We are Colonial Floor Care!

We are South Florida’s flooring specialists. Whether your floor is marble, terrazzo, travertine, concrete or granite, we are the floor care company for all floor types. We specialize in cleaning, polishing, restoration and repair.

Many local companies offer prices that are slightly lower than ours- here’s why. First, the contractors they hire do not have much training- they typically learn on the job. Second, most local companies use old or inexpensive equipment. More often than not, people who think they are saving a little bit of money hire one of these inferior companies, only to discover that their workmanship is shoddy. They then call us to repair the faulty work. In the end, they spend much more than they would if they had called us the first time.

When it comes to your home, you want the very best to enhance your investment and the quality of life of your home. Call Colonial Floor Care today!

Today I was remembering my growing up in the North, particularly during the holiday season. At this time of year the cold begins to come, and one can’t help but begin preparing for the holiday season. Festive thoughts of beautiful decorations come to mind. Dreams of one’s home looking idyllic, such as this one, warm the soul.

And then the snow begins to fly and reality sets in. Whipping winds, decorations that fly away, broken lights and freezing fingers. More than one yelling match has occurred in my family’s quest to create the peferct outdoor christmas wonderland. In the end, our dream turned into something more like this.

Well, reality somehow has a way of interfering sometimes.

Living now in South Florida, I take great joy in the fact that the cold never really comes! What I do notice, however is that the rains come, and along with the rain, mold. I have seen a lot of people trying to update their homes by installing carpet and tile over their terrazzo or concrete floors. The end result is kind of like the Christmas lights of my past- in a short time, the carpets become moldy and filled with sand, no matter how often people try to clean them. That unmistakable mold smell hits you as you enter the door of a home with carpet. Housecleaning becomes an endless nightmare.

Many people think that because their terrazzo or concrete are yellowed and stained, that the only solution is to cover or replace them. This is not true. Terrazzo floors can be easily and inexpensively restored using non-toxic methods. Concrete can be acid stained or polished- color and/or shine cane be added along with a strong seal- all in an environmentally safe way.

Call Colonial Floor Care today. Let us restore, clean, polish or repair your terrazzo or concrete floors. Once restored, these floors are so durable, beautiful and easy to maintain, you will definitely lessen the stress of your day to day life. Perhaps best of all, no more mold!

We are Colonial Floor Care!

We have written many times about he environmental and health benefits of natural stone and concrete flooring.

When I thought further about my last article on finding serenity the natural way, it occurred to me that bringing natural materials into your home or maintaining the existing natural materials such as marble, granite, terrazzo or concrete, is an important part of healing your home.

Many of our homes have been sick for a long while because of the use of chemically produced materials such as acrylic or polyester carpet fibers etc. Even many of the cleaning products we have been using are highly toxic- both to produce and to use. All of these materias produce high levels of toxic VOC’s (volatile organic compounds)

To help heal our homes, we need to think differently about what we put in them and what we use to maintain them. Natural stones such as marble and granite, along with terrazzo and concrete, are excellent heathy home materials. these materials require no toxic chemicals to produce or install, and they can be easily cleaned and maintained using non-toxic neutralizers or warm water and soap.

Colonial Floor Care has even developed a way to restore the surfaces of these materials without using any toxic chemicals- we use a three stage grinding process that is not only better for your floor than crystallizers, but also is completely environmentally safe.

Whether it is marble, granite, concrete or terrazzo, Colonial Floor Care can restore these surfaces, making your home beautiful, safe and healthy. If you have existing tile or carpet over terrazzo or concrete floors, Colonial Floor Care can remove these materials and remove any stains or repair any holes or cracks.

Natural stone, terrazzo and concrete floors do not emit VOC’s (volatile organic compounds) nor do they harbor dust mites or mold spores. Because of these factors, having these floors makes the air in your home substantially cleaner and healthier.

Natural stone, terrazzo and concrete can even add to your mental health. According to a recent study from the University of Rochester, communing with natutre in the outdoors, as well as creating a sense of natural settings in our living spaces, lifts our spirits and can even help us to behave better. Four studies were completed, and in each, the finding was that the more people engaged in natural settings, the more they valued community and closeness with others. The more they focused on purely man made settings, the more they valued fame and wealth. Furthermore, the researchers suggest, surrounding ones’ self with natural elements may help people relax an de-stress from the pressures of society and become more introspective.

