Different Types Of Decorative Concrete Finishes For Your Home

Building one's dream home requires a lot of planning and effort, especially in the design and planning of them. Right from deciding the different room layouts to the finishes on the interior and exterior walls, everything is a beautiful challenge, with the end results often being worth every penny and hour we have spent on them. One such interesting challenge that home builders face is deciding the flooring of the different areas in and around their house since there are many different types of decorative concrete finishes available for one to select from.

Luckily, there are many professional consultants such as architects and house designers available, from whom one can seek advice from on the best decorative concrete finishes available in the market. They would also be in a better position to help you select the one that would suit the different areas of your house. Some of the finishes, you may be advised on by these consultants are.

Smooth Finish

This is one of the most popular and common decorative concrete finishes, one will notice in residential and commercial premises. Easy to install, screeds are first used to smoothen the concrete after it has been laid out on the floor. The texture that you get in this case is much better than plain timber or stone finishes. Broom finished and color chip varieties give a more decent look to the overall structure and coloring of the floor. After this, trowels are used by the concrete finishers to further smoothen out the floor surface. In the case of commercial large premises, power operated trowels are also used to smoothen the surfaces that cannot be accessed manually.

Broom Finish

In case the flooring is in an area that is prone to water collection, professional consultants will often advise on using a broom finish as one of the decorative concrete finishes. Broom finishes involve moving a broom across concrete that has been just laid, to give it a rough finish that offers better grip and traction to people and objects being moved across the smooth surface. This is because smooth polished surfaces tend to be slippery and may cause injury or damage in case one slips on them.

The Aggregate Finish

One can usually see such decorative concrete finishes on pathways leading to a house and landscaped areas, as they go well with the natural look of the surroundings. This look is created by washing away the top layers of the concrete finish, due to which the aggregates below the top layer are exposed, resulting in a rough textured finish. Concrete finishers may also use materials such as seas shells, limestone and quartz, to give the exposed areas a more sophisticated and sleeker look, that will help it stand out from the other areas.

Stamped Finish

These decorative concrete finishes are created by setting panels, with pre-cut designs on the concrete while it is still curing. The designs on the panels can be geometric shapes, abstract patterns and even floral or astrological signs based on the owner’s preference. Float, towel and rock salt finishes can be included to give a distinct style to the home or to any commercial place. No matter how your house is designed or its central theme, you will find decorative concrete finishes that will further enhance its overall aesthetics and beauty. Adequate care needs to be taken to select the best professional concrete finishers for this work so that it is durable and long-lasting as your new home. In some cases, you can also experiment with an overlay which usually creates a layer over the concrete. They can revitalize the overall look of the floor.