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Lobby Floors As Marble and Terrazzo And Their Maintenance

Lobby Floors As Marble and Terrazzo And Their Maintenance

A lobby interior and design always represent buildings in the best or the worst ways. It serves as a signature and the first impression for its guests, workers, and residents. In downtown Chicago, every highrise building can compete for the best lobby Design and the most important for marble and
Paying For Ferrari But Driving Kia

Paying For Ferrari But Driving Kia

Nothing against The Kia guys but need to make a point here. Another day I was installing small terrazzo floor sections in my shop for training and tools and equipment testing purposes. We only restore terrazzo and that was the first time I have experienced installing one. I have prepped
Restoration of Marble Lobby Floor in Chicago’s Historical Mansion. 

Restoration of Marble Lobby Floor in Chicago’s Historical Mansion. 

This distinctive red brick structure was built as a 45,000 sq ft family home for shoe manufacturer Joseph E. Tilt in 1914. The mansion originally had 14 bedrooms, 17 fireplaces, a library, ballroom, billiards room, wine cellar, and gym. The Salvation Army purchased the property in 1920 to house cadets
If we’ve gone that far…

If we’ve gone that far…

We never think about the floor surfaces we are walking on at our homes, work, schools, airports, malls, hospitals, etc. What journey it takes for each marble slab or tiny chip to end up under our shoe soles. How much energy got generated or waisted to dig deep into beautiful
Knowing and identifying  two kinds of stone restoration companies

Knowing and identifying  two kinds of stone restoration companies

It is generally challenging to find a stone restoration company since this trade is very unique and has little mystery behind it.The most of the time clients look for tile shop or granite fabricator hoping to get appropriate assistance for their stone surfaces but after the first minute of conversation,
Sleeping terrazzo beauty

Sleeping terrazzo beauty

Every terrazzo floor has thousand years of lifetime left in them regardless of how abused and vandalized you find it. 100 years of terrazzo has history and pride behind it and always fills great to be part of the history when we put our hands on it. Many times we
Protecting working areas and surrounding for Terrazzo and Marble restoration

Protecting working areas and surrounding for Terrazzo and Marble restoration

It is crucially important to protect  working areas and surroundings while we doing terrazzo and marble restoration for floors, counter tops and walls. Using vinyl  protective tapes insures water and other lequed no penetration into non working areas. As well as using appropriate covering materials for floors such as paper
Right expectation

Right expectation

There is a lot of misbeliefs associated with terrazzo and concrete restoration. This blog is an attempt at banishing some terrazzo restoration myths. When a terrazzo restoration technician/salesperson arrives at your door, they are focused to sell and convince you on their services and technique, as well as on themselves.