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Building our polished concrete industrial floor | Fast and inexpensive
December 17, 2023 · 12 min · 56K views
What this video covers
Marina and Michel install a polished concrete industrial floor in the studio where they plan to build their boat, covering the full two-to-three-day process from ground preparation through final polishing. A five-man crew traveled from another city — none being available locally — to execute the work.1:29 Day one focused on clearing debris, removing excess sand, and compacting the subbase with a plate compactor.6:22 Day two began with laying a waterproof membrane and reinforcing mesh before pouring concrete to more than 10 centimeters thick.8:02 Mid-pour, both 1,000-liter water tanks ran dry simultaneously with a municipal water outage; Michel sourced a water truck the same day to deliver another 1,000 liters and keep the crew working.9:49 Floodlights installed the previous day allowed the crew to continue polishing after dark using a rotary helicopter polisher, which was required to pass over the slab multiple times before the concrete set.10:30 The crew made expansion cuts the following morning and returned home.10:36 Full cure takes one month.10:40 Marina's first look at the finished floor revealed clean, precise expansion cuts and natural concrete mottling she described as better than any example seen during their research.11:14
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