Tired of a floor that cracks, stains or wears through? We test the slab first, then pour terrazzo that's ground smooth and sealed.
Terrazzo flooring in Country Walk, FL is a floor of marble, granite, onyx or glass chips set in a cement or resin base. It's poured in place, cured and ground to a smooth, hard finish over several visits, and it's a floor you put down once and keep for a long time.
The first choice is the base. Epoxy terrazzo is a thin resin layer laid on a level concrete slab. It can use glass, synthetic or granite chips in place of marble, so it's the one to look at if you want brilliant colors or a floor that stands up to chemicals. Epoxy bonds straight to the slab, which means it's only as flat and crack-free as the concrete under it. It's also made for indoor rooms, so I look at your slab before we talk about colors.
The price mostly turns on the size of the room, the system and chips you pick, and how much work your slab needs before anything goes down. A repair is priced differently from a new floor. The schedule depends on that same slab prep and on how many visits it takes to pour, cure, grind and seal. You'll see your own figure on the written estimate I give you after I've looked at the slab.
Terrazzo is a big project, so before anyone mixes material we look at what's underneath your floor and sort out the paperwork.
When you call, I set up a time to come out, look at your floor and test the slab myself, because that slab decides how flat and crack-free the terrazzo ends up. You get a written estimate with the system we'd recommend and a clear plan for the visits it takes.
We check which office covers your address before we put you on the schedule. If the job needs a permit or other approval, we handle the application and tell you what you need to sign.
Miami-Dade County's Contractor Licensing Section licenses the contractors who work in the county. We're fully licensed and insured. I opened our business in 2017, and I'm on the job with our crew while they do the work.
We start with an honest look at the slab. Then we help you choose between epoxy and cement terrazzo and pick your chips, and we lay out how many visits the job takes before we start. Terrazzo is made mostly from natural stone and glass, so you'll see slight shade changes across the floor, and that's part of the look. Once the floor is ground smooth, it gets a penetrating sealer that fills the surface pores. That keeps most traffic dirt and stains from soaking in, and it lets you clean the floor with a neutral cleaner.
Most terrazzo jobs depend on our concrete grinding and surface preparation work, because the slab has to be clean, sound and level before any base goes on it. If you're planning a lower-level room and terrazzo isn't the right fit, we also do basement flooring with other systems.
Terrazzo takes several trips to your house, and each stage has its own job to do.
We grind and clean the concrete and fix what the slab test turned up, because terrazzo bonds to the slab and carries any flaw in it. If the slab isn't ready, I'll tell you instead of pouring over it and hoping.
We mix your chips into the base and pour it in place across the room. The floor then has to cure before anyone grinds it.
Once the floor has cured, we grind it down to a smooth, hard finish that shows off the chips. Then the sealer goes on so the surface is protected from the first day you walk on it.
We walk the finished floor with you and go over how to keep it clean and when it'll need re-polishing down the road. Your satisfaction, guaranteed.
Tell us the room size and whether you want a new floor or a repair, and we reply within one business day. I set up a time to come out and test your slab, and the estimate is free, done on site and comes with no obligation. You can also call us at (786) 733-0104.
(786) 733-0104One national flooring cost guide puts cement terrazzo at 75 years or more and epoxy terrazzo at 30 to 50 years. The same guide says both need re-polishing every 15 to 25 years to bring the sheen back, so plan for that upkeep. If the longest life matters most to you, cement is the pick, and epoxy gives up some of that life for brighter colors.
The same cost guide says poured terrazzo takes specialty contractors 3 to 6 weeks of install time, spread over multiple visits. Plan your household around several weeks of work, and your estimate will show the visits for your floor.
Don't assume you're exempt. The county's lists of work that needs no permit name resurfacing a floor and surfacing floors with tile, but they don't name terrazzo. We sort out which office covers your address before we schedule, and we take care of the application if your job needs one.
Usually it comes close, but the color match may not be exact, because terrazzo chips are mined stone and glass that can change over time. I tell you that before we start, so you can decide whether a repair or a new floor makes more sense for your room.
Who issues the permit depends on where your property sits. Miami-Dade County's permit process covers unincorporated properties whose folio number starts with "30". Each city in the county has its own Building Official for work inside its limits, and the Property Appraiser can tell you which city your property is in.
The county also tells owners to follow their Homeowner Association guidelines and zoning district requirements before any work begins, so check those early. In a condo or other multi-family building, new flooring may need sound proofing, and other agencies may require their own permit or approval. We're based in Country Walk and work across the cities around it in Miami-Dade County, including Kendall and The Hammocks, and we plan terrazzo the same way there.
Have your folio number handy when you call (786) 733-0104 or fill out our contact form, so we can find the right office for your address from the first conversation.
If you're still deciding between epoxy and cement terrazzo, give us a call and we'll talk it through with you.
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