Terrazzo flooring in Antioch CA - a polished floor set on a sound, tested base
Want a hard, polished floor instead of bare or worn concrete? We check the base first, then pour, grind, polish and seal your terrazzo.
What goes into a terrazzo floor in Antioch?
Terrazzo flooring in Antioch is a poured floor of marble, granite or glass chips held in a cement or epoxy binder, then ground and polished into one smooth, hard surface. The color and pattern are built into the floor rather than painted on top, and on most jobs the biggest question is what's under the room.
Most calls about terrazzo come from people who are tired of a bare or worn slab, or who own an older terrazzo floor that's lost its shine. The price moves with the size of the room, the binder, the chips you pick and how much work the base needs, and the schedule mostly turns on the binder and on any prep the slab needs before we pour. If you like the polished look but want a simpler job, polished concrete is worth comparing, and I'll lay out your figure in the written estimate.
Our terrazzo flooring work, start to finish
I start by looking hard at what's under the room, because cracks in the base tend to come up through terrazzo and no amount of polishing hides them later. If the slab has cracks or joints that move, we talk about a crack membrane, a flexible layer laid under the terrazzo, where it makes sense for your floor. Then our crew preps the surface, pours the terrazzo, lets it cure and grinds and polishes it down to the finish you picked. Once polishing is done we seal the floor, and I show you how to clean it so you know what's safe to use on it.
Terrazzo is only as flat and sound as the floor under it, so a lot of these jobs start with concrete grinding and surface preparation to take off old coatings and level the slab first. If the room is below grade, we look at it the way we do our basement flooring work, because dampness and an old floor change what the slab needs before anything goes down.
Why Antioch homeowners call Sterling Antioch Concrete Coatings for terrazzo
I write every estimate myself
I come out to look at your floor and write the estimate, and I run the job with our crew. The person who checked your slab is the one making sure the pour goes over it the right way.
Floor work since 2013
We've been in business since 2013, and the lesson that's held the whole time is that a floor holds up or fails at the prep. That's why I'd rather test a slab than guess at it.
Licensed and insured, license questions answered
We're licensed and insured. California's flooring license names carpet, resilient flooring and wood floors but not terrazzo, so it's fair to ask any installer which state license they hold, and I'll answer that plainly at your estimate.
Antioch permits settled before work
If your job calls for a permit, I tell you at the estimate and we settle who gets it before work starts, checking with the City of Antioch Building Division first when I'm not sure. You can also call the division at (925) 779-7065 to ask what your project needs to submit.
On terrazzo, the base under the room decides more than the chips on top, so tell me whether the room sits on a slab or plywood and where you see cracks when you request your estimate.
Get a written terrazzo estimate for your floor
We reply to every call and message within one business day, and the on-site estimate is free with no obligation. I'll come out, look at the slab, ask how the room gets used and give you a written estimate. If you can, note whether the room is on a slab or plywood and where you see cracks.
Terrazzo floors up close
Questions before you book terrazzo flooring
How much does terrazzo flooring cost in Antioch?
I can't give you a fair number until I've seen the floor, because terrazzo is priced on the room's size, the binder, the chips you pick and how much work the base needs. Glass and other decorative chips raise the cost of epoxy terrazzo, so a simpler chip mix is one way to keep the price down. Your written estimate gives you the figure for your room.
Which binder is most common for terrazzo?
Epoxy resin is the most common binder for terrazzo today, ahead of portland cement and polyacrylate modified cement. Epoxy also has the quickest time from pour to grind, so it can shorten the job. For most rooms in a house I'd lean toward epoxy for that reason, but I'd want to see the base first.
Can terrazzo go over my existing floor?
Epoxy terrazzo can go over a flat concrete slab, and it can also go over plywood that's been properly installed and prepared. It's a thin resin layer, so it won't hide humps, dips or a soft base, and that's what I check first. Old tile, carpet or coatings usually have to come up before we start.
What causes cracks to show up in a terrazzo floor?
Cracks in the slab underneath usually show through terrazzo to the surface. With epoxy terrazzo, a flexible membrane added as an extra can absorb some of that crack or joint movement, so it's worth pricing on a cracked slab. That's the reason I spend so long looking at your slab before we talk colors.
How do I clean and seal terrazzo after it's installed?
Sweep it often, mop it with plain water or a cleaner made for terrazzo, and keep degreasers, bleach, vinegar, ammonia and other household chemicals off it, because the national terrazzo trade group's care guide lists them as cleaners to avoid. The same group's specifications highly recommend sealing right after the final polishing, which is why that's the last step of our job and not something you have to arrange.
Can an old terrazzo floor in Antioch be repaired instead of replaced?
It's worth asking, because regrinding, patching and crack repair are recognized ways to bring older terrazzo back. Whether your floor is a good candidate depends on what I find when I look at it. Ask about a repair when I come out, and I'll tell you how it compares with a new floor.
Work that often comes before terrazzo
- Concrete Grinding & Surface Preparation
If your slab has old coatings, glue or high spots, grinding it flat and clean first gives terrazzo the sound, level base it needs to bond and finish well.
- Basement Flooring
When the room you want finished is below grade, our basement work looks at dampness and the old floor first, then picks a finish that suits the space.