Call Colonial Floor Care today, and begin healing your home!

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We are Colonial Floor Care!

There is so much that each of us can do to effect positive changes in our environment- begining with our homes. From using green cleaning products to preserving, cleaning and restoring energy efficient green materials such as terrazzo floors, granite, marble and concrete, we can make a difference every day.

There is a great resource available for making everyday green choices for your home. Danny Seo is a green home expert. If you visit his website, you will find endless tips on how to make green design and decoration choices.

Keep it green!

Visit our other sites to learn about terrazzo cleaning, more environmental tips and to find out more about our company.

Hello! I am writing to tell you about an exciting menu of services that Colonial Floor Care is currently offerring.

Many interior designers and home renovation companies are responding to the challenges of the current economy by tailoring their services to fit every budgret. For example, some design companies are offering to rearrange existing decor to maimize their imapct on the overall design of the hoem, rather that providing a complete redecoration. The cost is of course, sugstatially less costly.

At Colonial Floor Care, we are offerring similar services. For example, if you are not currently able or willing to have a complete floor restoration on your terrazzo, concrete, marble, granite or slate floor, but you would like to upgrade its appearance, let’s say, for the holidays, then Colonial Floor Care can provide a simple grind/polish at a lesser cost.

For more information about these services, give us a call at 305-731-2242 in Miami, 954-566-4555 in Ft Lauderdale and 561-337-1408 in Palm Beach.

Welcome! we are writing today to talk about two exciting services from Colonial Floor Care! In addition to terrazzo, marble, granite and concrete polishing, restoration, cleaning and repair we offer:

1)  a specialized service for marble tile and bricks. these are beautiful, unique materials that require specific care and techniques for cleaning and restoration. Colonial offers the most highly trained technicians with the industry’s very best equipment, resulting in and extraordinary finish while maintaining the integrity of your marble.

2) Tile Removal -- Colonial is South Florida’s green home leader offering expert tile removal- revealing your home hidden treasure trove of terrazzo marble, granite or concrete. Our restoration services will transform these hidden materials into a beautiful and valuable asset to your home.

We are South Florida’s floor repair, green home experts!

Call us today at:

Miami 305-731-2242

Fort Lauderdale 954-566-4555

Palm Beach 561-337-1408

or visit our internet sites at:

www.terrazzorestoration.net

www.myterrazzocleaningmiami.wordpress.com

www.palmbeachterrazzo.wordpress.com

Welcome to the Colonial Floor Care Blog!

In addition to the many interesting and diverse topics available on this page, we are also pleased to inform you that we have another site, terrazzorestoration.net, where we publish articles of related interest.

From making your home green through home restoration, to articles of interest to the design, art and architecture enthusiasts.

We hope you take the time to visit us at terrazzo restoration.net. We would love to get your input, so if you have the time, please leave a comment.

Also, you can give us a call at 954-566-4555!

Soap and detergents can dull the terrazzo floor’s shine and actually attract dirt because of the residue they leave behind.

For more information visit our website.

Thanks

Bill

Many people, especially those new to South Florida, aren’t exactly sure what terrazzo is. According to The National Terrazzo and Mosaic Association, the word terrazzo is derived from the italian “terrace” or “terrazza” and was defined over the centuries as “a form of mosaic flooring made by embedding small pieces of marble in mortar, and then polishing”.

Today, the NTMA defines this traditional material as follows: “Terrazzo consists of marble, granite, onyx or glass chips in portland cement or resinous material. The terrazzo is poured, cured, ground and polished. ”

According to Marble Masters UK, Terrazzo has been used as a flooring product since Roman tomes. Today it enjoys an enviable reputation as an attractive hard flooring that delivers an appealing combination of durability, ease of maintenance, beauty and performance.

Terrazzo is an amazingly “green” product. It is environmentally safe to install or restore (if green , chemical- free methods are used by experts such as Colonial Floor Care). It is also easy to maintain and very hygenic. It does not harbor dust mites or mold, and helps keep Florida homes cool.

I hope you found this article interesting. Give us a call at 954-566-4555 if you need more information, or visit us at our website.

Thanks

Bill