Polished Concrete Flooring in West Hollywood CA - a floor with the shine you chose
Dull, stained slab or old glue under the carpet? We grind and polish your concrete, grit by grit, to the sheen you choose.
- Licensed and insured.
- Free estimates at your property.
- Expect a reply within 1 business day.
What does polishing a concrete floor in West Hollywood involve?
Polished concrete flooring in West Hollywood starts with your own slab. We grind it with coarse diamonds and then hone it with finer pads until it shines. It works as the finished floor on new concrete, and it's also a way to bring back a floor that spent years under carpet, tile or wood.
Most people call us about one of two floors. One is a new slab they want to leave as the finished surface. The other is an older floor they've just uncovered, with glue, paint and stains underneath. The price moves with three things. The first is the size of the floor. The second is how much shine you want. The third is what has to come off first, because sealers, oil stains, ground-in dirt and mastic, the old flooring glue, all get ground away before polishing starts, sometimes with a separate concrete floor stripping step. The schedule turns on the same things, plus how flat the slab is. You'll see your own figure in the written estimate, with each step listed in order. We've been in business since 2017 and we're licensed and insured. It's fair to ask any contractor about their licence, since California's Contractors State License Board has a class just for concrete-related work like floor hardening and concrete restoration.
How our polished concrete flooring work runs
First I help you pick how much shine you want. Each finer diamond pad raises the sheen, and stopping a few steps short is what keeps a big floor affordable. Then I tell you what your slab may show once it's ground. Older floors are rarely flat, so they take longer to grind, and the stones in the mix can show heavily in one spot and barely at all in another. I'd rather you hear that before we start than after. Once any old covering and glue are off, our crew grinds with coarse diamonds and works through finer grits pass by pass. That's the traditional sequence, and we adjust it to what your floor needs. Partway through, we apply a hardening silicate, a treatment that toughens the surface, and then we polish up to the pad you picked. Cal/OSHA's silica standard covers renovation of any fixed structure, so it applies while we grind your floor. Last, I show you how to look after the floor day to day.
Polishing works with the color and stone already in your slab. If you want color worked into the concrete, stained concrete flooring does that. If you love the look of exposed stone but your slab doesn't have much of it, terrazzo flooring puts the chips there on purpose.
A lower sheen for a large floor
This suits a big garage, a shop floor or an open main level, because stopping a few polishing steps early keeps the cost down across all those square feet. On most large floors this is the one I'd point you to, since you still get a smooth, hard surface with a softer shine.
A high gloss for a room people see up close
This suits a kitchen, living area or showroom, because the finest pads give the deepest reflection. It takes more passes, so it costs more, and that difference is easier to justify on a smaller room.
If you're planning to pull up old carpet or tile, call us first. What's underneath can change the plan, and I'd rather see it before anyone starts.
What happens after you call about polishing your floor?
I come out myself to look at the floor and plan the job, and our own crew does the work. Here's the order things happen in, so you know what's coming before it comes.
Call or send a message
Call (213) 329-1493 or use the form, and tell us a little about the floor. We get back to you and set a time for me to come out.
I look at the slab
I come out, look at the slab, measure it and ask how you use the space. Then we send a written estimate that lists each step in order, so you can see what your price includes, how much shine it buys and what the old coverings add.
We set the schedule
Once you say yes, we set the schedule with every test and wait built in. The city allows construction from 8 AM to 7 PM on weekdays and interior work only on Saturdays, with none on Sundays or city holidays, and it enforces those hours with stop-work orders and fines, so we plan grinding days inside them.
Prep, polish and clean up
Our crew preps the floor, works through the grits and cleans up when it's done. The job is backed by our satisfaction guarantee.
Get a written polishing estimate for your concrete floor
Send the form and we'll reply within 1 business day to set a time. I come out for a free estimate at your property, and you're under no obligation once you have it.
(213) 329-1493Polished concrete flooring in West Hollywood, from permits to old slabs
The city's building official issues permits to alter or improve any building. The list of exempt work names things like sheds and fences, not floor polishing, so I won't tell you your floor is exempt. We check during the estimate whether your job needs a permit, and when it does, we handle the application and the city's paperwork for you. If it's a shop, office or other commercial space, West Hollywood's Building and Safety Division requires a licensed contractor for building permits, which is worth knowing before you hire anyone.
Many of the floors we're called to here have been covered more than once, in homes and storefronts alike, so we plan for layers of glue and sealer before we quote. We're based in West Hollywood and work across the cities around it in Los Angeles County, and we find the same kind of covered-up slabs on jobs in Beverly Hills and Culver City.
Polished concrete questions we hear in West Hollywood
How much does polished concrete flooring cost in West Hollywood?
Across the US, polishing concrete usually costs about $8 to $9 per square foot. That's a national figure for the polishing work, not our price, and it can't account for what's on your floor right now. Your West Hollywood price comes from the written estimate after I've seen the slab.
Do polished concrete floors need waxing or sealing?
No, polished concrete doesn't need waxing or sealing. It will lose its shine over time if it isn't looked after, and the surface stays porous enough to stain, so the routine is a dust mop every day.
What causes stains on a polished concrete floor?
Acidic spills and oils are the usual causes. Something acidic like salsa can etch the surface, and oil, such as motor oil in a garage, soaks in and changes the color, so wipe both up as soon as you see them.
Can a concrete floor that had vinyl tile on it be polished?
Yes, a floor that had vinyl tile on it can be polished, and bringing back a once-covered slab is one of the main reasons people polish. The catch is ghosting, faint marks along the lines between the old tiles, which can show after polishing and is hard to predict before the tile and glue are off. If a perfectly even look matters to you, weigh that before you decide.
What is the best way to compare polished concrete quotes?
Ask each contractor which pad the final polish ends on, because that decides how much shine you're paying for. A typical budget sequence ends with 400 grit resin pads, so a quote that stops there and one that goes finer aren't pricing the same floor.
Should I polish my old concrete floor or replace it?
If the slab is sound, polishing it is usually the better bet, even with old coverings to remove. Taking off sealers, stains, dirt and mastic adds to the cost, but you weigh that against the time and expense of new concrete, and I'll walk through that comparison with you on site.
Other concrete floor finishes we install
If plain gray isn't the look you want, staining puts color into the slab itself, so the floor keeps a natural, mottled finish instead of a painted one.
When you want exposed stone on purpose, not whatever your slab's mix happens to hold, terrazzo sets chips into the floor in colors you pick.
Book a look at your concrete floor
Have the floor size, what's covering it now and whether it's a home or a business ready when you call (213) 329-1493 or fill out the form, so I can plan the visit around your slab.