins to lose its luster you can often restore it by polishing it or adding a refresher seal coat.
The major manufacturers of concrete products including quickrete and sakrete all sell concrete resurfacing products.
In an early iteration of the office of sf based fashion retailer everlane see their new space here the existing concrete floors were re covered with a new cement layer a process called microtopping for more see office visit.
The everlane studio in san francisco.
Our concrete walk has pits and seems to be crumbling.
We re staining the floor before framing the walls to avoid water sitting under the wood.
The average concrete driveway is about 500 square feet besides patios and driveways ardex can be used to resurface concrete stairs sidewalks garage floors and most vertical surfaces.
How can we fix it.
We re working on renovating our basement to turn it into a studio space for me to work in.
Spalling the pits that form in concrete happen when too much water is used in a concrete mix weakening it.
Depending on the type of surface treatment you used you may need to restain repaint or reseal your floors.
Despite your best efforts even your durable concrete floors can start to show signs of wear and tear.
When the finish has worn though you re faced with some of the same decisions you would face if the floor were wood.
After painting the ceiling we decided to stain the floor next.
Photograph by june kim courtesy of everlane.
As long as your walkway isn t cracked all the way through you can coat the slab with a concrete resurfacer a no shrink blend of portland cement sand and.
Jace laakso missoula mont.
How to fix up old concrete floors.