01 · Polished concrete
High-gloss polished concrete
Ground through progressively finer diamonds until the room starts to read in the floor — a soft, deep shine under a working lobby.
- System
- New concrete topping, ground & polished
- Sheen
- High gloss
- Best for
- Lobbies, showrooms, statement commercial floors
- Programme
- Slab, cure, then grind & polish in stages
02 · Polished concrete
Colour-hardened
A dry-shake hardener tones the slab right through — here polished up to a deep charcoal shine that takes a school's traffic without complaint.
- System
- Dry-shake hardener into fresh concrete
- Sheen
- Satin to a deep gloss
- Best for
- Schools, civic spaces, hard-working commercial floors
- Programme
- Placed with the slab — one visit, one material
03 · Polished concrete
Exposed aggregate
Grinding cuts below the surface to reveal the stone inside the mix — a rich, pebble-flecked floor with real depth.
- System
- Deep grind to expose aggregate, then polish & seal
- Sheen
- Satin to gloss
- Best for
- Restaurants, bars, barns and characterful interiors
- Programme
- Supply & install or refine an existing slab
04 · Polished concrete
White polished concrete
A white-cement mix polished soft and pale — it holds light in rooms that don't get much of it.
- System
- White cement topping, ground & polished
- Sheen
- Satin
- Best for
- Basements, lightwells, pale contemporary interiors
- Programme
- Slab, cure, grind & polish
05 · Microcement
Pale microcement
LPC Hardcrete trowelled at 2–3mm in soft, chalky tones — here across a Grade II listed barn, seamless from wall to wall.
- System
- LPC Hardcrete — mineral microcement, not a resin
- Build-up
- 2–3mm over tile, screed, timber or board
- Best for
- Bathrooms, kitchens, retail and listed buildings
- Guide price
- £120–£200 per m² installed
- Programme
- 5–6 days; walk on it after 72 hours
06 · Microcement
White microcement
Hardcrete at its palest — a basement lightwell floor with walk-on glazing above, bouncing daylight deep into the plan.
- System
- LPC Hardcrete, white
- Build-up
- 2–3mm, seamless — no joints, no grout lines
- Best for
- Basements, lightwells, galleries, pale interiors
- Guide price
- £120–£200 per m² installed
- Programme
- 5–6 days; full cure at 28 days
07 · Grind & polish
The revealed slab
Strip a tired floor back to the original concrete and polish what was always there — often with a terrazzo-like figure no new floor can fake.
- System
- Diamond grind & polish of the existing slab
- Sheen
- Matte to high gloss — your call
- Best for
- Warehouse conversions, offices, large retrofits
- Programme
- Phased, out-of-hours work around live tenants
08 · Grind & polish
Ground & sealed for service
Existing or new slabs ground to expose the aggregate and sealed hard — a floor that shrugs off a full dining room, night after night.
- System
- Grind, polish & seal to hospitality grade
- Sheen
- Satin
- Best for
- Restaurants, bars, event spaces
- Programme
- Built around fit-out deadlines
