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Concrete began being used by humans in ancient Rome. It has continued to be an important construction material through today -- owing its current popularity to its positive environmental properties such as saving energy, using readily available, non-toxic components, and its durability.

Here are some of the environmental benefits of concrete:

1) Natural and recycled materials are used to make concrete. Concrete is made from three abundantly available ingredients- water, aggregate(stone, sand and gravel), and Portland cement (gypsum and calcium sulfate).

2) Durability- Concrete is strong, adaptable and resistant to fire, water and weather. It has a longer service life than wood, steel, asphalt and other construction products. Concrete’s durability conserves resources by reducing maintenance and the need for reconstruction. When concrete has ended its service life, it can be crushed and reused as aggregate for new concrete.

3) Energy Efficiency -- Concrete’s thermal mass saves energy throughout the seasons because it reduces temperature swings. During hot weather, concrete will require cooling mainly at night when electric companies can produce power more efficiently and preserve fossil fuels. During the cold months, concrete buildings cost less to heat.

One of the chief challenges of the use of concrete in home interiors- such as in floors and countertops, has been its aesthetic value- not so high for interior use! however, all that has changed. Today, acid staining and polishing provide almost endless possibilities for interior designs. Call Colonial Floor Care today to learn more about how concrete the concrete in your home can be transformed into a beautiful design element! Don’t replace, cover or paint your concrete- all Colonial Floor Care!

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Many people have shown great interest in repairing, restoring, polishing, cleaning and sealing their concrete garage floors.

There are many ways to approach these desired processes. Most of the conventional approaches include the application of toxic chemicals at some point. One internet resource, “ehow”, suggets the following.

When refinishing concrete garage floors, there are several things to consider before proceeding. You will need to decide what materials you will be using to refinish the floor -- concrete stain or concrete paint. After you have decided on proper materials, to test your garage floor for sealers, drop a few drops of water on it. If the water beads up, then ther are most likely sealers on the concrete. Never try to paint or stain a concrete floor that has been sealed -- you will be wasting your time. Remove the sealer first by applying a stripping chemical. Then apply pain or stain.

This is a pretty typical approach to restoring a garage floor. There are many problems with this approach, however. It’s kind of like your grandfather’s way of doing things -- lots of hard work and toxic chemicals. In many ways, those before us didn’t know any better. But we do.

Not only are the chemicals used in the strippers, paints and sealers toxic to manufacture, but they rease extremely toxic gasses when applied. paint and sealers also do no not last very long. Before you know it, the paint peels or chips and stains easily form.

At Colonial Floor Care, we care deeply about the environment. We also care deeply about your pocketbook and your overall satisfaction with he outcome of our work.

Because of this, we have developed an environmentally sound, non-toxic method of concrete repair and polishing that achieves many goals.

First, it is completely non-toxic. We use very benign chemicals for staining- we can produce almost any desired color tint that you wish- you pick the color!  We use state of the art grinding equipment to achieve high gloss shines. Because of our final grind with an ultra fine grind head, your concrete not only becomes beautiful, it also becomes durable and resistant to moisture and cracking.

All of this with no damage to the environment! It can be done, it should be done and so we do it!

Check us out. We think you’ll be amazed at what we can do!

We serve Miami, Dade, Broward, Ft Lauderdale and Palm Beach.

We also specialize in marble, granite and terrazzo.