Terrazzo Floor Demolition

I was going to go at it with my bosch demo gun and a tile chipping bit.

Terrazzo floor demolition.

Stains on terrazzo can be unsightly and may lead you to decide you have no choice but to have tile or carpet installed over it but often stains on terrazzo can be effectively removed. After we are done we will restore the terrazzo floor by diamond polishing. You will need to use a hammer drill which functions as a mini jackhammer to remove most ot the terrazzo. I ve been told that surface grinding and a good mortar over top works but the height is an issue here and needs to be taken down to the bare concrete.

For poured floors you ll pay between 25 and 70 per square foot for materials depending on the choices you make about aggregate and pattern. Poured terrazzo flooring cost. Have approximately 400sf to remove. When terrazzo is poured in situ onto large areas of floor metal expansion or divider strips are used to delineate the floor into sections to avoid cracking the strips are laid in the parts of the floor that are most likely to crack which should force the crack to happen along the join rather than in the center of the section.

Video of the day volume 0. You can attempt to remove the stain yourself or contact a professional stone restoration contractor. Hope someone can advise as to how to remove terrazzo. Removing a terrazzo floor is a bit trickier than other types of tile floors because the tiles themselves are so heavy and thick.

We are removing thin set from a terrazzo floor. Here is what will need to be done. This grinds away any coatings on the floor removes stains and shallow scrapes on the surface.