Church Renovation- Mason, OH

This winter we finished up a large church renovation project in Mason, OH. The customer wanted a polished concrete look with the durability and variability involved with a coating. However, the existing concrete substrate was not suitable to achieve this look. It contained multiple older floor finishes, and showed a great deal of wear and age. More and more customers are wanting a polished concrete floor but not every slab is meant/suitable for it. AG Engineering and Contracting stepped in and designed a flooring system for their renovation. We first removed all previous flooring finishes and prepared the existing concrete substrate. We then poured a self leveling calcium sulfoaluminate cement product approximately ⅜ of an inch thick. This underlayment also contains the small aggregate that is desired in polished concrete flooring , and thus we were able to grind the underlayment until a uniform aggregate exposure was obtained. From there we applied two coats of an ultraviolet resistant epoxy, while broadcasting a “random” flake pattern into the floor with small reflective glass chips. The floor was then finished with one final coat of urethane to enhance the durability of the floor.