[Greenbuilding] [BULK] Re: was Hydronic Radiant Underfloor Heating nowPolishing Concrete

[Lawrence Lile]

Wow, pretty high tech stuff.  Why is this any better than a simple
standard machine troweled finish plus some concrete stain/sealer? 

http://members.socket.net/%7Ellile/ConcreteStain/Concrete_Stain.html

 I'm pretty happy with mine, and find it to be incredibly low
maintenance.  If I think it is too dirty for the broom, I dump a bucket
of water on it and squeegee it all into the floor drain in the kitchen. 

I'm sure the polished floor is very pretty, but would it really be worth
the trouble?  



Lawrence Lile, PE, LEED AP
Project Solutions Engineering

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[mailto:greenbuilding-bounces at listserv.repp.org] On Behalf Of Gary
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Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 11:18 AM
To: 'Sacie Lambertson'; Greenbuilding at listserv.repp.org
Subject: [BULK] Re: [Greenbuilding] was Hydronic Radiant Underfloor
Heating nowPolishing Concrete
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Any good sites for information on details of this process?

Gary

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[mailto:greenbuilding-bounces at listserv.repp.org] On Behalf Of Sacie
Lambertson
Sent: 17 October 2007 05:59 PM
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Subject: [Greenbuilding] was Hydronic Radiant Underfloor Heating
nowPolishing Concrete

At 09:46 PM 10/16/2007, Bruce Donelson wrote:
>the concrete was ground down with diamond polishing tools
>to an 800 grit, dyed, hardened with Silicate formulation called
RetroPlate
>(good article on concrete polishing in Environmental Building News
about a
>year ago,) then touched with a stain repellant. Quite attractive. Very
Green.
>No waxes, strippers, vinyl, carpet.

Yes, this is exactly what I wish had been available when we built our 
house with concrete floors.  If you want to avoid regular 
maintenance, mechanical polishing is the only way to go.   Wish it 
had been available when we built our house with concrete floors.  In 
our area it still isn't.  In any case it can't be retrofitted so to 
speak.   If you want to avoid future maintenance this is the only way 
to go.  The result is beautiful.  Sacie L 

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