I had another thread about bare concrete floors in a house and trying to move forward with that. The "family" had a local contractor come out and take a look at the floor and give them an estimate. Its around $5 sq ft @1000 sq ft for a full flake epoxy job. I wasnt there for the estimate but the guy has done several businesses in the area and can provide references.
Unfortunately that's just not in the budget and after they looked at more pictures online they decided they really want to stick to a clear finish. We are on a 3 month deadline to do the repairs from the flooding from hurricane Idaila. This includes a new PVC wall system I am building along with a kitchen remodel and other flood mitigation ideas. Money is tight as this is cash out of pocket repairs, but also an investment in mitigating damages from future floods.
The existing concrete floor is in great shape, really a hard troweled slick finish. It does have several issues that need addressed. One is some vinyl sheet glue still stuck to the floor after we scraped it. Due to the minor waves the razor scrapers tends to pass over these areas. Its very thin (less than 1/16") but hard like a rock. The other thing I recently discovered is that the house was mud jacked years ago and in 2 rooms there are areas where they cut out the floor to pump the concrete into. They are about 24" square and rough finished slightly below the floor surface. And then in a couple rooms that had carpet there are nail holes from the tack strips. No cracking or other rough troweled areas. I wish my shop floor had been done this good!
So I am looking for the best bang for the buck also considering how much time it takes to do the prep as well. We are mostly working on the weekends and nobody is living in the house. There is still a lot of "stuff" in the house that I have no where to move to, so I am considering doing a couple of rooms at a time, so that I can shuffle "stuff" around. Plus some rooms are getting nothing more than the new wall system and floors, so once there done there done. But the kitchen and family room will still have construction traffic going on so I would save those for last.
They plan on using large area rugs in most rooms that can be rolled up and moved prior to a flood. So the 2 mud jacked holes will be covered by a rug. Also due to the age and style of the house its not some million dollar high end build either, but more practical.
Unfortunately that's just not in the budget and after they looked at more pictures online they decided they really want to stick to a clear finish. We are on a 3 month deadline to do the repairs from the flooding from hurricane Idaila. This includes a new PVC wall system I am building along with a kitchen remodel and other flood mitigation ideas. Money is tight as this is cash out of pocket repairs, but also an investment in mitigating damages from future floods.
The existing concrete floor is in great shape, really a hard troweled slick finish. It does have several issues that need addressed. One is some vinyl sheet glue still stuck to the floor after we scraped it. Due to the minor waves the razor scrapers tends to pass over these areas. Its very thin (less than 1/16") but hard like a rock. The other thing I recently discovered is that the house was mud jacked years ago and in 2 rooms there are areas where they cut out the floor to pump the concrete into. They are about 24" square and rough finished slightly below the floor surface. And then in a couple rooms that had carpet there are nail holes from the tack strips. No cracking or other rough troweled areas. I wish my shop floor had been done this good!
So I am looking for the best bang for the buck also considering how much time it takes to do the prep as well. We are mostly working on the weekends and nobody is living in the house. There is still a lot of "stuff" in the house that I have no where to move to, so I am considering doing a couple of rooms at a time, so that I can shuffle "stuff" around. Plus some rooms are getting nothing more than the new wall system and floors, so once there done there done. But the kitchen and family room will still have construction traffic going on so I would save those for last.
They plan on using large area rugs in most rooms that can be rolled up and moved prior to a flood. So the 2 mud jacked holes will be covered by a rug. Also due to the age and style of the house its not some million dollar high end build either, but more practical.
