Concrete Designs

Decorative Concrete

Concrete Coatings of Austin, an authorized Sundek installer, offers decorative concrete design and installation in Austin, Pflugerville, Round Rock, Georgetown, Lakeway, Cedar Park, Leander and Westlake.  CCA provides quality products backed by the Sundek brand, installed quickly, economically and with minimal downtime for the use of the surface.

CCA can apply decorative concrete to interior floors, patios, driveways, walkways, pool decks and other exterior hardscape surfaces. Decorative concrete is the most durable surface you can choose to accentuate your home or business.

Add Some Shine with Polished Concrete

Are you building or designing a showroom for cars, household appliances, clothing, or other products?  You will need a floor to show off what you are selling.  Polished concrete can be the best type of floor for your kind of space, because its intense, glowing shine makes your products gleam even more brightly.  Polishing concrete can be much less expensive than putting in a new floor, because it is likely that your building lies on a concrete slab anyway, so that is one less element you will need to install during your construction.  Polishing concrete is done rather quickly and efficiently with no hazardous chemicals or materials, so if you are simply re-doing your floor, you can continue to use your space while the floor is being put in.

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You may be asking, “What is polished concrete, and how is it done?”  Polished concrete is either the concrete base of your house or building, or a thin layer of concrete installed over the base of your room grinded and shined until it is flat and smooth.  Whether the concrete has been in place for years or is newly installed, it can be smoothed and evened with a concrete grinder to produce a pleasing finish.  Concrete grinders can be electric or propane  powered; the type that is used is based on the size of the room and outlet accessibility.  Grinders are equipped with vacuums to get rid of the concrete dust that is produced by grinding, so it lessens the hassle of cleaning up those tiny dust particles.  After the concrete is ground, you have the option of adding a stain or color for aesthetic effects, which is then polished and can be sealed and hardened.

There are countless benefits to choosing polished concrete flooring.  First of all, it is incredibly durable.  Unlike weaker materials, polished concrete is not likely to scratch or dent with age and wear, and its shine lasts for a very long time.  Polished concrete is also environmentally sustainable because it makes use of products that are already there, eliminating the use of excess materials and the energy used up in the manufacturing and installation other kind of floors.  Concrete is very easy to care for, requiring only the occasional mop-up with soapy water.  It reduces dust and allergens, isn’t slippery, and improves the effect of natural light.  Most of all, polished concrete is beautiful to look at and will greatly improve the appearance of your show room.

Perfect Polish has been providing concrete polishing services with glowing reviews for over seven years.  They pride themselves on being efficient, knowledgeable about your needs, cost-effective, and highly experienced.  They have installed floors in spaces that range from warehouses, to hospitals, to households -“getting our work done with minimal or no inconvenience to the business in the building.  Perfect Polish will make your renovation or building process a lot simpler and more enjoyable with a wonderful finished product after it is over.  If you choose polished concrete as your new floor and allow us to do your installation, you will doubtlessly be pleased with the results.”

If you have ever been to one of the Bass Pro Shops there are a lot of things you will probably notice.  First of all, every Bass Pro Shop I have ever been to is huge.  Secondly, from the moment you walk in, you are in another world – the world of outdoors – and you feel like you could settle in and explore for a couple of weeks without seeing everything they have to offer.

When I say huge, we are talking 150,000 square feet!  Imagine an area that large with only concrete floors and steel beams that, when completed, has turned into an outdoor wonderland.  In that scenario, there are over 4,500 yards of concrete alone.

Once the walls are up, they provide the backdrop for the atmosphere in the store.  Murals are hand painted throughout, and the other artifacts and effects are put in as complements to one another.  Tony Hujik, Project Engineer for a new store being built in Toledo says, “The way they look at it is that it’s not just a store, it’s a museum.”  This becomes evident upon entering the finished store.  Sixty foot pine logs, a waterfall, fresh water aquarium and cliffs with deer, elk, wolves, moose and cougar set the stunning outdoor tone.

All of that being said, the look and feel of the store is carried through from top to bottom.  The idea is that every inch of the store represents part of the outdoor experience.  The Toledo Free Press comments, “Even the store’s concrete floors contain some kind of artwork throughout the structure.  The surface uses etchings made using a hand grinder, metal inlays in the shape of wildlife or animal tracks stamped into it.  Such features make Bass Pro unlike any other project or store because of the detail that goes into it.” 

Bass Pro Shops have been using the idea of decorative concrete for years.  It’s an art form that people notice, yet is subtle enough to help create the atmosphere without overpowering it. 

There are many types of decorative concrete that will enhance the look and feel of retail space, such as a store, boutique or restaurant.  Of course, there are also designs that will work well in homes.  New, easy to clean and maintain styles are available from simple changes in color and texture to hand stamping and etching.

When designing or remodeling a retail space, it is important to think from bottom to top.  Create a total atmosphere.  Let the floors be part of the art that enhances everything else throughout.   Decorative and artistic concrete is an idea whose time has come again.  Don’t forget to include it in your plans.