Gilbert Polished Concrete polishes concrete floors in Chandler, from garage slabs and living areas to stained and dyed floors, grind and seal finishes, commercial floors and the restoration of slabs under old carpet and tile. Chandler is about 5 miles from Gilbert by road.
Chandler is a large neighbor, with about 280,000 residents, and its housing is mostly from the 1980s and 1990s: about 47 percent was built between 1980 and 1999, 43 percent in 2000 or later and about 10 percent before 1980. That is the age of builder carpet and tile that is ready to come up and of garage slabs that have never had a finish.
Old tile and thinset removed from a living room slab
Example project
Home
1990s house in Chandler with light gray walls
Original request
The tile is gone; get the slab ready to polish
Floor
About 420 sq ft of slab with ridges of old thinset
Prep
Thinset ground flat, cracks filled
Next step
Polish quoted on the interior lines
Estimated cost
$1,300
In this example, the owners of a 1990s house in Chandler have pulled up the living room tile and are left with ridges of old thinset across the slab. They want the concrete underneath polished.
A garage slab from the 1980s or 1990s has had decades of use, so expect hairline cracks, joints and stains to be part of the finish. Grinding and polishing brings up a satin or polished surface and a test spot shows how the stains respond. Our page on polished concrete garage floors goes through polish or coat.
Stained and dyed concrete floors
Color on a slab this age follows what the concrete has been through. Dye can be worked into a polish, and the slab’s patches and joints still show. Details are on stained and dyed concrete floors.
Commercial polished concrete
Shops, offices and showrooms in Chandler are planned around when the space can be closed and what is on the slab now. The page on commercial polished concrete covers phasing, dust control and older buildings.
Grind and seal concrete floors
A garage, workshop or storage floor that needs a clean, sealed finish without a full polish is the grind and seal job. The name has no standard definition, which is explained on grind and seal concrete floors.
Concrete floor restoration
Builder tile and carpet from the 1980s and 1990s come up to expose the slab beneath, with thinset and glue ground away and the surface tested. The page on concrete floor restoration describes each step.
Homes and floors here
The median home in Chandler dates from 1997, about 73 percent of homes are single-family and the median owner-occupied value is $507,800. Around 20 percent of housing units sit in buildings of five or more units, which brings condo and apartment owners into the picture; in a multi-unit building an association may need to approve a floor change.
In a 1990s house, the starting point is the same as in a newer one: find out what is on the slab, test the surface and agree a finish on a test area. The difference is age. Concrete that has been covered for a quarter century has had time to collect glue, patches and hairline cracks.
Permits and rules to check
Floor grinding and finishing is a different question from cutting, structural repair or new slab work, so ask Chandler’s building department whether your project needs a permit before work starts. Chandler is in Maricopa County, whose Air Quality Department handbook covers asbestos in older flooring; test suspect tile and mastic before grinding.
Arizona lets unlicensed contractors take only small jobs: under $1,000 in labor and materials, casual or minor work and nothing that needs a permit. Larger work goes through licensed contractors. Look up a contractor’s license on the Registrar of Contractors site before you hire.
Can you polish the concrete under old tile or carpet in a 1990s Chandler house?
A 1990s house is a fair candidate once the surface proves sound: carpet or tile and its glue and thinset come out, the slab is tested and polishing follows. Cracks
Does a condo or townhome floor need approval?
It may. In a multi-unit building the association can have rules about floor changes, so check them before you order work.
Is a 30-year-old garage slab a candidate for polishing?
It can be, if the surface is sound. A test spot shows how stains and old coatings respond, and joints and cracks will remain visible.
Send the Chandler address along with a description of the floor as it is today, including what it is made of and how large it is. We'll get back to you soon with an estimate or any questions we have. Estimates are free and there's no obligation.
