Avant Design Inc Polished Concrete

After 2 flooding incidents, I decided to get rid of my carpet in my finished basement. I originally thought about replacing the carpet with tile. I had several contractors come in for estimates. Two contractors wanted to first demolish my original concrete slab and pour a new concrete floor. The cost for that alone was between $5,000-$10,000 thousand dollars. Their argument was that the concrete slab was so uneven that any tile set would start to crack after a few years, therefore a new slab was needed. Another contractor from a Big Box retailer gave me a quote of approx $5,000-$8,000 to level the basement floor and tile. Another national retailer gave me a quote of $18,000 to level and tile. I thought these quotes were too high for 500 sf of basement floor. After receiving these quotes I started to research polished concrete. From my research, I found that polished concrete, if done right, can look much better than tile and is much easier to maintain. I contacted Robert Rowen at Avant Design who quickly came to provide me with an estimate. He provided me with the several options and quotes that I requested. He was also willing to start work immediately. Robert and his crew worked for three days, even into the night, to get the job done. Robert is very professional and definitely knows everything about this complicated process. I was amazed by the amount of equipment needed to do the job. I'm very happy with the results, my ugly and uneven concrete slab now looks like a smooth granite surface, yet not slippery. Best of all, cleanup is simple and I will not have to worry about dirty grout lines in the future.