Concrete Polishing Denver Colorado

Polished Concrete Floors: Looks Great, Saves You Money

Here at Concrete Floor Systems, we are a polished concrete contractor providing Denver Colorado, and the mountain west with high-quality concrete grinding and concrete polishing services.

A polished concrete floor is a very nice, low-maintenance flooring solution and saves the building owner a lot of money versus a floor with a tile or epoxy coating. As a building owner, polished concrete flooring provides you with the following benefits:

The advantages over a coated floor make polished concrete the far superior choice.

Polished concrete flooring is a flooring material that is environmentally friendly and has a lower cost of ownership than alternative flooring material options – including epoxy flooring.

Meeting Your Budget and Your Concrete Floor Polishing Needs

At Concrete Floor Systems, we provide our customers with a choice of floors to meet their needs. Based on client budget and expectations, we guide you through the process of selecting a concrete polished floor that will work best for you.

If you’d like to learn more about our work and our clients, be sure to view our portfolio. It contains links to just some of the Denver metro customers who are satisfied with our work.

Why You Should Choose Us as Your Concrete Contractor

We have been in business for 13 years – one of the longest companies in America doing polished concrete
We have over 100 years of experience within our staff
We undergo extensive training and train other companies nationwide
We use the highest quality diamonds in our polishing – not low quality China diamonds that do give the floor the same clarity and gloss
We run the highest head pressure planetary grinders which provide a better gloss and clarity than the lower head pressure machine

Concrete Floor Polishing: The Process

We go the extra mile to ensure that our clients are completely satisfied with the polished concrete services that we provide.

Polishing Concrete: New Concrete Floors

When the concrete slab cures, it creates a soft layer on the concrete surface which needs to be ground off. The concrete polisher will use a concrete grinder that has diamond polishing pads to remove this soft layer on top of the surface. If not ground off properly from the top of the concrete slab, the concrete polish will not last.

Once the concrete floor is cleaned up (1st grit is always the most important), a series of finer and finer grits are applied to create the polished concrete floors.

Another part of the process is the chemical hardeners, which will make the concrete dust-proof and also chemical densify the concrete. This leads us to the most important part of the process – the mechanical densifying of the concrete with diamond abrasions.

Polishing Concrete: Existing Concrete Floors

For existing concrete floor slabs, the process is similar. First, if there is an existing floor coating (like tile or epoxy floor coating) – we will remove those epoxy coatings and create a smooth surface for us to work with.

We also do a thorough concrete repair as part of the concrete restoration and concrete resurfacing process. In many cases, even a severely damaged concrete floor can be salvaged, making the costly exercise of flooring removal unnecessary. The next step in the concrete polishing process is concrete grinding. We then move on to the concrete grinding process.

The End Result: Beautiful Polished Concrete Floors

Regardless of whether you have a new concrete floor or a floor that needs to be updated, the result is a low-maintenance, stunning polished surface that has a low total cost of ownership that our client’s love.

Cleaning and Maintenance

After the installation of your polished concrete floor, cleaning and maintenance is relatively simple. For commercial cleaning, a floor scrubber is recommended to keep your flooring looking and performing at its best.

Residential cleaning can be done with a neutral pH cleaner. For more information check out our page on residential and commercial cleaning of polished concrete floors.

Dyes and Stains for Your Floor

As part of the process, we can also provide you with decorative concrete – by performing concrete staining if desired. The right concrete stain can provide an amazing look to your finished concrete floor.

We can add dyes, acid stains, and even logos to your concrete floor as part of the overall concrete floor polishing process. While polished concrete floors look fantastic on their own, you can add a bit of color to really make your floor pop.

Our Service Area: Denver & The Mountain West

We are based in Denver, Colorado, but serve all cities in Colorado as well as many states within the Mountain West. Our concrete polishing service area includes – but is not limited to – the following Colorado cities and states.

Colorado Cities

States

Arvada

Aurora

Boulder

Broomfield

Castle Rock

Centennial

Colorado Springs

Commerce City

Denver

Fort Collins

Grand Junction

Greeley

Highlands Ranch

Lakewood

Longmont

Loveland

Parker

Pueblo

Thornton

Westminster

Arizona

Colorado

Nebraska

New Mexico

North Dakota

South Dakota

Utah

Wyoming

Commercial, Industrial, Retail and Government Floors

Commercial, industrial, retail and governmental clients are our specialty. There are no polishing jobs that are too big for our team to handle. We’ll meet the required specs for your concrete floor and you’ll have a low maintenance concrete floor for years to come.

We can also use dyes to get you the exact color you desire for your concrete flooring.

Polished Floors for Residential Properties

Getting the concrete floor in your home polished certainly adds an elegant touch and can be an important element in interior design. The reflective surface can really be eye-catching.

Most of the concrete jobs we do are for larger clients that have floors with huge service areas and very specific grit requirements. However – we do occasionally come out and do polishing of a customer’s floor at their home. These would typically be residences with extremely large concrete floors. To learn if we’re a good fit, get in touch.

Questions to Ask Your Concrete Polishing Contractor:

If you’re looking to hire a concrete polishing provider, here are a list of questions that you should ask to make sure that you’ll have the best possible outcome for concrete floor projects.

What will be the DOI and Gloss Reading on the floor after you are done?

They should be able to provide you with a detailed answer. If they don’t know what DOI and Gloss Reading are, make sure to hire another polisher ASAP

Is the polisher they are using a heavy head pressure machine?

The polisher should be using a heavy head pressure machine weighing at least 1,000 lbs.

Where does the polisher get his diamonds from?

There is wide variability in diamond quality depending on what country you get your diamonds from. We tend to find that diamonds sourced from South Korea and Bulgaria tend to be of very high and consistent quality. Diamonds from China tend to be of inferior quality in our experience. As a result, we won’t use diamonds from China.

How skilled are the polisher's craftsmen?

An experienced polisher will know how to read the floor and move the machine at the correct pace and speed. Every concrete floor is different. A skilled polisher knows that you can’t treat every concrete floor the same as there is a large variation from slab to slab and even from pour to pour.

Have you seen any of the polisher's floors after 3 years to see if they are holding up?

Unfortunately, there is no shortage of unqualified concrete polishers. Oftentimes, these low-quality polishers come in with the lowest bids. The end result is that you get what you pay for. The work is of poor quality, and needs to be re-worked. We are called to “fix” poor quality work quite often.

How many times does the polisher apply the dye?

They should be applying the dye twice

Are they doing all edges, door jams and inside corners as part of their bid?

This is a must for a job done right

What is the densifying criteria the polisher is using?

The polisher needs to densify to full rejection.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do You Work on Residential Properties?

Most of our jobs are for commercial, retail, industrial and governmental clients. We do sometimes provide polished concrete floors to residential customers as our schedule allows. Usually, this would be for large concrete surfaces of over 2,000 square feet.

Do You Work on Outdoor Surfaces?

Unfortunately no. We only work on indoor concrete surfaces – mostly floors and stariways. We don’t do driveways, sidewalks, patios or any similar outdoor areas.

Do You Do Garages?

We will work on commercial and industrial garages. We usually don’t take smaller residential garage jobs – but we may occasionally make exceptions for garages with a large square footage area.

Do You Finish Concrete Floors?

Yes. We provide more than just concrete polishing and can put a great looking beautiful and durable finish on your floor. For more information, see our Denver Concrete Floor Finishing page.

Contact Us

To learn more or get a quote, call us (303) 495-5692 or use the form below.