Terrazzo Floor Demolition

After we are done we will restore the terrazzo floor by diamond polishing.

Terrazzo floor demolition.

I ve been told that surface grinding and a good mortar over top works but the height is an issue here and needs to be taken down to the bare concrete. Pouring the floor may allow the use of higher end materials that aren t available in pre made tiles so this can also raise the cost. You will need to use a hammer drill which functions as a mini jackhammer to remove most ot the terrazzo. When terrazzo is poured in situ onto large areas of floor metal expansion or divider strips are used to delineate the floor into sections to avoid cracking the strips are laid in the parts of the floor that are most likely to crack which should force the crack to happen along the join rather than in the center of the section.

Have approximately 400sf to remove. I was going to go at it with my bosch demo gun and a tile chipping bit. Poured terrazzo flooring cost. Video of the day volume 0.

Hope someone can advise as to how to remove terrazzo. Removing a terrazzo floor is a bit trickier than other types of tile floors because the tiles themselves are so heavy and thick. That adds up to a total project cost of about 30 to 90 per square foot. We are removing thin set from a terrazzo floor.

This grinds away any coatings on the floor removes stains and shallow scrapes on the surface. Stains on terrazzo can be unsightly and may lead you to decide you have no choice but to have tile or carpet installed over it but often stains on terrazzo can be effectively removed. For poured floors you ll pay between 25 and 70 per square foot for materials depending on the choices you make about aggregate and pattern.