Decorative Concrete Makeover – Chicago, Illinois

Location: Downers Grove, Illinois

Project: Resurfacing a commercial floor

Installation by: CCI Flooring, Inc.

Total Sq Ft: 20,000

The owner of a Grocery store in Downers Grove, Illinois needed to create a new atmosphere for his daily clientele. The existing floor had ceramic tile and VCT that had to be removed first. After removal the crew at CCI Flooring began the restoration of the base floor with a deep patching material called Flash Patch. Once the floor was restored to a level, sound surface, they began the installation of the Old Village Look. The process for design and application was managed by 3 crews.

The first crew from CCI Flooring worked on the  BDC-UF Flake System in the main aisles and walk ways. The remaining crew worked on the 10,000 sq ft of Stenciled decorative concrete thin overlay called SureSpray. This system required a base coat that was integrally colored and spray down. Although this material is not considered a self leveling material, it laid down flat. Once the base coat was dry to touch they applied the stencil and began the creation of the flagstone decorative concrete look.

An interesting obstacle that CCI Flooring had to overcome was the Flagstone pattern sq ft. The original order was for 7,000 sq ft. Before the project ended, the owner liked the decorative concrete look so much that he added an additional 3,000 sq ft. This required the reuse of the original stencil, as they did not have time to order additional ones in.

As the projected was nearing its completion CCI Flooring worked with SureCrete Design to choose the right sealer that could not only protect the decorative concrete look designed but also handle the constant wear pattern of the stores clientele. They choose to apply 2 coats of Dura-Kote Epoxy 100, a zero VOC sealer. They then applied one coat of Dura-Kote Hi Gloss Polyurethane. The purpose of the Polyurethane sealer coat, was to  provide UV stablility to the epoxy and act as the protective gloss  finish.