I am bouncing a few ideas around at the moment, coming up with new features that I would like to achieve on future projects. Polished concrete can look great on floors, work tops and just about everything. Also by the sounds of things they can be pretty cheap. So if it looks great and is cheap then the labour costs will most likely be high. That said, I prefer floors to have been 'alive' at some point, wooden flooring or natural tiles, but will try a polished concrete floor and see what happens.
So how to use the skills I already have to replicate?
The most challenging technical issues that spring to mind are as follows:-
An uneven base will require lot more sanding and can be time intensive and sanding costs will be high
How to prevent the floor from cracking?
Introducing colour, stains or dyes or other glass, fibre optics?
Reduced water in the mix will increase strength but will reduce workability, admixtures?
Sealers must be used to lock in and protect the finished floor.
Seehttp://periodpropertyrestoration.blogspot.com/2010/01/work-cement-on-site.html
So in a word, there's lots of info that needs to be looked at... my post is a start.
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