Peoria Polished Concrete serves Surprise with polished concrete floors, from garage and living-area polishing to dyed and sealed floors, floor restoration and small commercial work. Surprise is a fast-growing city northwest of Peoria, so its floors are largely newer slabs that need a different conversation from an old house.
Surprise has about 155,000 residents. Only 2.8 percent of its housing predates 1980, and 75 percent was built in 2000 or later, with a median build year of 2005 and a median home value of about $435,100. Eighty-seven percent of homes are houses or townhomes. It is about nine driving miles from Peoria.
2000s house in Surprise with a two-car garage used as a workshop
Original request
A sealed floor that wipes clean after grease and glue spills
Floor
About 450 sq ft of light blue-gray slab with some stains
Finish
Ground and sealed, not polished
Fixtures
One long workbench with two stools and a rolling bench stay in place
Estimated cost
$1,900
In this example, the owner of a 2000s house in Surprise uses the two-car garage for hobby projects and repairs. The bare slab has spots from grease and glue, and the owner wants it easier to clean.
A house built in the 2000s may have tile or carpet over its slab, and removing either leaves the concrete for polishing. A cream or light salt-and-pepper finish suits an open plan. See polished concrete floors on the homepage for the levels.
Garages
A newer garage slab is a builder pour that is polished as it stands, with its joints and any hairline cracks. See polished concrete garage floors for the comparison with a coating.
A slab only a few years old comes with questions that a 1970s slab does not: what mix it was poured with, how long it was cured and how it was protected during construction. A contractor quality bulletin for commercial slabs calls for at least 28 days of cure before polishing, and industry practice is to approve a mockup on the actual floor; a residential builder may have worked differently. Ask the builder what is known, and expect us to test a small area before quoting a finish.
A weak surface, perhaps from too much water in the mix or poor curing, may take less shine and lose sand. Trade guidance wants a surface harder than 4 on the Mohs scale before polishing starts, and a trial area on your slab shows where it falls.
Ask the city building department whether your project needs a permit, particularly if it involves cutting into the slab, structural repair or new slab work. State law also requires contractors to be licensed above a small-job limit, so check any contractor's license with the state Registrar of Contractors before hiring.
Frequently asked questions
Can a new-construction slab be polished?
It can, once it has cured and been tested, but a builder slab is not guaranteed to match a commercial specification. The slab hardness, mix and finishing decide the shine, and a small test area shows the result.
Do I need a permit to polish a floor in Surprise?
Ask the Surprise building department; it can confirm what applies to your address and your kind of work.
Does a polished floor suit a Surprise garage?
It can, and the garage page weighs it against a coating. Chemical use and wet use are the points to raise.
