Concrete Designs

High gloss interior decorative concrete

Mud, pets, kids, high traffic areas–these are all the things that make carpet so hard to keep clean. Tulsa homeowners are choosing decorative concrete floors over carpeting in staggering numbers.

Concrete flooring is the best choice for low maintenance floors.  Mud wipes right up.  A spilled glass of milk takes no more than a wipe with a paper towel to return your floor to brand new, try that with carpet!  Decorative concrete is impervious to pets.  With commercial grade coating systems concrete floors never show a traffic pattern.

Colors, patterns and textures are endless with concrete flooring.  Match any decor, any color, any style.  Make dirty carpet a thing of the past for your family with decorative concrete flooring.

To slap the title of “green” on something, you simply have to say it is so. However, for a material to be truly green in an official sense it has to be certified. Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification can be very important, especially in terms of tax rebates, zoning allowances and other incentives that encourage more people to use green building materials, techniques and practices. The certification itself is based on a number of points, of which polished concrete flooring typically scores between 19 and 28.

Some of the points that are considered for the material include reduced operating costs and increased asset values, the reduction of waste being sent to the landfills at the end of a project for each material being used, the conservation of energy and water, the increased health and safety for the proposed occupants of the finished building, reduced harmful greenhouse emissions and reduced maintenance. The more green materials that are used in a project, the more the owner or project developer is showing a commitment to environmental stewardship and social responsibility.

Polished concrete flooring, especially in commercial facilities, does many of these things, including reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The less travel that is needed for a project to be completed, the better it is for the atmosphere. Concrete can be brought and mixed at the site, reducing the need for huge trucks. Because it is locally made and created, there is no expensive and harmful importation travel. It is also made-to-order, reducing the need for huge storage facilities and warehouses. Maintenance of polished concrete flooring is simply a damp mopping once a week, along with the application of the sealant every year (every other year at the most). There is no need for harmful chemicals or heavy duty floor machines that use electricity, water and solvents to accomplish their cleaning task. All of these factors make concrete flooring the perfect eco-friendly building choice for your industrial facility, warehouse or commercial building.

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Maryland Polished Concrete has actually been implementing green concrete flooring processes for over a decade. At the same time, this innovative concrete flooring company is saving their commercial customers some green. What about Maryland Polished Concrete’s residential flooring customers, you ask? Yeah, those customers have friends that are green with envy over their shiny, new decorative concrete floors. So much green to go around… So little time.

Industrial and commercial floors need to be vast, durable and affordable. Concrete as flooring can achieve all of these goals, while leaving less impact on the environment. Homeowners want the high-end look of glossy floors without the price tag, while also being a friend to nature. You truly can have it all these days with stylish and affordable polished concrete (sometimes also referred to as polished cement), while supporting a sustainable building material.

Maryland Polished Concrete offers this green flooring technology to commercial and retail business, industrial facilities, general contractors and property management companies in the Baltimore, Washington D.C. and Harford County areas. Besides installing and polishing, this eco-responsible flooring company offers their expertise when it comes to decorative concrete applications. These techniques include:

• Acid Stains
• Concrete Dyes
• Overlays