The Suberb-A House in Venice CA designed by Minarc has concrete floors throughout and vast glazing. Photo courtesy of Art Gray Photography for Prefabulous and Almost Off the Grid, published by Abrams ...

Concrete floors aren't right for every home as they have several downsides to consider. Here are some alternatives for your flooring project.

An element often overlooked by the construction industry when laying screeds for floor surfaces is the importance of laying concrete subfloors correctly for flooring suppliers, says interior flooring ...

When you initially think of concrete floors, you probably think ‘cold’, ‘prison-like’ or ‘industrial’. But with its ability to take on colour and a polished sheen, coupled with its ...

Large concrete floors found within high-rises contain a grid of steel beams, or rebar, for support, and weigh a significant amount. Using voids to reduce the amount of concrete decreases the ...

In the 1980s in Europe engineer Xavier Destree placed high dosages of steel fibers in concrete (68 lbs/cu yd.) to construct floors with joints as far apart as 100 feet.

Protecting concrete counters and floors Originally published July 17, 2009 at 12:48 pm Updated July 17, 2009 at 5:01 pm A look at some sealers available for concrete floors and counters.

Inside, the concrete floors use just 3 centimeters of concrete (that’s less than 1.25 inches) arching over a skeleton-like framework of thin supporting steel bars, and look a bit like the face ...

Matthew Johnson, whose Tuckahoe company is called Green Earth Floors, is a master in matters of concrete, with a certificate to prove it, and a website that displays some of the once-ugly, ...